For Bud: Papa Hill

Written on the photo's reverse:

So much to love about this photo!

This is an amazing photo in so many ways.  I think it could win awards!  

Mother says that whenever the cousins gathered at the farm, someone would line them up (by height?  by age?)  for their photo.  I wonder if there are other such photos out there amongst the cousins...  Can't you just hear it:  "Now, go line up in front of the woodpile..."  (Note:  wood was more plentiful in those days!)  

Twenty-odd years ago, my mother made this notation on the reverse side of the photo:

These first cousins are all grandchildren of Mama & Papa Hill.   From left, they are:  Patsy Lou Hill (b. 1931), Sylvia Smith (b. 1933), Wallace Gayle Hill (b. 1935), Willie Joe (W. J.) Winter (b. 1935), Lee Matt "Bud" Smith, Jr. (b. 1936), A. Jackson Hill (b. 1936), Sheila Faye Winter (b. 1936), and Jo Marie Hill (b. 1938).

I'm going date this photo around 1941, give or take a year.  What do you think?

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For those of you who wish to be more active participants and connect to other interested cousins through this blog—and particularly if you wish to post photos of your own—you may want to go ahead and get a Google account if you don’t already have one. Only if you have a Google account can I add you as an “author” to the site. 

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"Leaving Comments" Tutorial

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Opal, Lee & Audra

Opal (A. J.'s wife), Lee (Elsie's husband) and Audra (Red's wife)

1946

Audra, Opal, Elsie, Mama Hill, Sylvia in 1946

Sylvia's age (13) dates this photo to 1946.

From the left:

Red's wife, Audra Allen Jenkins Hill (b. 31 Jan 1912) is 34 years old

A.J.'s wife, Verta Opal Quinn Hill (b. 24 Jun 1913) is around 33 years old.

Elsie Lou Hill Smith (b. 11 Apr 1911) is 35 years old.

Frances Myrtle "Frankie" Coggin Hill (b. 26 Mar 1880) is around 66 years old.

Sylvia Smith is age 13, as noted on the reverse of the photo.

A. J., Lee, Papa Hill, "Red" in 1946

My mother wrote on the reverse, "A. J. Hill, Lee Smith (Elsie Lou Hill's husband), Papa Hill, 'Red' Hill."  This photo seems to be taken on the same day in 1946 as the photo with the notation that Sylvia was age 13, so...

Alton Jackson (A. J.) Hill Sr. (b. 17 Sep 1908) was around 38 years old.

Lee Matt Smith Sr. (b. 27 Sep 1904) was around 42 years old.

William Claborn "Willie" (W. C.) Hill (b. 28 Feb 1874) was 72 years old.

William Wallace "Red" Hill (b. 12 Sep 1903) was about 43 years old.

A. J., Red, Elsie Lou, Mama Hill & Papa Hill in 1946

Mother's caption on the reverse reads, "A. J. Hill, Red Hill, Elsie Hill Smith, Mama Hill, Papa Hill."  Was this photo taken at the farm?  What structure is that to the left?   Red and Papa Hill are enjoying their cigars.  A. J. and Papa Hill seem to be dressed for working.  Are Red and Elsie dressed for traveling?  What about the car?

Has anyone noticed the little girl (or boy...) under the trunk lid?

Mama & Papa Hill

Was this snapshot taken at the Hill Home, built in 1926?  The photo's reverse reads "Mama & Papa Hill."  Any ideas on the date... or even the decade?