We were intrigued that a photo like this could have survived into the century. “Taking such a photo, during a time when they would have been less understood than they would be today, was not without risk. “The open expression of the love that they shared also revealed a moment of determination,” Nini and Treadwell tell the Post.
When Texas couple Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell stumbled onto a 1920s-era photograph in a Dallas antiques shop some 20 years ago, they were startled to see a relationship that looked much like theirs: two men, embracing and clearly in love.Īs Dee Swann writes for the Washington Post, the image spoke to the couple about the history of love between men.
