Sepia Saturday 340

Sepia Saturday 340

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For this week’s Sepia Saturday, something a little silly!  These photos were in a group of photos that appear to have been taken during my paternal grandpa’s senior class trip in High School in about 1951.  The senior class of the Beccaria Coalport Irvona High school (commonly known as BCI) went on a trip to Washington, D.C. in 1951 just before they graduated.  We even have the class photo taken in DC as well as a newspaper clipping that mentions that says, “Seniors returned home Thursday night from a three-day sightseeing tour of Washington, D. C.,” in an article dated Saturday, 2 Jun 1951.

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Boys will be boys, right?  I can be pretty sure my grandfather took both of these photos since he’s not in either of them, but the painting of flowers on the wall confirms they were taken in the same room, probably a hotel in Washington, D.C.  They’re all likely classmates, though I’m not sure exactly the names of the boys since the photos aren’t labelled.  I could probably figure it out by going through his yearbook, but it would be hard to be completely sure.  Either way, it’s a nice fit for the prompt image, and what I’m sure was a fun night far from home for these kids who had probably never left their small coal mining town before.  Looking forward to next week!

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7 Comments

  1. Barbara Rogers

    Our high school would send girls to DC one year, and boys the next…and I found out that I snored from the poor girls who shared my room with me. I was very unpopular for a reason that was beyond my control!

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