My mother was an only child and my grandmother kept wonderful scrapbooks documenting her every achievement. I love the clothes and the rather jaunty young teacher in this first photo, taken in 1924 in Lakeland, Florida.
And just look at the rainbow fairies, ready for the May Day celebration! Mostly a glum bunch -- but my mother (front row, second from right) looks optimistic.
The scrapbook contains samples of Virginia's school work from each grade -- this was in an envelope marked first grade. I'm amazed -- and fairly sure I never learned cursive ('real writing' as we called it then) till third or maybe even fourth grade.
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Friday, May 28, 2010
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