Five Generations, 1960.
Carol, Kay, Edith, Eula, and Margaret in November of 1960.
Margaret Brown in the Dallas Morning News, 1959.
Note that she was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1866, and her husband died in 1889, leaving her with four kids at age 23. For the record, the daughter referenced as "Mrs. Homer Parks" is an error and should read "Mrs. Arthur Parks". Also, the spelling of her name in the caption should be "Margaret Mae".
Grandmother Shumway.
Zeke's mother, EMM's paternal grandmother, known to us as "Grandmother Shumway". Kay is in both pictures and Margaret Mae Brown in one.
Margaret Brown, Eula, EMM, and Kay.
Four generations. There's another four-generation picture on this site, shifted one generation.
Eula, Kay, Margaret, 1939.
At a park in Fort Worth, Texas.
EMM in Swimsuit.
"My Three Children" include Betty Jane and David Blake.
Women's Army Corps, WWII.
Eula Katherine Blake is on the second row, sixth from the right; she may be the only WAC in the picture wearing glasses. There is a Japanese spy in the center of the third row from top.
Edith, Hats, California.
Two photos, one labeled on the front, "Little Edith Mae and her Grandmama" but I think it's EULA's grandmother, i.e., Edith's great-grandmother, Mrs. Graybill. Second labeled on the back, "Grandma, Edith Mae, Mabel, and Mama." I think they're in California, but can't prove it unless someone recognizes the setting. The hats alone are worth the price of these photos!
Eula and EMM at the Beach.
Santa Monica, California, about 1914.
Unknown man with baby.
Picture found at 2820 Throckmorton in Dallas. Identities uncertain. EMM thinks it might be her father and herself. Her father's name was Zeke Shumway--Eula and Zeke divorced when EMM was very young. EMM met Zeke once and then, at age 20, she attended his funeral. "My mother made me go to the funeral", she says. EMM played the piano at the funeral.
Eula and David Blake.
Picture found at 2820 Throckmorton. Blake was her second husband--he adopted EMM.
Unknown woman.
Picture hidden behind the above "Unknown man and woman".
Homer and Charles Brown, World War I.
Margaret Brown's sons. Charles, "Little Bubba", is the sailor. EMM says that Homer, "Big Bubba", is right front, the one apparently holding hands with Charles. The back of the original picture says "Homer, Charley, and Dave [Blake], Chicago".
Homer T. Brown.
Big Bubba came home from the war with TB and died from the disease in about 1926. EMM, about 13 at the time, remembers the scary experience of having the open casket sit in the living room of 2820 Throckmorton for a week, apparently the custom of the day. PALM remembers Margaret Brown telling about how horrible WWI was for her son, sleeping, eating, and fighting in the mud.
World War I Post Cards to EMM.
WWI era post cards from Homer Brown in France to his niece EMM.
Edith's high school graduation portrait.
EMM says that her graduation from North Dallas High was a big event because she was the first of her family to graduate from high school. She says they didn't have any money and must have paid a dollar a month for the next hundred years to pay for the dress.
1914: Edith, Eula, Margaret, and Margaret's mother.
Photo made in Sawtelle, CA, when EMM was one year old. The older woman is Mrs. Graybill.
Eula in San Angelo, Texas.
Early 1900s I suppose. EMM says that Eula's second husband lived in San Angelo.
Margaret Mae Brown, 1901.
"Mommie" to us, she raised her granddaughter EMM.
Margaret Brown's mother at her home in Sawtelle, California.
The picture is from the early 1900s.
EMM says she remembers the house from her visit at about age three; she
recalls that the facilities were outdoors.
Margaret Mae Brown.
with her parents in CA, I suppose in early 1900s.
Mrs. Graybill.
This is EMM's great-grandmother. Born in 1850, she gave birth to Margaret Mae
Brown in 1866. The photographers' legend at bottom right reads "Brakebill
and McCoy, Knoxville Tennessee". We believe that the picture was made
about 1900.
EMM, Study of a Young Girl