Photographic evanescence

Perusing family photographs...

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To horse! To school!

Charlotte: When was it taken?

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Emily: It’s Andrea on Chestnut with Mum beside her. So it must be about 1920.

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Charlotte: Your mother rode?

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Emily: Oh yes. Sent all us kids to school on horse.

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Charlotte: Do you have any other photos?

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Emily: I think most were thrown out after Dad died.

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Voice-over

Some people like to discard and declutter. Archivists tend by nature to be hoarders. Compiling family histories can be a bit like a lottery.

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