This picture was taken in May of 1921 in Washington, D.C., and shows Charles Louis Seeger, a composer, and his wife and three sons, including youngest son Peter holding his violin-playing mother's hand. The family had bundled themselves up into a car to go off car camping (that's their tented wagon trailer, above and below) as a way to see the world. The parents did small concerts to raise money as they traveled. Note the big water bag hanging from the lamp and resting on the running board.
Charles Seeger, father of Pete Seeger, was himself
an anti-war activist whose brother, Alan Seeger, was killed in WWI at the Battle of the Somme. A poet,
Alan Seeger wrote
I Have a Rendezvous with Death.
The picture, above, was also taken in late May of 1921 in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C., and shows Charles Seeger, his violin-playing wife Constance Edson Seeger, and their three children, including 2-year-old son Pete, sitting on his father's lap.
A May 22, 1921 article in The Washington Post about the family quoted Charles Seeger:
"We are trying to solve the problem of educating three boys, and at the same time lead a worth-while outdoor life."
Carry on Mr. Seeger; I am pretty sure you will not make a hash of this job!
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