{"id":315,"date":"2017-10-18T21:14:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T01:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theotherplace.xyz\/?p=315"},"modified":"2018-03-31T19:23:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-31T23:23:40","slug":"rank-speculation-and-wild-guesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theotherplace.xyz\/?p=315","title":{"rendered":"Rank Speculation and Wild Guesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is one of a few pictures that I have with infuriatingly little information to go along with it. \u00a0“Bradshaws” is written on the back in pencil. \u00a0No date. \u00a0No first names.<\/p>\n

There are four people in this posed photograph, taken at the studio of A.E. Holmes, in Chateaugay, NY. \u00a0Three boys and a girl. \u00a0The boy on the left is wearing a lacy shirt and is holding a straw hat. The others are older, the boys wearing suits, and the girl wearing a dress with a lace collar. \u00a0At first, the dress clothes, \u00a0the stiff poses and unsmiling expressions make the older three appear to be almost young adults. \u00a0On closer inspection they appear to be much younger – probably in their early teens at the oldest.<\/p>\n

My dad looked at this picture a number of years ago, and was reasonably certain that this photo depicts his father and some siblings.<\/p>\n

So here’s my guess:<\/p>\n

Left to right: \u00a0Matthew Bradshaw (1889-1996), \u00a0 Richard Bradshaw (1882-1957), Patrick Bradshaw (1881-1959), Agnes Bradshaw (Boss) (1884-1966).<\/p>\n

Here’s my reasoning.<\/p>\n