Old Home Place-Germany I assume.

Going by the womens fashion I would suggest 1890 to 1900 maximum. After this the leg-o-mutton sleeves were going out in favour of the tighter Edwardian styles. I can double check this with a reference book i have if needs be. Hope that helps.

[Kyt]

Kitty, you'd need to check it against continental styles - I'm sure these lasted right upto the start of the first war. The bearded man looks Bavarianesque.

And how sad is this - I've been checking on lawn-mower history (last picture extreme left) and it seems to be similar to one's that were popular from 1900 to the 1930s. (possibly a Greens New Royal)

Some of the fashions do look as if they are possible for the 20's at a push, but primarily 1890 -1910. I'd need to take a closer look when I have more time. And find where I put that reference book.

[Kyt]

Originally Posted by 40th Alabama

(Dynslakin as I recall).

Dinslaken - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

40th, what unit was your dad in?

There seems to have been a far bit of American activity around Dinslaken:

Eg:
79th Infantry Division were there between the 26th to 31st March 1945
35th Infantry Division 110th Q.M. Regiment moved there on 30th March, 1945

[Harry Ree]

Originally Posted by Kyt

The woman in uniform in the third and fourth pictures has the Reichsarbeitdienst (RAD) badge:



Reicharbeitdienst

The article on the RAD does not reveal their infamous behaviour in the destruction of Lidice.The RAD Platoon No 1/385 was responsible for the destruction of the village and then went on to remove all trace of the dead in Lidice cemetery.They plundered 60 vaults,140 large family tombs and about 200 single graves and removed all trace of the being of a cemetery.Gold and medallions were plundered from graves.Gravestones and memorials were then transported to Prague where the RAD used them in the foundations for their barracks at Veleslavin.

All that was supposed to have an 'educational influence' on the RAD men as Alexander Commichau said in a letter to the Reich RAD Commander; 'A young man from the Reich Working Service sees that the German sword will fall hard and destroy entirely the sources of disturbance not only on the front, but also in the hinterland......'

They must have been content with their deed by the photographs that were taken.It took all of 1943 to complete the destruction and Lina Heydrich personally attended the ceremony when the Platoon was given the honorary name 'Reinhard Heydrich' in September 1942.

[40th Alabama]

Ok, here is a page of a letter indicating that dad was in north Germany up around the Baltic, town of Schwerin. See bottom of page 3 and top of page 4. This appears to be just a little north and east of Loberich

[40th Alabama]

187th Engineer Combat Battalion. They ferried the 79th Infantry Division across the Rhine on 24 Mar 1945. They built two bridges across the Rhine Herne Canal-I don't know what unit they were supporting.

[Kyt]

Is that to your mother? Did she become a "pistol packing mama" with a Mauser 32 in her purse?

[40th Alabama]

I understand that she and dad went to New Orleans when dad got home and the small pistol was stolen from the car. The Luger we still have.

[40th Alabama]

Here are a couple of pictures with the first and second having written on the back, Baltic Sea. I scanned the back of the third where it indicates meeting the Russians. Interesting, note the black captain. I thought we were segregated at that time.