Tag: grandmother
At the Fair c.1940
Found in my paternal grandmother’s photo album
I think the boy is my father’s brother Harold (Butch) b.1928
Because the woman’s face is in the shadow of the hat brim, I’m not sure if that’s my grandmother
Here’s a photo of young Uncle Harold at my parents wedding August 28, 1939. He was seventeen years younger than my dad. Uncle Alan is on the right.
Throwback Thursday
Granddaughter Maura and me.
Summer 1973 Throwback Thursday
Morrisonville, Illinois.
Handmade Mother’s Day Card
That’s a Hunca Munca Beatrix Potter figurine.
Family Tree on a Scrap of Paper
In my paternal Grandmother’s handwriting.
Spoon Jar
Keeping teaspoons easily accessible.
My paternal grandmother kept a clear glass spoon jar on the farmhouse table. I’ve switched my teaspoons from a jelly jar to this cheerful smiley mug.
Do you know anyone who keeps a spoon jar?
Of course people have utensils readily available in an open container, usually near the stove so they can grab a spatula.
No soup spoons allowed. The live in the drawer.
Cecile Rowley Caven 1897-1957
One of my maternal grandmother’s sisters. My great Aunt. I found a portrait of her while I was cleaning out a box of papers. Married Morey Caven. I’m still trying to find more information.
HS Yearbook Ads 1906
I thought these pages of ads at the back of my grandmother’s Rockford High School 1906 yearbook were interesting. Two digit phone numbers. Pork Packers, fountain pens, Milliners, maps. Carbon paper for your typewriter, fine pocket knives.
1906 Basketball Teams
Last week’s Throwback Thursday was the Mandolin Club. This week it’s basketball season. How about Rockford High School, Illinois basketball teams in 1906?
Another page or two from my grandmother’s yearbook. No relatives on either team but thought the photos were interesting to see, even if you don’t know the people.
Mr. Paul Lucas was coach of both teams. It states “he has never once faltered in his plan.”
