Photographs: McEwan family group, June 1951; Ilu Corbell at Portsmouth; Jim McEwan, 1952
Book 2, Page 228 ·1951–1952
Transcription
Upper photograph — caption beneath in blue ballpoint:
June 1951
Bo — Mary Ann — Jim — Chris and Nancy McEwan
A faded black-and-white snapshot of the McEwan family of five posed on the porch steps of a brick house. At the left a man (Bo McEwan) in white shirt and dark trousers; beside him a woman (Mary Ann) in a dark dress holds the toddler Jim on her hip. Behind them on a higher step stands an older boy (Chris) in light shirt and slacks, with a young girl (Nancy) in a plaid dress and curly hair seated on a tricycle or small wheeled toy at the lower right.
Lower left photograph — caption beneath:
Ilu Corbell — Portsmouth 19
[The year is incomplete — only “19” was written, with no following digits.]
A black-and-white snapshot of a woman kneeling on a patterned rug in a sitting room, bowed forward with her face down to the floor, beside a wooden side table.
Lower right photograph — caption written vertically beside the photo (which is mounted on its side):
Jim McEwan — 1952
A small black-and-white snapshot, mounted sideways, showing a smiling small boy (Jim McEwan, age ~2–3) seated in an armchair beside a tall table lamp, in a curtained sitting room with a chest of drawers visible to the right.
AI Notes
Album page with three black-and-white photographs. The upper print, a faded large snapshot mounted alone, shows the McEwan family of five posed on the front steps of a house — Bo (left), Mary Ann holding the toddler Jim, with Chris and Nancy on a higher step and lower right. The lower left print is a small snapshot of a woman bowed forward kneeling on a patterned rug in a sitting room (captioned Ilu Corbell, Portsmouth). The lower right print, mounted sideways with caption written vertically beside it, shows a small smiling boy (Jim McEwan, age ~2–3) seated in an armchair beside a tall lamp. Each print is captioned in blue ballpoint. [The top caption’s first “June” refers to the month (June 1951); the second instance is the name Jim — the toddler son, Hunter’s father. The bottom-right photo caption reads “Jim McEwan — 1952” (written vertically beside a sideways-mounted photo of a small boy).]