Photograph of Mary Ann Walker at the dresser, Richmond St., Jacksonville, Fla.
Book 2, Page 171 ·1938–1939
Transcription
A black-and-white photograph of a young woman in a full-length pale chiffon evening gown with a dark fitted bodice, standing in profile at a swing-mirror bureau, lifting one hand to her hair. Her reflection — face turned three-quarters to the camera — appears in the oval mirror. A small suitcase stands on the floor at the right; a framed picture hangs on the wall behind, and the edge of a round mirror is just visible at the upper left.
Ink caption beneath the print:
Mary Ann 1938 – 1939 — Richmond St. — Jax. Fla.
AI Notes
Album page with a single large black-and-white photograph mounted at center. The image shows a young woman in a full-length pale evening gown with a dark fitted bodice, standing in profile before a swing-mirror bureau. She is lifting one hand to her hair, her reflection visible in the oval mirror; a small suitcase rests on the floor at the right. A framed picture hangs on the wall behind her, and a circular mirror is partly visible at the upper left. The print is captioned in black ink along the lower margin. Mary Ann is the compiler’s youngest daughter Mary Ann Walker (b. 8 June 1918; later Mrs. Oswald Beverley McEwan), aged 20–21 at the time of the photograph.
“Jax. Fla.” is shorthand for Jacksonville, Florida — the Walker family had been living in Jacksonville since their 1925 move from Charleston (see Book 1 narrative). Mary Ann is the compiler’s youngest daughter, Mary Ann Walker (b. 8 June 1918, later Mrs. Oswald Beverley McEwan), who would have been 20–21 years old at the time the photograph was taken. She also appears as a Revellers Court maid on page 172.