The Auntie's Tea Party

I found a much better copy of "The Auntie's Tea Party", the photograph of great grandfather Humphrey Brooks' sisters. 

 

I have enclosed a copy of the picture that I sent before and the new copy.

 

This picture was sent as a postcard from the son of Aunt Kate (second from the left), who was Fredrick McKay, to Constance Brooks on August 9, 1909.  The post card says, "These aunts have been visiting us but have all gone home now.  95 degrees in the shade.  -Fred"

1905 House Picture

This picture was in a set of pictures taken by Fredrick McKay, a first cousin of Portia, Mabel, and Connie and who lived back in Brooksburg, Indiana.  He and his mother (remember Aunt Kate from the Auntie's tea party picture), and possibly Fredrick's father were visiting California in December 1905.  A group of them went to what may be a redwood forest, and I notice Samantha and Fredrick were in the group picture, but Connie was not.  So perhaps Connie was back home nursing her leg injury.   

 

I have enclosed some additional pictures:

 

1.  Cousin Fred, age 22, visiting from Indiana.  He was the son of Aunt Kate Brooks McKay, sister of our great grandfather, Humphrey Brooks.  Taken December 1905.

 

2.  On the right, Aunt Kate, age 55, from Brooksburg, Indiana.  This was taken in a park in Los Angeles.  The other two ladies are probably friends of Connie and Samantha.  Taken December 1905.

 

3.  On an outing in the redwood forest.  On the left is cousin Fred, on the left front may be Fred's father, Theodore McKay, age 63, and leaning on the tree is our great grandmother, Samantha, age 55.  I have the names of most of the other people and I don't think they are relatives.  Notice how dressed up everyone is for going on this outing.  Taken Decemeber 1905.

 

4.  Connie and Samantha's house in late 1909.  Notice the palm trees are a lot bigger in this picture than they were 4 years earlier.  

Christmas 1922

This picture was taken on the camera of Portia and Mabel's cousin, Edith Hitz.  It is labeled on the back, "Awful of Aunt Mantie, Christmas 1922".  Edith took a trip from Indiana to California from December 1922 at least through February 1923 and brought her camera with her.  This fortunately gives us a window on what the family was doing at that time in California.  Bill Garland had some of the pictures that she took on this trip and I also had some of them.

 

Aunt Mantie was your great or great great grandmother, Samantha.  Notice that her wig is not looking very good in this picture.

 

In the middle is Edith Hitz, age 33,  and on the right is Samantha, age 72.  Do any of you know who the person on the left is?  Could it be Aunt Connie? 

 

Robert

Henry Guerin Gosting and Portia Margaret Brooks Gosting

This picture was taken in 1904 in St. Louis, Missouri.  I don't remember seeing this picture before.  Henry Guerin Gosting was 31, and Portia Margaret Brooks Gosting was 32.