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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 48819, member: 44&quot;]Spring, I also thought the jacket was unusual for a seaman. I also thought the background just too dilapidated for a formal pic at that day and time. If they just put up a quick staging for taking pics on a merchant marine ship, they certainly could have found something a mite better. That railing is badly rusted with rust or peeled paint hanging from it. There is also peeling paint on the walls. That &quot;rat&quot; is a peeled paint or paint splatter. I have included a close up of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]12227[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure where you are seeing the &quot;unknown insignia on person&#039;s right cuff.&quot; Is it what I have circled in yellow in the following pic? I myself can&#039;t tell what it is. To me it could be scratches, damage, on the pic.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]12228[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In the above close-up, the cuff looks partial rolled up. I agree the hands of the &quot;woman&quot; do look like man&#039;s hands, but there is hardly a pic from back then that hands didn&#039;t look out of proportion. The shoulders of that person do look narrow like a woman&#039;s rather then a man&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]12229[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The whole picture is odd:</p><p>1. Background</p><p>2. Man&#039;s clothing: possibly a smoking jacket (jacket could be velvet of corduroy) and possibly blue jeans</p><p>3. Man&#039;s casual stance as opposed to the &quot;woman&#039;s&quot; prim and proper posture.</p><p>4. The identical caps</p><p><br /></p><p>Those hats could very well be of a fraternity, but believe I&#039;ve seen similar in pics of early 1900s fishermen. They do resemble Greece/Breton caps. Do you know if this pic is US? This could possibly be a French or Greece fishing trawler??</p><p><a href="http://asiancajuns.com/2009/09/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://asiancajuns.com/2009/09/" rel="nofollow">http://asiancajuns.com/2009/09/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/495466396480155281/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/495466396480155281/" rel="nofollow">https://www.pinterest.com/pin/495466396480155281/</a></p><p>French Breton Caps:</p><p><a href="http://www.theyachtshop.co.uk/items/clothing/commercial-fishing/head-wear/hat-breton-cap-gc-h50003-detail.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theyachtshop.co.uk/items/clothing/commercial-fishing/head-wear/hat-breton-cap-gc-h50003-detail.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.theyachtshop.co.uk/items/clothing/commercial-fishing/head-wear/hat-breton-cap-gc-h50003-detail.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://www.dorsetgifts.com/hats.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dorsetgifts.com/hats.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dorsetgifts.com/hats.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is Robert Louis Stevenson in a similar jacket.</p><p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jwmhmtjsLrg/UNqxJkct96I/AAAAAAAABTw/XDvAQ9h5BWQ/s400/Robert_Louis_Stevenson_Knox_Series.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jwmhmtjsLrg/UNqxJkct96I/AAAAAAAABTw/XDvAQ9h5BWQ/s400/Robert_Louis_Stevenson_Knox_Series.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jwmhmtjsLrg/UNqxJkct96I/AAAAAAAABTw/XDvAQ9h5BWQ/s400/Robert_Louis_Stevenson_Knox_Series.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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