Tucked into an album of modern photos from roughly the 1960s-1970s was this photo that was clearly older than the rest. On the back is handwritten, “Douglas Jaarsma,” presumably by my husband’s grandmother since it looks like the same handwriting I’ve seen on other photos. Doede “Douglas” is the second in from the left with what I believe are his three older sisters. From left to right, all four are, *I think*, in this order – Gettje (Grace), Doede (Douglas), Klaaske, and Oepkjen (Audrey) being the oldest on the right. The photographer’s name is at top, A de Jong, Sneek, referencing the town of Sneek in Friesland, Netherlands. As far as a date, Doede was born in 1911, so if he’s maybe 4 or 5 here, it was probably taken around 1915-1917 or so which would make the oldest sister, Oepkjen, about 10. Klaaske was the only sibling of the four in this photo to remain in the Netherlands. Gettje came to the US and lived not too far from Doede, and Oepkjen went to Ontario, Canada.
I couldn’t find much about the photographer without doing A LOT more work, but he regularly had advertisements for his studios in Leeuwarden, Heerenveen, and Sneek (link to BIG ad in the Leeuwarder Courant from 1916).