Man in a raincoat stood outside a tent - now there is a Sepia Saturday prompt for you. You can go with people standing, raincoats, tents .... or you could go with potential assassins! This is Lewis Payne Powell who was part of the group - under the leadership of John Wilkes Booth - who plotted to assassinate the President, Vice President and Secretary of State of the USA in 1865. If you don't have any assassins in your family archives, you might want to share whichever old photograph this theme image makes you think of. Just post a post on or around Saturday 8th May 2021 and add a link to the list below.
Whilst you are waiting for the plot to thicken, you might want to take a look at what lies ahead for Sepia Saturday participants.
Not one outside a tent, but six inside a tent. But what were they up to?
ReplyDeleteA man in a coat. But what kind of coat? And how many kinds of coats are there?!!
ReplyDeletePhotos of me in the New York State Tent of Tomorrow in “World’s Fair 1964: I fall in love!
ReplyDeleteSharing some very blurry memories of camping...
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing this photo was taken as trainees were preparing for inspection, everything inside the tent is very orderly and tidy. I wonder if they kept their rooms this tidy at home.
ReplyDeleteBefore doing the research for this photograph I had never heard of Universal Service Scheme, 1911–1929 in Australia.
Revisiting an old story
ReplyDeleteI don't have any assassins in my collection (though some time ago I wrote a story about a musician murderer.) but I can pick up on the Abe Lincoln theme. Musical of course.
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