Zopf und zigarre (pigtail and cigar)

During our research for What About The Princess? The Life and Times of Mona Baptiste we came across many photos of Mona. The one below is a nice image but the low quality means it was unsuitable for inclusion in the book.

The picture shows Mona (on the right) with her sister Grace (who used the name Shari Razul Khan professionally). The article is undated but it gives Grace’s age as 19 and suggests the photo was taken in Hanover. We know that can’t be right. Grace was born in May 1929 and didn’t leave Trinidad until 1950 so the likelihood is that the photo dates from 1950 or 1951. The fun the two sisters are having is evident in spite of the poor quality of the image.