I know this is all conjecture but it is a possible explanation for Dunham’s appearance and position in the picture.
and who might all the other people be then? Sailor, young blacks, a couple of asian women, some academics wearing glasses...not to mention what appears to be Captain of some kind.
Well that is really hard to say but since all the sailor types are black, perhaps he came back by ship (cheaper) rather than plane and they are crew members that he befriended on the way. The rest of them could be friends from the university that were glad to have him back. Maybe they heard about the wedding and planned a surprise party for him and Ann—they could have been expecting her to return with him. He’s wearing a huge pile of leis so maybe because she wasn’t there, they put them all on him. Of course maybe all of this is completely wrong about her staying in Kenya and she’s the one who is taking the picture after a return from getting married in Maui. There could have been more pictures taken which include her with him but they were either lost or not released for some reason. There’s a lot of ways to interpret pictures. We will never know unless someone else in the picture sees it and offers an explanation. Is it possible that Ambercombie or one of Sr’s other known friends could be in this picture? Is there any way to find pictures of what they looked like when they were college boys to compare with this picture?
I don’t see her.