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Category: Wakefield

ephemera #38

Undated photo postcard of an unnamed family by photographer J. Senior of Ossett, West Yorkshire


The father has a rather splendid waxed moustache. The photograph was perhaps taken at an outdoor event where the photographer had set up a temporary studio.
Author DavePosted on 26 September 2016Categories adult men, adult women, England, facing the camera, families, faux backdrop, females, girls, indoors, infant girls, J. Senior (Ossett), males, standing, Wakefield

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