HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!
One of the things that always amazed me about my mom that she went on trips with friends when she was a teenager. These 3 photos are from a trip from Kalamazoo to Chicago on 30 August 1946. She was only 14 years old! I just can’t imagine that I would have been allowed to do that at 14 without an adult present. Maybe I am remembering things incorrectly and that someone’s mom took them for a before school starts trip that year.
I don’t know who Martha is. She isn’t in the Kalamazoo Central Delphian as a senior in 1950 and I don’t recall my mom telling any stories about her. Uldene is Uldene Hoffmaster who lived across the street from my mom on Clinton Street in Kalamazoo (Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI).
My mom had a great laugh and although she isn’t really smiling in any of these photos, I bet they found plenty to giggle about while sightseeing in the Big City. She was very fashion conscious throughout her life. I love that her bobby socks are perfectly turned down. She and Uldene seem to be rocking the same raincoat style.
Photo 1: “Martha, me, Uldene. On the boardwalk.”
Photo 2: “Uldene & I. Aug. 30, 1946” next to Shedd Aquarium. Notice that her purse is ON THE GROUND!
Photo 3: “Me. Aug. 30, 1946 In front of Field Museum”