Having a Wonderful Time (WWI-Era Photo Album)

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Images courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.

A handwritten note behind this photo reads:

Jenings Family
June – 1918

At left is the "girl" we saw earlier. Since she's dressed exactly the same in both photos, this may be the same day; even, perhaps, the same place — the back yard of the elusive William Ramsey.

They all look a bit grim, but the woman at center, who I'm guessing is the mother, looks downright haggard. And that's probably a baby bundled up on her lap.

In contrast, on the same page, three happy young women, all smiles and blooms. I don't recognize the women and there are no identifying notes. I believe that is the high school on Fourth Street in the background.

Carrie Zobjeck and Friend (WWI-Era Photo Album)

Because yesterday we had news of Mary Zobjeck's death, today let's leave aside the Epworth League for a moment and look at a photo of one of Mary's daughters, Carrie:


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Images courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.

The handwritten note behind this photo reads:

Carrie Zobject & Friend June – Wm Ramsay's Back Yard 1918

Carrie, the oldest of the Zobjeck children, was born in 1890, so in this photo she would be about 28. In March 1919 she married Julius Jorden (or Jordan) and the 1920 census shows the young couple with their infant daughter living in the household of her widowed father, crowded in with her seven siblings.

Poor Helen is known to posterity only as Carrie's friend.

On the same page we find this photo:



The handwritten note behind this one reads:

Jenning's Girl
June 1918
Wm Ramseys Back Yard

"Jenning's Girl" is a mystery. So too is William, or Bill, Ramsey, whose missing photo we've already encountered. Wherever he lived, it seems to have been a nice location, bordering on a lake, and if that is his house in the background, it's quite substantial.