Where's Letsy?
George Campbell sent this picture of James Madison Pearson and family standing in front of a two-story Cape Cod house. This got all the grandkids wondering who, what, when and where.
Lots of guesses went back and forth on text messages. The consensus is that James Madison Pearson and his wife Marguerite are standing behind daughters Elmire (center) and Marguerite (Titten, left). Where is young Letsy (age 3 or 4) is is anyone's guess.
Where is 6300 Offutt Road, Chevy Chase, Maryland.
When, circa 1932. Women's hair was short, necklines modest, and dresses were below the knee.
Granny kept as a souvenir an invitation to Major and Mrs. Pearson for a White House reception. The President and Mrs. Hoover were in residence. This was in the midst of the Great Depression.
In February of 1932, the capital was the scene of the Bonus March when some 15,000 veterans of WWI marched on the capital demanding bonuses promised them by Congress. That November, President Hoover would be soundly defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt.
Life moves on. By 1938, the family would be in Hawaii, returning just before the start of World War II. Daddy Matt, which is what his grandchildren called him (Granny called him Matt), served as the commander of Ft. Dix during the Second World War.
The house is still there, in Chevy Chase, a bit more unkempt than the neighboring houses, and, as Joni Mitchell would agree, not the same.
Lots of guesses went back and forth on text messages. The consensus is that James Madison Pearson and his wife Marguerite are standing behind daughters Elmire (center) and Marguerite (Titten, left). Where is young Letsy (age 3 or 4) is is anyone's guess.
Where is 6300 Offutt Road, Chevy Chase, Maryland.
When, circa 1932. Women's hair was short, necklines modest, and dresses were below the knee.
Granny kept as a souvenir an invitation to Major and Mrs. Pearson for a White House reception. The President and Mrs. Hoover were in residence. This was in the midst of the Great Depression.
In February of 1932, the capital was the scene of the Bonus March when some 15,000 veterans of WWI marched on the capital demanding bonuses promised them by Congress. That November, President Hoover would be soundly defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt.
Life moves on. By 1938, the family would be in Hawaii, returning just before the start of World War II. Daddy Matt, which is what his grandchildren called him (Granny called him Matt), served as the commander of Ft. Dix during the Second World War.
The house is still there, in Chevy Chase, a bit more unkempt than the neighboring houses, and, as Joni Mitchell would agree, not the same.
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