Six Relatives Under a Willow Tree, 1950s Family Reunion

Somebody said stand together and everyone obeyed, which is the whole secret of family photography in the 1950s. Three couples arranged themselves by height and hierarchy in front of a willow tree, the men in shirtsleeves and suspenders, the women in belted shirtwaist dresses that all agreed, without consultation, to be some shade of blue. Nobody smiles with teeth.