Time Travel Tuesday~ 1940's

  

1940ish

Rural Southwest Arkansas

My grandmother & grandfather on my dad's side-

Lela & Clarence.

I assume the gun and tote bag means 

he had been squirrel hunting.

The truck is a good old Chevrolet, 

I think called a stake truck, but I could be wrong. 

I know they had that truck for a long time because 

I have photos of all three kids standing beside it 

and they were in their teens. 

My grandmother is wearing a dress, which was her norm 

until after my grandfather died, I believe. 

She made all of her own clothes, and her daughter's also. 

This shirtwaist dress was pretty popular back then 

and on up to the 60's or later. 

She added the rolled up stockings later on and 

I remember those well. 

They were thicker than regular nylons. 

Lela was the daughter of  Earnest Luther & Harriet Cox 

Barrett and Clarence was the son of  James & Linnie Clark Sutton

I miss them both. 

 

 

Foto Friday 11 ~ Oh Deer Me

 

My son Michael sent some critter photos that he has taken recently around his place. 

Outsmarted by a raccoon!

Sometimes in the chaos of life, we overlook the simple things, the store door held open, the thank you, and have a good day from the checkers, the person who lets us cut in line if we only have one item.  A grandbaby's hug, a text from an old friend...there is always something to be thankful for. 

I wish you all a happy holiday and/or a Merry Christmas. 

Just for the week, may we all be able to leave the stresses of our world outside our doors. 

sharing with Michelle for Thankful Thursday, Yogi for Skywatch Friday, Eileen for Saturday's Critters

Flashback Friday ~ October 23, 1918

 Nashville News, Howard County Arkansas

Please obey and save yourself from being embarrassed!

For some reason I cut off the other three orders 

#10 No eating place shall burn food or allow food to be burned- save all scraps for animal consumption or to be reduced for fats.

#11 Part is cut off but I think it is saying don't display food that could deteriorate and not get to be used for human consumption. 

#12 No creme, or double creme de luxe and no cream with over 20% butter to be used. 

Comparing the quarantine we just went through to that of 1918, I'm not really sure the government or we the people handled things better this go round. Just comparing the Spanish Flu Epidemic to the Covid Epidemic, not the war time rules.  (I know that war on top of the epidemic made it especially important to follow the government's guidelines at that time.) 

 What do you think? 

Here's a link to info on victory bread, if you're wondering (like I was) what it is. 

Sepia Saturday ~ Portraits

 

You are not country if you can't put your rocking chairs out in the field and pose for a family portrait. This is my great grandparents Earnest Luther and Harriet Cox Barrett, (sitting) with three of their children (from left Nona, Mark and Lela)  Lela is my grandmother.  

Carrying it one step further, bring out your dining chairs and pose in front of your barn, with your family cow photo bombing the portrait.  This is my half second great aunt (Emmer Jean Vann Ashley)with her husband (John Ashley) , and  four of her children. 

(Mama looks tired) 

Children: Otto (1903), James (1905), Flora (1908), 

Myrtle (1909), Zula Bea (1914), Lois (1919), & Earl (1922)

Portrait made after all  her children were born and some grown.  You may can tell the book that is being held is a family bible.  Same barn, same field. Notice Emmer's dress and Johns suspenders.  Same..probably her very best dress. 

John & Emma possibly on their anniversary. 

These are my people, and contrary to every belief that there is a king, queen, or Indian princess in every lineage, mine were and are just pure, hard working country folk.  I could not be prouder. 

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(I'm just a little off topic, instead of double, I did family)

Sepia Saturday ~ Sunday School

 

I was a brownie and a girl scout..I have not heard of the Camp Fire Girls, 

I'm also Baptist, so we never had this kind of group in Sunday School. 

Is this familiar to any of you? 

Time frame was probably mid-1920's

Autographed & scribbled on by my first cousin (twice removed) 

Eula Fitzhugh (1911-1995)

I would guess she was writing down true loves, 

but Lonnie was her first cousin and 

I have not found the other boys yet. 

She married none of them.  

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Sepia Saturday ~ Read All About It

 

This is a photo from the mid 1800's of a young man standing beside a plate holder for a printing press. The location would be Richmond, Arkansas.   It's not too far off from the theme this Saturday, seeing how both a printing press and a typewriter need ink to strike the words and tell the story. 

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Sepia Saturday ~ Twos

 

I'm still going through family boxes, and I came across this photo.  Of course, like many others, there are no names on the back...nor dates.  I gather from the rolled up jeans the time is probably the 1950's.  I have photos with my mom and dad both styling like that.  I zoomed in to the coca cola sign to see if I could trace it to a time frame.  I never could find the exact ad, but again, think it is probably the 1950's.

 Since this photo was in an envelope full of obit clippings and Sutton photos, I think the two men are probably related to me, but I'll never know.  

Isn't it sad that so many of these unnamed photos are just lost over the years because no one bothered to label them?  In all my years of ancestor hunting I cannot tell you how many times I have heard this same story.  "My aunt left me all these photos, but none were labeled."  These are the ones that end up in a museum, or in flea markets.  

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