[Probably February, 1934]
[The Cole’s house, Interbay, Florida]
Jan with her grandmother (Rachel Cole Cooper) and grandfather (Frank Lafayette Cooper).
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Nov 181933
Saturday, November 18 Dear Mamma, What do you know about it! I finished my aquarium, and it holds water — better’n four gallons of it. Two fish have lived happily in it for two days. My success as a carpenter is beginning to peter out though. Betty got a big packing-case from Miller’s to make [more...]
[Probably the 12th or 19th of November, 1933] [The Cole’s house in Interbay, Florida] Jan with her “mother and daddy,” as she grew up to call them. Jan and her mother (Jean Cooper Disbrow), grandmother (Rachel Cole Cooper), and great-grandmother (Ella Bowman Cole). Jan with an unknown person whom I had thought was my great-grandfather [more...]
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[10 October, 1933] [Salem, Oregon] Dear Mamma, You should see me swell up with avuncular pomposity — married only nine months and an uncle already! Don’t take up wearing black taffeta because you’re a grandma; keep your hat on one ear in your own swanky way. I certainly wish you were here to bring home [more...]
[10 October, 1933] [Salem, Oregon] Dear Grandmother and Grandfather: Are you behaving with the dignity proper to such elevated stations? We got Mother’s letter yesterday and were properly thrilled and excited — as was the whole Blind School. We didn’t expect it quite so soon. They are all right, are they? I’m glad it’s all [more...]
