Photographs: Corbell and McEwan children at various homes, ca. early 1950s
Book 2, Page 229 ·1950–1955
Transcription
Top photograph — caption beneath in blue ballpoint:
Dee & Robin Corbell on patio of HOME —
A black-and-white snapshot of a patio with metal-frame outdoor furniture — chairs, a chaise longue with striped cushion, and a small table — and two figures: a woman standing at center holding a small child aloft (the woman in glasses appears to be Emma Dee/“Dee” with one of her children).
Middle left photograph — caption beneath:
Chris McEwan + Missy — 1129 Osceola St.
A black-and-white snapshot of a boy in a horizontally striped shirt standing in a yard before a brick house, beside a tree, with a small dog (“Missy”) at his feet.
Middle right photograph — caption beneath:
Chris McEwan & his 1st wild turkey —
A black-and-white snapshot of a boy in a striped t-shirt holding a large turkey by its body, the bird’s spread tail-feathers prominent in front of him.
Bottom left photograph — caption beneath:
Dee Corbella. Portsmouth.
Living room at 303 Norman Rd.
A black-and-white snapshot of a young girl in a short floral-print sundress standing in a furnished living room, with a side table, lamp, and other furniture visible around her.
Bottom right photograph — caption beneath:
Puck Corbell on patio Ports mouth V[a].
A black-and-white snapshot of a boy reclining in a striped fabric hammock slung beneath a porch roof.
AI Notes
Album page with five black-and-white photographs mounted in three rows. Top: two figures on a screened patio with metal lawn furniture. Middle row: a boy with a small dog before a brick house (left), and a different boy holding a large dead wild turkey (right). Bottom row: a girl in a short sundress standing in a furnished living room (left), and a boy reclining in a porch hammock (right). Captions are in blue ballpoint, partly cropped at the bottom of the page. The surname is Corbell throughout; the boy in the middle-right photograph is Chris McEwan with his first wild turkey; the address on the bottom-left caption is 303 Norman Rd.
The “Corbell” surname is consistent throughout the compiler’s captions on the surrounding pages (see also pages 195, 202). “Dee Corbella” is the compiler’s casual feminine form for her granddaughter Dee, a sibling of the boy “Puck” Corbell pictured in the lower-right print. “Chris McEwan” is the compiler’s grandson (b. 1942), eldest of Mary Ann Walker McEwan’s children.