In the last post http://schoolstvillage.blogspot.com I posted incredible photographs from Camp Myles Standish including group photographs of the switchboard operators at the Camp in1943. I had no idea that anyone could possibly be recognized! Our incredible Arlene Gouveia did just that and identified Mary Pina from School Street in the Village: third row up 7th from the left. A wonderful way to link the Village with the Camp and the woman we were writing about in that last post, Jacqueline Tremblay. The photograph was sent to us by Jacqueline's daughter, Melanie Capriotti.
A shared heritage from mother to daughter.
If I am not mistaken the Pina family were neighbors of my Souza grandparents at 184 School St.
When my grandfather died tragically in a boating accident in 1927, my grandmother was
caring for a neighbor, Mrs. Pina , who had just given birth. Connections, connections.....
Below is another fascinating follow-up. Kudos to the Internet, it can bring great good not just great harm. But, it is the researcher's best friend. Remember the posts about the baby spoon marked Mount Hope Hospital found in Brazil?
Well, this is not so involved but still amazing. In the past few weeks I received an e-mail from someone in Perth Australia who was trying to date this photo of the New York Lace Store circa 1800's. This was a new one on me, I had never seen it or realized that the store had been located somewhere other than on Main St. next to J.M. Wells or prior to that in the Whittenton. Below is the link to my original post.
The researcher was actually looking for information about the photographer
upstairs in this photo: C.L. Fearnside.
upstairs in this photo: C.L. Fearnside.
I sent out an info request on I'm From Taunton's Facebook page and found this
out for our Aussie fellow historian.
I also sent the link to the post on Vintage Photographers I had done as well. http://schoolstvillage.blogspot.com/2014/04/touching-past-power-of-vintage.html
It is grand that people around the world can link into the history
of the Village where I grew up. It means the Village and its
people will live long in this blog, and not be forgotten.
