mystery trio

Every picture tells a story, season 3, picture 12:

I love it when a group of people takes turns to photograph each other. We have seen elements of that in the holiday snaps from Heinrich and Maria, and in the sibling photos of the Geppert family. Here comes a perfect example of a trio arranged as three duos all snapped on the same spot. Trouble is I don't know who they are and where the photo was taken. I think these are linked to the Silesian families, and they look more like Gepperts than like Gellrichs. The lady with the conspicuous six buttons could be Emma Geppert. At a push, the tallest of the three could be her cousin Lotti Geppert, or another cousin that we don't know of?

I've put this photo first as it's the only one showing the building in the background. It was clearly taken in an urban environment, rather than in the village of Dörndorf where the Gepperts came from. It could be Breslau or even Berlin, where both Emma and Lotti lived at one point. Note also that the shortest photographer naturally has the most upwards directed angle, hence we see more of the building, while the other two show more of the flowers in the foreground:

On the issue of identifying the location, I was intrigued to read in a recent feature in the Guardian that people playing geoguessr, a game that involves guessing the location of google streetview images, can also help with identifying locations in old family photos. I think the ones above would be too hard, but I will do a a round of guess where at some point.

Should anybody have any answers to some of the many questions I am raising in this series, please leave a comment here (I'll need to vet it, so it may take a few days before it goes public) or contact me at michaelgrr [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] uk

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Season 3 so far:

1. family holiday
2. play time
3. fashion show
4. bakery to butcher's shop
5. the Hamborn brotherhood
6. all grown up
7. sisters in the snow
8. the last holiday
9. village life
10. family reshuffle
11. push bike
12. mystery trio

The Mastodon thread for season 3 is here.

You can find Season 2 entries in this thread on Mastodon (complete now!) or via the list at the bottom of the last entry of the season (and also at the bottom of the first entry of this season).

The twitter thread for season 1 is still here. Alternatively, visit the last instalment and find the numbered list of entries at the bottom.