Maid, nanny or mother? You decide.

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Do you think they caught 'em themselves?

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Written on back: "Seguin, TX"

So sweet and sad. Their smiles are sparkling and cheerful, the house behind them not much more than a dilapidated shack.

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Writing on back: "This is our school my two are represented by x the boy we sent to school this winter. he was 18 and couldn't read or write now he's going (sic) 4th & 5th grade work broke our colts in for us. teacher on the left."

Stamp on back: "Rodden Studio - Roswell, N.M."

Loving the hats in the tree, but the four girls in the front row are what really make me smile.

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Written on back: "1956"

What fun they're having with their little life-jackets on!

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Just a nice family photo.

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Yeah? You're gonna take my picture, anyway? Well, how do you like this face?

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Kitchen chairs. They work outside, too.

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Isn't she precious?

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A clothesline at just the right height.

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It's her expression that makes this photo so endearing. "Do I really have to hold this thing? You know it's going to pee in my lap. Just take it, will you?"

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If you look closely, you can spot a fiddle and a guitar on the porch. My favorite part of this photo, however, has to be the old man with the gun.

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The detail in this photo just makes me smile. Doesn't she look mischievous? And that tree is really something else. Wish I could join in their plotting....

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I love this photograph, if for nothing else but his mis-buttoned sweater. Just achingly sweet, no? This photograph has lived on top of my piano in a little silver frame for years.

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I have many photographs of unhappy people next to Christmas trees. This was my first and my favorite. One day, I'll figure out how to repair the tear.

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