Father's glasses and slight squint make him seem not only unhappy, but perturbed. Mother at least looks like she's trying to smile. The three daughters, whose names are written above their heads, all look straight on at the camera. It's pretty obvious that, unlike all the previous portraits I've posted, this one didn't happen in a studio -- this was probably outside the kitchen door of Mother and Father's house, where the three sisters grew up. The cake is also pretty clearly homemade.
But wait, what's this? There's information written on the back of the card? Glory be!
In addition to the writing, there's also some ghosting of other handwriting I can't make out. The next-to-bottom line starts with "58 J" but other than that I'm at a loss. (Fiddling with the contrast in my editing software isn't much help, either.)
I'm so used to having to extrapolate whatever I can from the actual picture that it's almost crippling to have so much to go on here. It feels like any of my guesses actually weaken the effect of the picture, so I'll just say this: Grandma and Grandad Hicks were married 95 years ago, and for the two of them to live to see a golden wedding anniversary was remarkable at the time.
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