This is a snapshot of a little holding a doll in her lap. There is writing on the back in German: "Gisela im September 1928 auf unserer Veranda". To me it looks like she's sitting on an apartment balcony, so I translate this as "Gisela, September 192, on our balcony". There is another building in the background.
This is a neat little photo (and I do mean little - a shade less than 2.5 x 3.5 inches), and the writing on back just makes it more interesting. A little girl sitting side ways in a chair, with bows in her pig-tails, wearing a dress and knee socks, holding a good sized doll & doll sized umbrella, looks up and smiles for a quick photo. An instant in time, gone forever.
When I looked at this picture, before I even looked at the writing on back, I immediately thought "European", and I'm not sure why. I lived quite a while in central Europe, and there was just something that was familiar, can't really put my finger on it.
The writing on back is in German, and the date is 1928, so this little girl - though I'm positive she had no clue - was in for some hard times. WWII would start in 1939, so she'd be in her late teens or early 20s, and no matter what her situation in life, things were going to be hard at best, very possibly life threatening. This is like a picture of the calm before the storm. Actually the calm between two very large storms.
Since this is dated 1928, I'd say she was born somewhere between 1918 & 1920 - which means if she survived WWII, she could still be alive. She'd be very old, in her 90s.
Update: Sold!
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