My mom, Alice, was a triplet. She's the baby getting the shot. Edith in the middle and then Helen. The triplets were born in November 1915 in the USA. This shot was probably taken in late 1916. My grandparents immigrated from Udine, Italy to the Pacific Northwest in about 1913. Thanks for stopping by.
This is charming -- the girls are all so interested in the person giving the shot. A lovely reminder of the wide variety of immigrants who create our country.
How adorable they are. Amazing how unaffected your Mom seems at getting her shot. Where they identical? Did any of their children have multiple births?
@aglennc No they were fraternal. My grandmother also had a set of fraternal twins but the girl died. None of the triplets' children had multiple births. However, my Uncle Gino's (mom's brother) daughter had twin boys.
Beautiful capture! This shot shows the importance of photography and why we must pass on our photos with a narrative. I do worry that now we live in the digital world how many of our family histories will disappear. We must remember to print and tell stories!
I could look at this for hours! It's fascinating to see so much emotion in these young faces at such a young age. Helen looks as is she's thinking the infant version of 'what the...
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