Day 8:
My mom collected fans from when she was very young, and kept a lot of them in this tooled leather box. When I found it and opened the lid, I was drawn back to when I was little, and allowed to handle the fans verrrrry gently.
I'm not sure what if anything used to be in the small leather frame, it is empty now. But the fans are still bright and colorful. This one is my favorite (for obvious reasons).
And I promise I opened them verrrrry gently.
Unfortunately I don't know where they came from. She collected them in her early days I think. They were kept at my grandmother's house like maybe they were from her teen and high school days, or maybe college. I was imagining that servicemen would buy them overseas and bring them back as gifts, but that is only a guess. Virginia might know.
Even though I don't know any of these people except from geneology charts, I thought this picture was just amazing. You just can't plan something like this! Mildred (or someone) has done a great job of labeling all of these with dates and names:
Love this! I don't think that is my grandmothers handwriting. Its probably Aunt Lucille's or Betty Bliss'. 1952 is the year I was born, and I have visited with the Bliss and Nelson boys as they grew up. The Wheelers I don't know, I don't think they are relatives of mine. I know Tarry and Brian especially well, we visited them in Santa Barbara many times when I was growing up, as my mom and their dad Richie were very close. Tarry was a groomsman at our wedding (I think... I know he was there) and I still keep in touch with him via email. He and his wife run a mission somewhere over in Africa.
These are so cool! Where did she collect them from? travels? shops?