![]() It was a nice break to just respond to the prompt photo without trying to make it fit my self-imposed restrictions. And there have been the ups and downs of life. I committed myself to a series that I don’t seem to have my heart in at the moment – plus I have been going about it all wrong. I have been absent from Sepia Saturday for a few weeks. See what other bloggers have created here. This is my contribution to Sepia Saturday on this Jubilee Weekend. Unfortunately, the seller’s description is not definitive as to date or brand – BSA or BMW? ![]() I hung around Dad’s business during my visits and the wings on the hats made me think they might be an emblem from BSA motorcycles, although they are not the only motorcycle maker that uses wings as part of their branding. I was born in the fall of 1953 (we can’t see Mom’s belly in this photo) and my parents separated/divorced when I was about two. He hoped to encourage sales by promoting motorcycles as female-friendly and safe – not the stereotypical image of outlaw bikers portrayed by Marlon Brando and others in the movies. But he chose to do more than just show off a couple of bikes and the name of his business. He would certainly want to advertise his business to onlookers at a parade in the nearest city. I would guess the parade was in Ottumwa, Iowa – lots of brick streets there it is my mom’s hometown and is only 20 miles or so from the location of dad’s business. The car, signs, and trailer appear to be an entry in a parade. He sold and repaired motorcycles and was also a professional racer. I don’t know the identities of the people on the motorcycles. And the two “ladies-in-waiting” are a good friend of my mother on the left, and Mom’s sister Wilma on the right. ![]() That’s my mother sitting in the driver’s seat looking a bit like the Queen, don’t you think? Mom’s mother-in-law, Abbie Webber Smith is in the passenger seat. Queen Elizabeth II and her Lady-in-Waiting arrived at a reception in Brisbane in 1954. Dates on the other banners are not readable.Ī woman and a man sit astride motorcycles atop the trailer. Three banners complete the display on the side of the trailer: The light-colored car is stopped on a residential street.Ī flatbed trailer is hitched to the car and bears a sign: She sports a light-colored and tailored outfit. Her dark hair is styled a bit back from her face and is parted on the left. The woman in the driver’s seat wears a hat set back on her head. The woman in back on the right has light-colored hair parted on the right. The head and hat of the woman in the passenger seat is visible above the windshield. If you want to play along, sign up to the link, try to visit as many of the other participants as possible, and have fun.įour women sit in a convertible that is outfitted with two small American flags. ![]() Historical photographs of any age or kind become the launchpad for explorations of family history, local history and social history in fact or fiction, poetry or prose, words or further images. Sepia Saturday provides bloggers with an opportunity to share their history through the medium of photographs. ![]()
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