From my Grandmother’s Album.
Not sure about the significance of this photo. No recognizable relatives. Location is Durand , Illinois. At least this one is dated. My mother would have been five years old that year.
Says Sweet 16 in the Year 1917
Tag: Durand Illinois
Throwback to 1927 Boy Scout Camp
My mother Marian standing on wall on the the left and her brother Robert seated below her. Not sure who the other women are.
I tried to see if one was their mother, my grandmother. They must have taken their brother John to Boy Scout Camp.
I might discover I’ve posted this pic previously.
My Mother and Her Family c.1926
She’s on the left in her ruffled dress, her brother Robert next to her, then their mother Charlotte in the cloche hat, her brother John and their father Judd. I’m guessing on the date .
Durand, Illinois
Another Unidentified Photo c 1917
My Mother in 1918
My mother is standing in the white dress, back left. Her brother John on the right. Notice the cat pillows.
She’s holding a cat pillow that’s similar to one I sewed together as a pillow. I never noticed it in the photo album before. In fact, I think a reproduction cat pillow might be at my sisters home. Or it was.
My Grandmother’s Nurse
That’s the only real detail I know, as told to me by my Aunt Rhea.
Grandmother Charlotte Van Sickle had what was called then a “nervous breakdown” as far as I could decipher. The woman in the floral dress came to help . Aunt Rhea said she was her nurse.
Not sure of her nursing credential .
Durand, Illinois
Four Friends in my Grandmother’s Album
About 1918 Durand Illinois. Not my aunts or grandmother. Four Unidentified friends from my grandmother’s album.
1924 My Grandmother Goes Birding With Her Sister Edna
Durand Illinois
One Couple Out of Four
Durand Illinois about 1916. The only people I can identify are my maternal grandparents. These two photos are next to one another in my Grandmother’s Album.
My Mother in a Sheep Pen 1917
