Oops … plus Grandpa and the boys

Unlike books, which after they are printed cannot be fixed without destroying a lot of inventory and printing new copies, a blog can be corrected at any point and in a matter of minutes.

For example, the statement in the previous post about the photograph of Grandma and the girls being taken at the Isaac G. and Sarah Epp Franz farm was a mistake based on a misunderstanding. In fact, the photo in that post and the one below were both taken at Grandpa and Grandma’s Lushton farm, on the south side of the house (actually, facing the southeast corner). The approximate (!) location is marked with an x in the numbered photo farther below.

Now that we are clear on the location from which the photo was taken, a few observations:

1. The trellis in the background of the Grandma–girls and Grandpa–boys photos is not the same as in the full family picture, since it is far too small for any adult to walk through. Presumably it was a trellis for some sort of climbing vine.


2. Behind and between Matilda and Grandma one can see what appears to be a cellar entrance. Assuming I understand correctly, this is where one entered the cellar before Grandpa excavated the full basement.


3. The covered porch visible in the color farmstead photograph had not yet been added by 1940, when the three family photos were taken. Does anyone know when Grandpa added that porch?

All that the earlier post wrote about the location of Isaac G. and Sarah Epp Franz’s farm was correct, irrelevant for these photos but nonetheless correct. We will return to that farm in the near future, as there are several old photographs that actually were taken on the Franz family farm.