Realtor lined up and its off for a fun afternoon of time-traveling house shopping. More interesting than the 2026 kind because you can check out the 1955 fashions in decor from back before someone at Wayfair made the rules. Collections of the University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington State USA.

*Alger house, exterior view of carport. 2320 Delmar Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA. Roland Terry/Terry and Moore, architect.* 1955 photograph. Dearborn-Massar, photographers. Dearborn-Massar Photographs Collection, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Under copyright. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/dearmassar/id/2047/rec/1

*Alger house, exterior view of deck. 2320 Delmar Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA. Roland Terry/Terry and Moore, architect.* 1955 photograph. Dearborn-Massar, photographers. Dearborn-Massar Photographs Collection, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Under copyright. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/dearmassar/id/2044/rec/2

*Alger house, exterior view of patio bar. 2320 Delmar Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA. Roland Terry/Terry and Moore, architect.* 1955 photograph. Dearborn-Massar, photographers. Dearborn-Massar Photographs Collection, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Under copyright. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/dearmassar/id/2048/rec/5

*Alger house, interior view of living room. 2320 Delmar Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA. Roland Terry/Terry and Moore, architect.* 1955 photograph. Dearborn-Massar, photographers. Dearborn-Massar Photographs Collection, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Under copyright. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/dearmassar/id/2050/rec/7

*Alger residence, interior view of the kitchen. 2320 Delmar Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA. Roland Terry/Terry and Moore, architect.* 1955 photograph. Dearborn-Massar, photographers. Dearborn-Massar Photographs Collection. Property of MSCUA, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Under copyright. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/dearmassar/id/979/rec/14

*Alger residence, interior showing light fixture in living room. 2320 Delmar Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA. Roland Terry/Terry and Moore, architect.* 1955 photograph. Dearborn-Massar, photographers. Dearborn-Massar Photographs Collection. Property of MSCUA, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Under copyright. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/dearmassar/id/867/rec/15

Alger residence. Another view of the patio bar as seen from the side with a bookcase on the right so presumably a library or den. 2320 Delmar Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA. Roland Terry/Terry and Moore, architect. 1955 photograph. Dearborn-Massar, photographers. Dearborn-Massar Photographs Collection. Property of MSCUA, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Under copyright. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/dearmassar/id/977/rec/22

The house is still there. It turns up on Redfin which states that it was built in 1955 so photographed right after it was built though whether for the architects or the owners I don’t know. These images (and more with them, 22 in all) are archived as part of a collection of Dearborn-Massar photographs. They were professional architectural photographers in the Pacific Northwest during the period 1943-1963.

With some of these the bedrooms and bathrooms weren’t photographed because they were private spaces as opposed to patio bars, carports and living rooms. I expect that is why there are no photographs of them.

Off to buy a new pair of dancing slippers and back soon. Being a plus one at a party at the fanciest club in Louisville, Kentucky and that means fancy. Caviar, champagne, a fifty piece dance orchestra . . .

“Annual Outing of the Advertising Club of Louisville at the Louisville Boat Club, Louisville, Kentucky, 1929: According to the Friday morning edition of the Courier Journal from September 20th, 1929, this is the annual outing for the Advertising Club of Louisville, which is being hosted at the Louisville Boat Club at 4200 River Road. The planned outline of events as given by the paper says that prior to the dinner they held athletic events and played bridge and that after the dinner there was to be a dance. There is a large table with a tablecloth over it that has plates, cutlery, food, and flowers spread atop it. Sitting around the table are white men and women of various ages dressed in formal party-going attire. There are helium balloons tied to various chairs. There are three African American men standing behind the people sitting at the table. Two of these men are wearing tuxedos standing around what are presumably music stands holding sheet music. The other man is holding a bundle of helium balloons.” September 20, 1929. American. Caufield and Shook, photographers. No known copyright as of 2026. Caufield and Shook Collection, University of Louisville Libraries. https://digital.library.louisville.edu/concern/images/ulpa_cs_104782?locale=en

Crowd of white women and men pack the Club Madrid dance floor. Club Madrid, also referred to as Madrid Ballroom, was located at Third and Guthrie Streets inside the Louisville Recreational Building in Louisville, Kentucky. The club opened in 1929 and featured dancing and live music. It closed in 1952. 1929 image. American. Caufield and Shook, photographers. No known copyright as of 2026. Caufield and Shook Collection, University of Louisville Libraries. https://digital.library.louisville.edu/concern/images/ulpa_cs_104746?locale=en

Club Madrid, Southeast corner Third Street and Guthrie, Louisville, Kentucky: Large crowd of people at tables with white table cloths and on the dance floor in a ballroom. The men wear suits white tuxedos, and the women wear long dresses. An all woman band, likely trumpet player Joy Caylor and “Her Swinging Co-Eds,” is visible on the stage in the background. The ballroom is decorated with painted palm trees on the back wall and ornate chandeliers. May 31 1944 image. American. Royal Photographic Company, photographer. No known copyright as of 2026. University of Louisville Libraries Collection. https://digital.library.louisville.edu/concern/images/ulpa_r_08081_00?locale=en

An envisioning. July 2022, and a late morning heading toward crab salad luncheon with the ladies’ time at the Active Retiree Inn at Glimmerglass Bluffs.

Oh to be here.

The servers setting up the dining room. More guests than the invitation had promised, at least as far as one can tell from the number of dishes and courses listed. Only five items and two desserts, but an entire horseshoe table like the kind the Governor had at his banquet back in Boston that time, the one that was supposed to be lobster but the lobsters weren’t leaping into the traps. Gallons of baked beans garnished with parsley instead. This lunch better, for sure, what with not even a can of baked beans for miles and three bowls of marshmallow-studded ambrosia already.

Please click through the link to read the rest if you’d like. It’s all published to my Substack including this image and a second one.

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/an-envisioning-july-2022-and-a-late

Only two more weeks and its off to Camp Quinibeck to have fun until school starts. Camp Quinibeck was on Lake Fairlee in Vermont; one of these images is from a local historical society, the others are from a 1912 photograph album that must have belonged to a camper or maybe a counselor.

Campers presenting a classical tableau. Performances of this type were prepared for camp and public audiences. Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont. Photograph, ca. 1915. American. Photographer not given. Collections of the Fairlee Historical Society. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. via https://larrycoffin.blogspot.com/2010/07/going-to-summer-camp.html

Tableau with two campers and two counselors. Must have been wrapped around the Alaska Gold Rush as the young woman on the left is holding a mining tin pan and the box the young woman on the right is holding says “Fairbanks Gold Dust Washing Powder.” 1912. From a black paper photo album of photographs of Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont with the first photograph labeled “Camp Quinibeck 1912.” Image © 2026 Caroliniana Rare Books. Fair use license with the photograph itself being in the public domain due to age. https://www.carolinianararebooks.com/pages/books/12487/photo-album-of-camp-quinibeck-in-vermont

*Camp Quinibeck 1912.* Cabins and dining hall/main building, Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont. 1912. From a black paper photo album of photographs of Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont with the first photograph labeled “Camp Quinibeck 1912.” Image © 2026 Caroliniana Rare Books. Fair use license with the photograph itself being in the public domain due to age. https://www.carolinianararebooks.com/pages/books/12487/photo-album-of-camp-quinibeck-in-vermont

Tableau/pageant/play with campers in various costumes including a sailor, a clown and a Chinaman sitting in the middle of the front row. Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont. 1912. From a black paper photo album of photographs of Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont with the first photograph labeled “Camp Quinibeck 1912.” Image © 2026 Caroliniana Rare Books. Fair use license with the photograph itself being in the public domain due to age. https://www.carolinianararebooks.com/pages/books/12487/photo-album-of-camp-quinibeck-in-vermont

Campers wearing their middy tops and gym skirts. Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont. 1912. From a black paper photo album of photographs of Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont with the first photograph labeled “Camp Quinibeck 1912.” Image © 2026 Caroliniana Rare Books. Fair use license with the photograph itself being in the public domain due to age. https://www.carolinianararebooks.com/pages/books/12487/photo-album-of-camp-quinibeck-in-vermont

Exercise? Maybe a competition with a neighboring camp? Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont. 1912. From a black paper photo album of photographs of Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont with the first photograph labeled “Camp Quinibeck 1912.” Image © 2026 Caroliniana Rare Books. Fair use license with the photograph itself being in the public domain due to age. https://www.carolinianararebooks.com/pages/books/12487/photo-album-of-camp-quinibeck-in-vermont

Waterfront with a row boat in the foreground and campers swimming, boating and canoeing. Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont. 1912. From a black paper photo album of photographs of Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont with the first photograph labeled “Camp Quinibeck 1912.” Image © 2026 Caroliniana Rare Books. Fair use license with the photograph itself being in the public domain due to age. https://www.carolinianararebooks.com/pages/books/12487/photo-album-of-camp-quinibeck-in-vermont

This was only Camp Quinibeck’s second summer from what I am finding. It would have been one of the earliest camps for girls. They closed decades later so there is a Facebook page with 1960s images but nothing this old. There are probably more in the historical society collections but other than the first image here which is from someone else’s blog post none of the other pictures appear to have been scanned and available online.

Also, counselors in black face and a camper in costume as a Chinaman was perfectly fine in 1912 Vermont.

Pretending to be a Native American in the “Pageant at Cooperstown.” From a set of postcards put out by Brown Brothers; it is likely that the photographs are from Cooperstown’s James Fenimore Cooper Sesquicentennial Celebration in August and September of 1940. These are from Auger Down Books but Abe Books has a set too.

Actors dressed as leather- and fur-clad pioneers, and others in war bonnets and loincloths being Indians/Native Americans. Part of the “Pageant at Cooperstown” which was part of the Cooperstown’s James Fenimore Cooper Sesquicentennial Celebration in August and September of 1940. American. Brown Brothers, publishers. Image © 2026 Auger Down Books. Fair use license. https://www.augerdownbooks.com/pages/books/List2819/american-authors-upstate-new-york-brown-brothers/eight-real-photo-postcards-likely-from-the-james-fenimore-cooper-sesquicentennial-celebration

Scene with three actors, a riverboat and a birchbark canoe. Hard to tell. Part of the “Pageant at Cooperstown” which was part of the Cooperstown’s James Fenimore Cooper Sesquicentennial Celebration in August and September of 1940. American. Brown Brothers, publishers. Image © 2026 Auger Down Books. Fair use license. https://www.augerdownbooks.com/pages/books/List2819/american-authors-upstate-new-york-brown-brothers/eight-real-photo-postcards-likely-from-the-james-fenimore-cooper-sesquicentennial-celebration

Actors who might be portraying the parents of James Fenimore Cooper. Maybe not. Hard to tell. Part of the “Pageant at Cooperstown” which was part of the Cooperstown’s James Fenimore Cooper Sesquicentennial Celebration in August and September of 1940. American. Brown Brothers, publishers. Image © 2026 Auger Down Books. Fair use license. https://www.augerdownbooks.com/pages/books/List2819/american-authors-upstate-new-york-brown-brothers/eight-real-photo-postcards-likely-from-the-james-fenimore-cooper-sesquicentennial-celebration

James Fenimore Cooper wrote “The Last of the Mohicans” and other novels. Also, I’ve been to Cooperstown but a long time ago. After summer camp ended, my grandparents would take two grandchildren at a time (there were five of us altogether) and we would take week long trips going to various places in upstate New York. One year they took myself and my sister to Cooperstown.

Learn more about the pageant here https://jfcoopersociety.org/content/04-crit/articles/nyhistory/1941nyhistory-sesquicentennial.htm

Sticking down the last felt letter on the parade banner and off to be a druid lady at the Fêtes des druides au Mont Gildas in Brittany. Doesn’t look like they have these anymore but judging by the pictures it was lots of fun. Collections of Gallica BnF the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

*Procession, Fêtes des druides au Mont Gildas (les druides).* 1911. Bretagne, France. Press photograph, photo credit Agence Rol. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie. In the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53111545x?rk=21459;2

*Procession, one man with a harp. Fêtes des druides au Mont Gildas (les druides).* 1911. Bretagne, France. Press photograph, photo credit Agence Rol. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie. In the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53111529w?rk=42918;4

Processing with banners with the four men in the lead in civilian dress not druid costumes. *Fêtes des druides au Mont Gildas (les druides).* 1911. Bretagne, France. Press photograph, photo credit Agence Rol. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie. In the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b531115399?rk=107296;4#

*General view of the crowd and the druids. Fêtes des druides au Mont Gildas (les druides).* 1911. Bretagne, France. Press photograph, photo credit Agence Rol. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie. In the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53111528f?rk=193134;0#

Man in Vendéen Costume. *Fêtes des druides au Mont Gildas (les druides).* 1911. Bretagne, France. Press photograph, photo credit Agence Rol. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie. In the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53111547t?rk=257512;0

Off to a fashioncade. I don’t think they have these any more but it sounds like it was similar to streaming designer runway shows on vogue.com but in real time wearing a girdle and a string of pearls out at the country club or the home of the president of the PTA . From TESSA, Digital Archives of the Los Angeles Public Library.

Fashions in furs with the photograph caption dated October 17 1957 and reading, “Presenting a pre-view of autumn furs to be shown in the “Future Unlimited Fashion Fair” sponsored by Encino Woman’s Club are Mmes. I. L. Bagwell, president; C. W. Hartford, F. Norwood Yale and Miss Carroll Hunter, from left. Benefit fashioncade on Oct. 31 at Sportsmen’s Lodge will aid ‘Futures Unlimited.’” Ed J. Clarke, photographer for the Valley Times newspaper. TESSA, the Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. Under copyright in 1957. Fair use license. https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/55626/rec/4

Fashioncade of furs with the photograph caption dated February 25, 1955 and reading, “Mrs. Ben Pannell, seated, who always thought just any fur coat would be nice, seems puzzled when she sees an array of garments dating from 1890 to modern times. Modeling the coats from left are Mmes. Calvin Glendenning, Don Barnett, Nick George, Don Furst, Win Hovey and Roy Barron. The fur pieces will be modeled at a benefit sponsored by Kappa Omicron of Epsilon Sigma Alpha.” Photographer not given but shot for the Valley Times Newspaper. TESSA, the Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. Under copyright in 1955. Fair use license. https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/68564/rec/1

Comic Relief with the photograph caption reading July 16, 1958 and reading “Mrs. Ruth Litt in old fashioned swim-suit, prepares to ‘get in the swim’ while Mmes. Norma Miller and Barbara Kaufman, from left, cheer from side-lines. Trio will model in aquatic fashioncade at July 23 membership swim party of Elana Group of San Fernando Valley Chapter of Hadassah.” Photographer not given but shot for the Valley Times Newspaper. TESSA, the Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. Under copyright in 1958. Fair use license. https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/63107/rec/7

Fashion pageant with the photograph caption dated August 12, 1959 and reading “Valley members of the Daughters of Penelope inspect decor for fashioncade which will highlight Aug. 16-23 supreme convention in Ambassador Hotel. From left are Mmes. Nick Zafiris, George Shanis and George J. Brotsis.” Photographer not given but shot for the Valley Times Newspaper. TESSA, the Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. Under copyright in 1959. Fair use license. https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/126085/rec/8

Here Comes the Bride with the photograph caption dated May 8, 1957 and reading, “Mrs. Lou Shields, foreground, displays lovely bride doll door prize for May 13 fashioncade of Sherman Oaks School mothers. Left to right, background, Mmes. Louis Marino and Rad Robinson plan arrangements; Mmes. Nell W. Hanner and Marion C. Beatty admire a doll. Event at Mrs. Beatty’s Encino home will feature spring styles.” Photographer not given but shot for the Valley Times Newspaper. TESSA, the Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. Under copyright in 1957. Fair use license.

FYI these are 1950s furs to go with the 1950s ladies wearing them in the pictures. Why I think the images are all right to use. If they were recent, I wouldn’t.

Saturday night flirting over and studying lines instead. Off to try out for one of the school plays and hoping for a role with a cute costume. Theatricals (and one Hallowe’en Masquerade) imagery from old yearbooks of Saint Genevieve-of-the-Pines, Asheville, North Carolina for the years 1917 and 1920. These are all from scans on the Internet Archive but I found out about them from @ncdigitalheritagecenter on Instagram.

*Cast picture, “The Chimes of Normandy.”* Page 71 of the 1920 edition of “*Le Flambeau*,” the yearbook of Saint-Genevieve-of-the-Pines School, Asheville, North Carolina. North Carolina Digital Heritage Center via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/leflambeau192004stge/page/n70/mode/1up

*Cast picture, “Esther.”* Page 72 of the 1920 edition of “*Le Flambeau*,” the yearbook of Saint-Genevieve-of-the-Pines School, Asheville, North Carolina. North Carolina Digital Heritage Center via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/leflambeau192004stge/page/n72/mode/1up

*Cast picture, “Princess Chrysanthemum.”* Page 74 of the 1920 edition of “*Le Flambeau*,” the yearbook of Saint-Genevieve-of-the-Pines School, Asheville, North Carolina. North Carolina Digital Heritage Center via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/leflambeau192004stge/page/n74/mode/1up

*The Hallowe’en Masquerade.* Page 69 of the 1917 edition of “*Le Flambeau*,” the yearbook of Saint-Genevieve-of-the-Pines School, Asheville, North Carolina. North Carolina Digital Heritage Center via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/leflambeauserial01stge/page/n69/mode/1up

Off to buy a few more middy blouses and then I’m off on holiday with the Saturday Evening Girls Club. The Saturday Evening Girls club (1899-1969) was a Progressive Era reading group for young immigrant women in Boston’s North End. From the archives of the University of Massachusetts Boston (previously Boston State College).

*At Hull Street: From left to right: unidentified, Fanny Levine, Lili Shapiro, Celia Goodman, and unidentified. North End, Boston, Massachusetts USA*. ca. 1899-1917. Photograph. Photographer not given. Barbara Maysles Kramer Saturday Night Girls Collection, University of Massachusetts Boston, Joseph P. Healey Library. Fair use license.https://openarchives.umb.edu/digital/collection/p15774coll40/id/263/rec/4

Berrying: Group of Saturday Evening Girls members pose while berry picking at camp. Members of the Saturday Evening Girls could participate in a summer camp, located at Wingaersheek Beach in West Gloucester, Massachusetts that was supported by Helen Osborne Storrow. Early 1900s photograph with this image having been created from a slide in 1995. Photographer not given. Barbara Maysles Kramer Saturday Night Girls Collection, University of Massachusetts Boston, Joseph P. Healey Library. Fair use license. https://openarchives.umb.edu/digital/collection/p15774coll40/id/200/rec/8

*Breakfast on the porch: Members of the Saturday Evening Girls sit at a long table for breakfast.* ca. 1899-1917. Photograph. Photographer not given. Barbara Maysles Kramer Saturday Night Girls Collection, University of Massachusetts Boston, Joseph P. Healey Library. Fair use license. https://openarchives.umb.edu/digital/collection/p15774coll40/id/146/rec/10

Knitting Party: Lili Shapiro is shown here sitting in the middle of the knitting party. Members of the Saturday Evening Girls could participate in a summer camp located at Wingaersheek Beach in West Gloucester, Massachusetts that was supported by Helen Osborne Storrow. Early 1900s photograph with this image having been created from a slide in 1995. Photographer not given. Barbara Maysles Kramer Saturday Night Girls Collection, University of Massachusetts Boston, Joseph P. Healey Library. Fair use license. https://openarchives.umb.edu/digital/collection/p15774coll40/id/285/rec/16

*“May 30, 1915,” Saturday Evening Girls members*: *Members of the Saturday Evening Girls could participate in a summer camp located at Wingaersheek Beach in West Gloucester, Massachusetts that was supported by Helen Osborne Storrow*. May 30, 1915 photograph which was created from a slide in 1995. Photographer not given. Barbara Maysles Kramer Saturday Night Girls Collection, University of Massachusetts Boston, Joseph P. Healey Library. Fair use license. https://openarchives.umb.edu/digital/collection/p15774coll40/id/143/rec/26

Anna Levin, Ethel Epstein Maysles, and Lina Rectes at the beach: Members of the Saturday Evening Girls could participate in a summer camp located at Wingaersheek Beach in West Gloucester, Massachusetts that was supported by Helen Osborne Storrow. Early 1900s photograph with this image having been created from a slide in 1995. Photographer not given. Barbara Maysles Kramer Saturday Night Girls Collection, University of Massachusetts Boston, Joseph P. Healey Library. Fair use license. https://openarchives.umb.edu/digital/collection/p15774coll40/id/249/rec/46

Annie and Eva Geneco sit outside: Members of the Saturday Evening Girls could participate in a summer camp located at Wingaersheek Beach in West Gloucester, Massachusetts that was supported by Helen Osborne Storrow. Early 1900s photograph with this image having been created from a slide in 1995. Photographer not given. Barbara Maysles Kramer Saturday Night Girls Collection, University of Massachusetts Boston, Joseph P. Healey Library. Fair use license. https://openarchives.umb.edu/digital/collection/p15774coll40/id/84/rec/48

*Five Saturday Evening Girls members pose for photograph. They are wearing what were called gym skirts which we would call culottes:* *Members of the Saturday Evening Girls could participate in a summer camp located at Wingaersheek Beach in West Gloucester, Massachusetts that was supported by Helen Osborne Storrow.* Early 1900s photograph with this image having been created from a slide in 1995. Photographer not given. Barbara Maysles Kramer Saturday Night Girls Collection, University of Massachusetts Boston, Joseph P. Healey Library. Fair use license. https://openarchives.umb.edu/digital/collection/p15774coll40/id/220/rec/139

*Young woman wraps herself with garden hose, 1917. Presumably photographed in Gloucester but for sure Massachusetts.* Photographer not given. Barbara Maysles Kramer Saturday Night Girls Collection, University of Massachusetts Boston, Joseph P. Healey Library. Fair use license. https://openarchives.umb.edu/digital/collection/p15774coll40/id/147/rec/370

Looks like fun. Helen Osborne Storrow was married to investment banker James Storrow for whom Boston’s Storrow Drive is named. He led a campaign to create the Charles River Basin and preserve and improve the riverbanks as a public park (Boston’s Esplanade where our annual the Pops Go The Fourth of July concert is held. Storrow Drive came later and was not something his (by then) widow Helen Osborne Storrow would have wanted. Mrs. Storrow was a major philanthropist; along with the Saturday Night Girls Club which also had a pottery component she supported West End House which in her time was in Boston’s West End but later moved to Allston (part of Boston) and is where my children learned to swim. Later during the COVID pandemic it housed a COVID testing program and food support programs that delivered groceries to local families in need.

The children’s school shoes bought and not wanting to go home yet. An afternoon at the Orange County Fair instead. Orange County, California. Various years, all of the images being from the Los Angeles Times Newspaper Collection at the University of California Los Angeles. A few are from the Los Angeles County Fair.