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1926. "Jimmie Jr., Jane, Joan, Jean Davis (Lee Hart job)." Dad James Davis was Secretary of Labor in the Harding, Coolidge and Hoover administrations before being elected to the Senate. National Photo glass negative. View full size.
Little girl on the right is holding a Kathe Kruse doll.
My parents did the same thing to us and it continues through the generations: JoAnn, Judi, Jackie -- then Jennifer and Justin -- then Joey, Jonathan, Julian (the newest). And one sister, Carol, born just after Christmas. (Why not Joy??)
Jimmie, Jane, Joan & Jean. I hope the children grew up duly resentful.
[There was also baby sister Jewell, not pictured. - Dave]
Ya know.... I'm still trying to find a picture, but that "sun porch" actually reminds me a LOT of a long glassed hallway at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York. It kind of a long glassed sunroom that connects portions of the mansion and looks out onto the gardens.
Maybe it REALLY was a Kodak moment!
Does anyone know where this was really taken or have better familiarity with the Eastman House? I found some pix of the interior, but none of the room I have in mind.
[This was taken at the family's home in Washington. - Dave]
A sun porch a mile long!
Imagine if the picture that Jimmie Jr. took could be matched up with this one. The expressions on all four children are priceless. The doll less so. BTW this was the year my mom was born .. about same age as Jewell and still going strong!
[Jimmie Jr. is holding a movie camera. - Dave]
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