A photographic rabbit trail

The full or partial family photographs shown earlier were not the only pictures taken on that day in 1940 (?). The two shown below apparently stem from the same day, since the clothes are once again the same as in the others.

The first picture is of nine-year-old Daniel (possibly ten) squatted down on the cement landing just outside the gate and trellis. If you look closely, you can see that he is holding something on his lap, since parts of his tie and leg are hidden, and his right hand seems to be cupped around some object. Look more closely and you can see a black spot above Daniel’s left leg and the outline of a long ear just under his chin.

The photograph of two-year-old Alma shows more clearly what Daniel is holding: a nice-sized white rabbit. As you may recall, the family had rabbit hutches in the area of buildings 9, 10, and 11 in the farmstead photo one post down. If any of the kids would like to fill in more details, answers would be welcome to the following questions:

• On average, how many rabbits did they raise at one time?


• Were they raised for food or fun or sale or all of the above?


• Are the hutches visible in the (later) farmstead photograph?