Fish and Baths

What do fish and baths have in common?  I have no idea, but there were photos of both on the next page of the scrapbook.  And the best part is that the photos were loose AND labeled so I know what she was trying to show.

The rock in this picture is the only prominent thing and it is not supposed to be.  The photographer wanted to show more of the fishing boats than are seen.



There are a lot of boats.  I wonder if Loraine was the photographer and was just talking in the third person or if there was someone else snapping the photo.

This picture shows the fish drying on the trays, also the fish being washed before set out to dry.



Now I see the connection – the fish are taking a bath!

Just another picture of the fish drying in the trays.



Wow, look at all those fish!

This picture gives more of an idea of the quantity of fish that is dried at a time.  X is the shute [sic] where the buckets of fish as they are landed are sent into the cleaning shed.



Do you see the X?  I wonder how long it took to catch and clean all these fish?

And now we’re on to the baths!

Taken Saturday, Feb 17, 15 at Del Monte bathhouse just before a “dip” in the “shiny” sea.  I’m not 100% sure the word is shiny but it looks like it.



How many people have a photo of their grandmother in a bathing suit?  Boy I wish this photo was in better shape.  Grandma is the second from the left.

Taken Saturday, Feb 27, 1915 at Del Month Bathhouse



Now they’ve added a couple of friends.  Grandma is still second from the left.  I could make a guess on who these other women are based on the yearbook photos but since it would only be a guess, I won’t.

Last but not least is this random photo which says Taken at the High School, Wednesday – Mar.”  What year, Grandma?  In hopes that a descendent of one of these women sees this, I’ll guess the person on the top left is Helen Cole Thompson and to her left is Wilhelmina L. Clark.  Grandma is on the left in the bottom row.



I’m not only glad that Grandma took photos and saved them, I’m especially glad that she labeled them!

Tidbits

The next pages of the scrapbook are what Grandma called Tidbits.  Just a little of this and that.

Loraine Gunzendorfer

I wrote about Grandma’s trip to the cannery before.  I’d like to think this photo was from an outing to the cannery but – gasp – maybe she was actually working there!  For the few reading who knew my grandmother, I’m sure you will agree that Loraine working in a cannery is about the last place I’d expect her to be working.  Actually, working anywhere is a bit of a stretch.

January 20, 1914 was Loraine Gunzendorfer’s 18th birthday.  This horoscope must have really struck a chord with her since she saved Cozette’s Horoscope.



I think it must have been the second to last paragraph that interested her.

Persons whose birthdate it is have a lucky anniversary.  They probably will benefit through the aid of their friends.  Young women have the omen of happy marriage.  Jupiter particularly benefits those who were born in 1866, 1878, 1890 and 1902.  Saturn may bring temporary trouble to those born on or near January 3.

While she wasn’t born in 1866, 1878, 1890 or 1902, we know from this scrapbook that Loraine had a lot of friends to aid her.  And since she was happily married to my grandfather for 49 years, I’d say that counts as a happy marriage.



This must have been from her visit to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915.  Interesting that cameras had to be licensed.

The wines and liquors were on special!  This was actually on the back of a clipping (my family always called them clippings) but I found it more interesting than the story she saved.  I have to chuckle reading about Zinfandel being invigorating to the invalids and that Riesling wine makes the dinner taste better.



Grandma writes about the Boat Club dance and the one thing she saved to help remember the event. 



I’m not sure this is what she was referring to but since it was on the same page, it must be.  Hard to tell since half of it is missing.



I wrote about the 1914 graduation here.  Here’s another reference to the stunt.



Friday night, Sept. 25, 14.  Mrs. Woolf gave a surprise for Helen.  We danced until nearly one o’clock.  A nice affair.  Elbert _____ (brought?) me home. 

The napkin with the flowers on it must have been a remembrance from the party.



Sounds like Helen Thompson fit right into her new school.  I even have her photo from the yearbook!

Helen Thompson

Uh oh, Grandma tore her dress!  And how cute that she put a piece of it in her memory book!



Here is Elbert taking her to a party again.  He was her classmate, John Elbert Hitchcock, and the brother of her BFF, Hallie Hitchcock.  I’ve been researching this family a bit as I’d love to connect with a descendant and share some of the photos with them.  No luck so far but I’m not giving up.

John Elbert Hitchcock

More tidbits coming up next time!