Life Magazine 7

Life Magazine 7
Originally uploaded by NanaP.

On the wall: my Aunt Judy, my Aunt Virginia/Frederica, my mother, Caroline, and my Aunt Elizabeth

I have a picture of this same wall that I took at our family reunion in August of 2003. That picture can be seen at: www.flickr.com/photos/dapmapmgmp/73386859/

My grandfather was a historical novelist. His first book, The Burnished Blade, was published in 1948. Shortly thereafter, Life Magazine wanted to do an article about him. It was never published. I was told that he was afraid the publicity would make his family vulnerable to kidnappers. I don't know about that, but 1948 wasn't that long after the Lindberg baby kidnapping and trial. So, you never know...

In any event, we were lucky enough to have a whole series of family pictures done by Life Magazine photographers. This is from that series.

This one was my mother's favorite. She liked to call it, "Daddy in His Garden," a garden where he raised not only vegetables, but little girls. He was so proud of his children!