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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 334535, member: 59"]A couple observations and/or questions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Uncle Sam is clearly in costume, as is the woman with whom he's linked arms.</p><p><br /></p><p>She has one leg up resting her foot on the shoulder of the middle one of the 3 men - in strange outfits - sitting in front of them. A dominant kind of posture - perhaps those 3 men are from (or are representing) the losing side in the Revolution?</p><p><br /></p><p>The fellow on the right looks like he's been wounded - arm in a sling, the one in the middle has his legs wrapped in a way that suggests cavalry (at least to me.) But his head is covered by a sort of wrapped scarf - turban-like? Does he have a substantial mustache? Like Pancho Villa?</p><p><br /></p><p>On the right of Uncle Sam, the uniformed man has a couple strange things going on. Can you see what it says on the front of his hat? He's holding 2 bottles of champagne (?), one obvious and the other down at his side. But what's with his face? His left eye appears to have something like (but bigger than and square) a monocle. Looks like it's a costume to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>The man on the left of the woman - not in uniform I think - wearing a long coat and with a top hat in his hand? Maybe representing the US president? Or F. D.Roosevelt - who was Secretary of the Navy at the time?</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this party involved some kind of skit and these folks were all part of it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 334535, member: 59"]A couple observations and/or questions. Uncle Sam is clearly in costume, as is the woman with whom he's linked arms. She has one leg up resting her foot on the shoulder of the middle one of the 3 men - in strange outfits - sitting in front of them. A dominant kind of posture - perhaps those 3 men are from (or are representing) the losing side in the Revolution? The fellow on the right looks like he's been wounded - arm in a sling, the one in the middle has his legs wrapped in a way that suggests cavalry (at least to me.) But his head is covered by a sort of wrapped scarf - turban-like? Does he have a substantial mustache? Like Pancho Villa? On the right of Uncle Sam, the uniformed man has a couple strange things going on. Can you see what it says on the front of his hat? He's holding 2 bottles of champagne (?), one obvious and the other down at his side. But what's with his face? His left eye appears to have something like (but bigger than and square) a monocle. Looks like it's a costume to me. The man on the left of the woman - not in uniform I think - wearing a long coat and with a top hat in his hand? Maybe representing the US president? Or F. D.Roosevelt - who was Secretary of the Navy at the time? I think this party involved some kind of skit and these folks were all part of it.[/QUOTE]
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