Sandy Cerenzia informs me that this is a group called "The YAHMO Club", and her guess is that it was a group of "buddies". The photo was taken at Brock's Monument, year unknown.
There are quite a few members of our family in this photo (the numbers in parentheses refer to the index picture below): Frank Harlach (6) is in the front row, furthest to the right, holding the guitar; Behind Frank, furthest to the right in the second row, is Willie Manquen (14); In the third row, third from the left, is John (Jean Michel) Manquen (17), and furthest on the right is John E. Manquen (22); and in the fourth row, second from the right, is Al Manquen (26).
Here's a full index, courtesy of Sandy Cerenzia:
- Emil Weisser
- Unknown
- Paddy Heinz
- Florian Zimmer
- ? Lautz
- Frank Harlach
- Eddie Ferber
- Hanky Dean
- Louie Miller
- Joe Glaser
- Art Sims
- Dutch Eidel
- Hank Hess
- Willy Manquen
- Allie Ackerman
- Pete Smith
- John M. Manquen
- Jacob Stegman
- George Heinz
- Unknown
- Charles Dietschler
- John E. Manquen
- ? Wagner
- Pete Zimmer
- Fred Sims
- Albert Manquen
- John Boehler
If anyone has more information about this group, please let me know.
