This family photo is from around 1902. According to a card on the back of the frame in my father’s
(Franklin III’s) handwriting, from left to right the people are: Howard (1886), Cora (1862), Franklin II (1901), Carlton
(1891), and Franklin I (1860), and the photo was taken by Sam (1885).
I am always struck by how formal their clothing
was back then, even for a picnic! Papa is wearing a dress which was apparently common for boys
up to two years old. A fifth brother
(Harold) was born in 1886 but unfortunately died within his first year.
This picture was taken 2 years before the tragic accident at the Bristol Co. RR crossing killing Franklin 1 and forever changing the lives of the others. Uncle Will took them all over.
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