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Genealogy Continued

July 2024
1min read

In respect to the picture of the Stowell Family on pages 16–17 of the August/ September 1982 issue that was taken with a panoramic lens: this type of camera had a lens that was turned from left to right during the exposure, thus allowing the clown on the left end of the group to run like hell around the back of the group and be on the right end by the time the lens was aimed at him again. This is what apparently happened in this picture, and it was a good reason to keep the children seated in front.

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