Newspaper Article, "Golan Goin's"

". . . Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hill and Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Winters and children were in Lefore the first of the week visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hill.  The Winters party have recently returned from California where he worked in a defense plant . . ."

Three-Day Reunion of Barbee Children Held at Buffalo Gap

". . . Among others present were Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hill, the latter a sister of Mrs. Barbee's, of Sylvester, and Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Winter and family, also of Sylvester . . . "

The Mrs. Barbee of the article is Frankie's sister Joanna Coggin Barbee.

Sisters, 1941

 

By 1941, Elsie (age 30) is married to Lee Matt Smith and has two children, Sylvia (age 8) and Lee Matt Jr. "Bud" (age 5).  Jewell (age 26) is married to Doris "Joe" Mitchell Winter and also has two children, Willie Joe "W. J." (age 6) and Sheila (age 5).  

They didn't weigh much!

"Real Photo Postcard" of Jewell Faye & Elsie

I love this "real photo postcard" image of sisters.  On the left is Jewell Faye Hill (b. 25 Oct 1913); Elsie Lou Hill (b. 11 Apr 1911) is on the right.  I'd estimate Jewell Faye to be about 3 years old and Elsie around 6, so I'd date this photo to 1917, give or take a year.  

(You may click on the image to enlarge it.)  They both have flowers pinned to their dresses.  What was the occasion, I wonder?  I see a house in the background between the girls and what looks like plowed dirt in the distance.  There are a lot of poles on the horizon--did they hold up lines for electricity or telephones... or both?  Behind the closest tree, a dirt road or driveway seems to curve to the right.

I adjusted the color on the photo side of the card quite a bit; you can see on the card's reverse how yellowed it has become:  

Playle's Online Auction site has a great identification key for old photo postcards:  

(You may click on this link to go to their web page.)

Playles: Real Photo Postcards- How to Identify and Date Real Photo Vintage Postcards

Most Real Photo Postcards, abbreviated RPPC, have information on their backs to help in identifying the manufacturer of the photographic paper that was used by the postcard publisher. If you can identify the paper manufacturer, you can approximate the age of the old postcard. If the postcard has a stamp box, click on one of stamp box links below...

CYKO was the photographic paper used to print this photograph on, as shown by the stamp box.  This particular stamp box was used on their cards manufactured from 1904-1920s, which isn't a big help for dating this photograph.