Two childhood memories

I was told that the two postcards above and below came from Gratz, Pennsylvania.  The little girl above also appears in the large group below (scroll down for close-ups).

She’s seated next to a woman who looks like her mother.  She’s smiling in both pictures, and it’s nice to imagine that her childhood might have contained many such moments.

I had assumed that this walk along a stream was an all-female affair, but then noticed a few boys hiding in the bushes.  Sometimes photographs do reveal their secrets.