[Probably mid-January, 1934]
[Interbay(?), Florida(?)]
Jan and Jean Disbrow.
[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...]
Nov 011933
Tuesday Nite [Detroit, Michigan] Dearest, Well, I got here and settled without any trouble at all. After I wrote you yesterday I went out and found my street and caught a bus that took me within two blocks of the factory. Nablo was out of town until this morning, so I had to get acquainted [more...]
Oct 251933
[Probably 22 October, 1933, judging from the Sunday clothes; photos marked “3 weeks,” which would be 25 October] [The Cole’s house, Interbay, Florida] Jan Disbrow with her proud and happy parents, Jean and Bill Disbrow. The Disbrows were living with Jean’s grandparents, Francis and Ella Cole — as well as also, I believe, her parents, [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...]
