Old photographs

Here is another batch of tiny snaps
Measured in inches: 3 by 2
Some not quite focused
Some too far from the people who
Smile gamely in the distance
And then there are the portraits
Taken in superior studios
So grand they’re hard to recognize.
Stiff collars, stiff poses, powdered noses.
Our Brownies' viewfinders found
That it was hard to find the view!
So much sky, so much grass or sand:
I peer at faces, try to guess who's who.