I’ve wondered if there’s a simple explanation for that photo - though ‘simple explanation’ in conjunction in any way with Barry’s life is a mind-bender in itself. On the wall behind the boys there are several kid-style drawings of Christmas trees. Somewhere in “Dreams” Barry made mention of going to Hawaii for Christmas every year. The layout of the book is so disjointed and timeframe-scattered that I refer to the subject snippets as ‘threads’. It was in a ‘thread’ of Barry living in New York City that he mentioned readying to go to Hawaii for Christmas, as was done every year.
With that reference in mind - plus that the family seemingly had an ever-running spigot of money for halfway- around-the-world travel - I wonder if that photo was taken during a 1969 Christmas trip home to the folks’.
Wierd. Considering that family and Barry, the logic of it seems so...illogical.
Every time I see this photo, it bothers me that there is no mole on the left side of Obama’s nose.
It is very visible in all recent photos of him.
There is a mole on Scott’s cheek that is visible in the childhood photo and also recent photos.
http://wzakcleveland.com/national/wzak/obamas-3rd-grade-photo-sent-to-him-by-classmate/