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I dabble in my ancestry from time to time. Some of the photographs in my collection are a mystery. My parents passed away some time ago so I have no one to ask.. Now I have to do detective work to figure out what was going on and identify some of the people. It can be enjoyable but also frustrating.  My mother is the 4th woman from the left. She's the pretty one with a smile, white shoes and socks.  I have no idea who the other women are. The Saturnia had a twin sister ship called the Vulcania. The life preserver indicates the ship they were on. They were Italian built luxury liners. I don't know how my mother could afford it. I'm not sure if the ship was coming to America or returning to Italy. She came each way. Here are some videos I found on the web: Luxury Interior The Engine compartment Here are some luxurious rooms: Dining Dining Ballroom  Interesting, isn't it? 

I found this short video in Noir genre on an excellent blog called Debra She Who Seeks. Her link:         She Who Seeks    https://shewhoseeks.blogspot.com/ It's only about 7 minutes long, in French with English subtitles.  "This fantastic short film by Fabrice Mathieu tells the tale of a shadow who finds himself frustrated with the actions of his wearer and decides to do something about it. Told using black-and-white footage from more than 60 films, the story unfolds much like a classic film noir, with plenty of action and intrigue." <> <> <> <> <> Here is the link on YouTube:     "In the shadow". Short film & Feature Project. (Special edition with english subtitles.) - YouTube  

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  I found these two photos on the web with explanations about how thy were made. There might be other photos that can't be explained. I like this photo the best so far. Explanation: "A jewelry engraver named William Mumler was the first enterprising mind to combine the emerging fields of spiritualism and photography for profit. Mumler’s hobby for photography paid off one day in the early 1860s when he sat for a self-portrait. He discovered a ghostly figure standing behind him as he developed the photo, which he originally believed to be the remnants of a previous image. He showed the photo to his friends on a lark and, based on their credulous responses, went into business as a spirit photographer soon after." <><><><><> "Arguably the most famous ghostly photo, believers in the supernatural often cite the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall as the most conclusive photographic proof of ghosts ever taken. According to legend, the ghost is probably

 .. why do  we refer to large letters as upper case, and small as lower case? It’s actually a remnant  of a past where printing presses had manually set letters. Small letters, which were used  the majority of the time, were kept in the lower, easier to access case. Where as large  letters were kept in the upper.  Why is it called upper and lower case? | Office for Science and Society - McGill University

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