Here are some lovely summery photos, once again. The first image features our album’s star, seated with three older women.
Photo 84
The next photo features the three women above, plus one more.
Photo 85
Photo 86 is an odd shot and features our old friend, the hammock. Given that this photo wasn’t posed, I can only assume that the photog was hoping for a repeat performance of the fallen hammock.
Photo 86
Our album’s star is literally holding onto her hat in Photo 80:
Photo 80
I like the details on the dress of the subject in Photo 81:
Photo 81
This next photo is a little odd. It looks like she is tilting the chair to get a better look at something on its seat — a newspaper, perhaps?
Photo 82
A wildlife shot:
Photo 83
Check out the random kid with the vintage tricycle in Photo 77:
Photo 77
I wonder at which park this photo was taken — could it still be around?
Photo 78 sort of reveals the identity of a prior album subject:
Photo 78
Reverse of Photo 78: Brother and Sister
At least I can read around the glue marks this time.
I’m curious as to the setting for this next photo. It looks rather industrial:
Photo 79
One of my friends has had to clean out a recently deceased relative’s home and she has found several gems, including a copy of “You’re Going to Employ Women,” a pamphlet issued by the U.S. War Department in 1943 to its personnel offices (her relative worked in personnel at the Pentagon).
During the 1940s, with so many men off to war, women needed to be hired for positions traditionally held only by men, including in industries like manufacturing. This is the era that spawned the iconic Rosie the Riveter image.
The prospect of hiring women must have struck fear into the hearts of the many men left behind. Pamphlets like the one detailed here were created to helpfully guide them through the hiring and supervising of these creatures.
My friend allowed me to snap photos of the document, which includes such gems as:
“When training women, orient her more thoroughly than a man on health and safety rules, plant layout and production company policies, job techniques.”
“When training women, relate her job training to past experience, usually domestic—interpret machinery operation in terms of household and kitchen appliances.”
“Use a trained personnel woman. She understands women worker needs. She can give sympathetic attention to home problems. She can be told personal difficulties that would not be confided in a man.”
Unfortunately, not all of my photos of the booklet turned out that great, but here are the ones that did:
"When Hiring Women..."
"When Supervising Women..."
"For Victory -- Employ women intelligently."
Exciting news! I’ve finally finished scanning all of the photos in Album 1 of the Album Rescue Project. Now I just need to blog about them!
These ladies have some lovely hats in Photo 64:
Photo 64
Photo 65
Photo 66
Reverse of Photo 66 "Hazel and Ray"
Photo 67 has more of those confounded codes written on it. The numbers must be years, but how do they make any sense? And are the letters initials? This is driving me slowly mad…
Photo 67
Insanity-inducing notations aside, this really is quite a lovely photo…
Here’s some new scenery for the next couple of photos:
Photo 52
Photo 53
It took me a while to notice the woman in the window — interesting shot, huh?
Photo 54
These two are attached at the hip, aren’t they? Note they are both wearing the same pin. I’ve seen the star wearing it other photos in the album. They may just be locket pins, but I wonder if they have some other significance.
I’m really starting to wonder about the labeling system the album owner used on these photos. Why write the same thing twice on this photo? So bizarre…
Photo 55
Too bad this photo is so blurry. She looks happy and also like she’s saying something.
Photo 56
This subject looks a little miffed. I can only guess that she didn’t want her picture taken.
Some of these next photos depict a fun trip to the lake.
Photo 48
That’s our star on the right and her friend in the middle has appeared in several other photos already. At least two of the girls are holding bouquets, but I wonder if they picked these themselves.
Photo 49
Reverse of Photo 49: The Raft
I can only imagine that the group down by this lake or river put a lot of effort into this raft, what with its flag and everything. I love the fact they took a photo of it and even captioned it.
Photo 50
Photo 51
Reverse of Photo 51: First Fishing
I don’t think we’ve come across this little guy before — looks like he’s having fun!
Here’s the album’s star all dressed up again. From the hat and dress, I think both of these photos were taken on the same day.
Photo 46
Photo 47
Once again, no clues on the back of these photos either.
The ruins of St. Johns along the Miles River. Photo taken from Unionville Road.
Drivers on the Eastern Shore of Maryland who take the Unionville Road bridge over the Miles River are treated to a view of Gothic church ruins. These are what is left of St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church, which was finished in 1839. The money for the church was donated by Miles River Neck landowners who wanted a parish closer than the one in nearby St. Michaels, Md. It was one of the first Gothic Revival churches on the Eastern Shore.
The walls are made of granite. The church was deemed structurally unsound in 1900 and it continues to crumble. A photo of the ruins in “Where Land and Water Intertwine” (1984) shows a turret at the front of the church, but is has since fallen away.
Overhead view of St. Johns, courtesy of Google Maps
These ruins are not to be confused with Dundee Chapel, a circa 1720 church built further inland in Tunis Mills near what is now the intersection of Unionville Road and Todd’s Corner.
Information for this post came from “Where Land and Water Intertwine, An Archictectural History of Talbot County, Maryland” by Christopher Weeks (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984), pages 105-106.
I just think these two are so cute. I wonder if it’s Easter Sunday and that’s why the bouquet around our star’s neck?
Photo 39
We’re back in the yard with the small house for this next photo (unlabeled, unfortunately):
Photo 40
