The Silbersteins’ Picnic

Photo Credit: From the Steinfeldt Photography Collection of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest.

This is the Silberstein family picnicking at Turtle Lake, in the summer of 1918.

I wonder how long they had to sit like that, with a frozen smile, on the family Model T. But then they got to run down the slope to the lake and splash in the cool water.

I hope Mr. Silberstein pulled the handbrake.