Photograph at Highlands, N.C. and newspaper clipping of lamp display by Mrs. J. P. Walker Jr.
Book 2, Page 203 ·1941-1955
Transcription
Upper photograph — a small black-and-white snapshot of three people standing or leaning at a rustic split-log railing or footbridge among trees. A man in a light shirt at center, a young woman to his left, and another figure (mostly hidden behind tree shadow) at right. Captioned to the left of the photo in blue ink:
Amy Pickens & Winnie Barrineau Highlands N. C.
Newspaper clipping (lower portion) — a half-tone photograph of a tablescape: an ornate metal-base table lamp with a floral-printed shade on a drop-leaf table, beside a cigarette box, an envelope/letter, and an arrangement of cut flowers (no separate vase is visible — the flowers appear to be the table’s own potted plant). The caption beneath reads:
A lamp, a cigarette box and an arrangement of pansies, la[rkspur …] occasional table make up this charming display. It was done by M[…]
AI Notes
An album page with a small black-and-white snapshot mounted at the top-center on a deckle-edged white card, and a newspaper clipping pasted below showing a lamp and floral arrangement. The clipping has been folded across its right edge so a second column of advertising text projects to the right of the lamp image. A pencil caption identifies three people in the snapshot. The lower clipping’s photo caption begins ‘A lamp, a cigarette box and an arrangement of pansies, la[rkspur]…’ and runs onto a second line ‘occasional table make up this charming display. It was done by M[rs. …]’ before being lost in the fold; the credit appears to read ‘Mrs. J. P. Walker Jr.’ (Mary Ann Walker, the compiler’s daughter, who married Lt. Oswald Beverley ‘Bo’ McEwan in 1941, then would have been Mrs. O. B. McEwan, not Mrs. J. P. Walker Jr. — the more likely credit is to a different family member or family friend, but the credit line itself is hidden beneath the fold so the attribution is uncertain). The peeking ad fragment reads ‘Feather-light / with imported / charm to / In mint green, s[oft] / from / NE…’ with a small line drawing of a flowering plant — likely a department-store dress ad.
The clipping has been folded vertically along the right side so the credit line and the right half of each text line are tucked beneath the fold. A peek at the verso (the printed text projecting beyond the lamp photo) shows a partial advertisement: ‘Feather-light’, ‘with imported’, ‘charm to’, ‘In mint green, s[oft] / […] / from / NE…’, along with a small line drawing of a flowering plant or vine — almost certainly a dress or millinery advertisement from the same page of the newspaper. The credit appears to read ‘Mrs. J. P. Walker Jr.,’ but the credit line itself is concealed beneath the fold and the identification is editorial. “Pickens” here is James Pickens Walker Jr. (“Bo”); “Amy” is the compiler. The Walker family vacationed in Highlands, NC, a popular summer mountain resort in the southwestern North Carolina highlands.