Rolled up in a bag was Thelma's mother's wedding dress, dated 1903. Above is what's left of the skirt, made with the most beautiful lace and below was the bodice hand stitched and incredibly delicate.
I love this photo... The date is unclear but I am sure that it is early 1900's. This was a picnic in the Sequoia National Park which is about an hours drive from where Thelma lived. My grandma couldn't placed anyone but she assumed that Maudie and Thelma were there somewhere.
Thelma kept the most amazingly detailed scrap books. She kept menus, photos, postcards and wrote detailed journals on everything that happened during her days. Vanessa {my sister} and I had so much fun reading about what she ate, what time she woke up, what flowers she saw, who she had tea with, what she thought was beautiful... 'sweet fern, wintergreen, Queen Anne's Lace, meadow sweet, wild raspberries' sounds like the prefect place for a walk to the 'cemetary and spring and back to woods'
Thelma is in the center of the photo on a boat going through the Panama Canal. 1935
Hi Lex- LOVE THIS POST & Thelma was so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of going home to my Mom's house filled with similar objects. Don't you just love the photos, the clothes, the vocabulary and especialy their names!? Daily life and simple gestures were more appreciated and celebrated back then - I'm truly, truly convinced.
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Oh Joy! Loved this message...loved it.....thanks Alexis! Vanessa ~ you did a good job modeling {HUG}!!...xoxo
ReplyDeleteWhen I first saw your post and thought your might be talking about my grandmother (your great grandmother) Thelma (aka toots) ! beautiful dress - I think with a beautiful pair of tights and shoes it could still be worn today - timeless!
ReplyDeleteNo not grandma Toots but she is next... there is so much to say about her! and my grandma larita... that gives me a lot to think about.
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