This photo has been in that suitcase of memories I call the “family archives” for as long as I can remember, and I always assumed the cake was celebrating the birthday of one of my relatives born in 1851. On closer inspection, it doesn’t say 1851 on the cake – it says 85. Given that the photo must have been taken around 1920, that means I’m looking for someone born around 1835. I haven’t found her yet.
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