I can't believe my Grandmother's nickname was Snooky.
The second is a sampler of photos Grandma kept of her 10 grandchildren.
Hot off the scanner, Sam Blam's high school yearbook from 1924!
Grandpa died when I was only four, so this has been a fascinating little window into his personality for me. His class photo is on page 12.
The caption reads:
Sam can argue, Sam can act. Of his achievements 'tis hard to keep track.
Sam came to Bryant from PS1, Queens, in September 1921. He has been an Owl agent, a BU Councillor, section president and captain of the Hand-Ball Club, a member of the Speakers' Club, Mathematics Club and the Spanish Club. he has taken a very prominent part in the dramatics of the school, taking the role of the Duke in "As You Like It," and Demetrius in "Midsummer Night's Dream." He has brought great honor upon himself by wikking a prize of fifty dollars in the Oratorical Contest. This is a sufficient basis for predicting that Sam has a wonderful future as a lawyer in store for him.
He was also voted "Class arguer" (which I believe we would call "debater" as opposed to "ornery guy") and "Class most studious boy."
He also has a poem published on page 56 called "Tests (A Parody on 'Boots' by Kipling)"
For some truly terrible jokes, check out this yearbook's humor section, beginning on page 60.
Bryant High School Yearbook - 1924
I took a break from photos for this entry. There are, in my box from Grandma, diplomas dating back to the 20s. Grade school, high school, college, and something called the Alfred C. Bossom Diploma, awarded "for service as a citizen while a school student."
The next album is posted, go and check it out!
This album is marked 1929 -1938. It's got some cute pictures of kids named Monroe and Phyllis, some great vacation snaps of Grandma and Grandpa, and photos of their parents as well.
There's beach vacations, a hotel called Shady Glen, a hospital in Kingston, a place called Granite, and a boat trip on the Hudson River. There are also honeymoon snaps from Lakewood at the Pines Hotel (December 1930).
We also meet Uncle Stanley.
There is a section of photos from a Washington DC trip in February 1937 (brr!) with "Miriam and Bub".
Most of these are souvenir photos (not taken by them), but there's a few shots they took of the Capitol, Supreme Court, from the top of the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, and the greenhouse at Robert E. Lee's home.
We also see some shots from January 1938 at Sam's workplace, a high school classroom. Bub's in these, so I'm guessing he was a fellow teacher there. The school is labeled PS3, and the students are of mixed race, which I found surprising for the period.
Unfortunately, there are some problems with this album. Some of the photos are overexposed, and many are missing. I found a pile of loose photos in the back of the album, and a bunch of pages where most or all of the photos have fallen out. These include "Scenes at World's Fair, March 1938", "Teachers of PS3", and other shots mostly from 1938.
Enjoy!
Dear extended family,
Okay, it's been a while (since Thanksgiving!) since I scanned anything, so I've decided to set aside this Saturday night and finish the set of suede-bound albums. There are two more, from 1927-29 and 1929.
These photos feature Grandma, Grandpa, and lots of people I don't know at a friend's farm, at "The Overlook Hotel", "The Crowl Karmel Hotel" (sp?)
There are a bunch of people who I do not recognize, so please, the Huckmans or the Sommers are, please comment on the appropriate photos.
One surprising thing is to see Grandma behind the wheel of a car, since we know she never got a license until she took drivers' ed with my mom.
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