Dad's Merchant Marine Days Part 4 Family Photos

Family photos were affixed throughout dad's 'Merchant Marines' album.  They followed no chronological order and I've put them basically in the same order here as they were in the album.  Identities provided are either known by me or they were included on the reverse sides of the photos.  Years were included on some photos and a couple others were estimates shared with me by family members.

My dad about 1945

Russell Westcott 1944

Vivian Eleanor Schnack Cope

Vivian Eleanor Schnack Cope

Marie Linnaberry

Marie lived next door to Grandma and Grandpa Schnack in Milford.  It's my understanding that my father had somewhat of a 'thing' for her before he met my mom.  Marie was no relation to the family but I included the photos because they were in the album.

Marie Linnaberry

Marie Linnaberry

Edward and Daisy's 25th Wedding Anniversary

This photo would have been made about 1948.  Kneeling in front from left to right is Jochim Walter Schnack, Edward Alexander Schnack, Katharine Rose Schnack Hammon, Anna Catharine Ella Schnack Mower, Helen Schnack Westcott.  Standing from left to right is Charles Mower, Olive Letha Rose Schnack, Edward Schnack, Jr., Marcia E. Schnack Hodges, Daisy D. Montana Schnack, and Marianna Ellen Schnack Hodges.

Vivian Eleanor Schnack Cope

Charles Elbert Rose and Walter J. Schnack 1944

Charles Elbert Rose 1948-1949

Elizabeth Ann Olmsted Rose 1952-1954

Charles Elbert Rose and Elizabeth Ann Olmsted Rose 1952-1954

Charles Elbert Rose 1952-1954

Olive Letha Rose Schnack

Is this Katharine Rose Schnack Hammon?

Do you know who this is?

Do you know this dog or this toddler?

Olive Letha Rose Schnack with Thomas Alan Cope        August 1952

Vivian Eleanor Schnack Cope with Thomas Alan Cope  August 1952

Harry Donald Cope with Thomas Alan Cope   November 1952

Harry Donald Cope and Vivian Eleanor Schnack Cope

Katharine Rose Schnack Hammon

Olive Letha Rose Schnack

Edward Alexander Schnack

The following is a group photo and I've included a scan of the reverse side of the image.  The names written on the reverse side have no meaning to me.  Does anyone know who they are?

I recognize Harriet Julia Camp Baird on the far left and Milton George Camp is peaking around from behind a young woman standing beside Harriett.  The tall man is Leonard George Camp and the woman on the far right is Beatrice May Rose Camp.  Any help with other identifications is appreciated. 

Written on the reverse side is the location of the photo.  Secret Caverns and Howe's Caverns at Howe's Cove were, and still are, popular recreation areas in Schoharie County, New York.  I linked to both because I thought this group might have visited one or the other while in Howe's Cove, New York.

Beatrice May Rose Camp

I recognize a John Deere tractor when I see one but does anyone know whose house is in the background?

Lorraine 1945 

I have a Lorraine Hastings (born in 1936) in the family tree.  She is the sister of Donald Hastings who married our cousin Doris (Rose) Hastings. Could this be the same Lorraine?

left to right: Vivian Eleanor Schnack Cope, Edward Alexander Schnack, Walter J. Schnack 1940

Doris Van Husen 1946 

I don't have Doris Van Husen in my family tree.  Can anyone tell me if, or how, she's related?

top photo from left to right: Jochim Walter Schnack, Olive Letha Rose Schnack, Vivian Eleanor Schnack Cope, Edward Alexander Schnack in Montreal, Canada

Harriett Julia Camp Baird

Milton George Camp

Milton George Camp

Leonard George Camp and Beatrice May Rose Camp

Jochim Walter Schnack

Updated 9 Mar 2014, 1:41pm, with additonal positive identifications.

Harriet Julia Camp Baird

In the box of loose photos and scrapbook pages, I found an envelope with the name Harriet on it. This Harriet was Harriet Julia Camp Baird and this is what I found inside:

Harriet Julia Camp Baird on the right

 and her cousin Katharine Rose Schnack Jones Gall Hammon on the left.

I think this is a school picture of a young Harriet but there is nothing written on the back and I have no other identified photo to compare it to.  It was in the envelope marked Harriet.

 I'm guessing this is Pike's Peak in Colorado.

On the reverse side of this one is written, "Sunday 1953 Harriet at Schnacks."

Harriet Julia Camp
Christmas 1958

Harriet was the daughter of Leonard George and Beatrice May Rose Camp.  Beatrice, also known as Bea, was the sister of my grandmother, Olive Letha Rose Schnack. 

In another box of memorabilia, I found:

Unsourced newspaper clipping

You might remember Beatrice writing many letters to her sister, Olive, about this darling little girl!

Oneonta Star 28 Mar 1963 pg14 far left column

Oneonta Star 3 Oct 1963 pg13 top left corner

The following postcards were in the envelope with Harriet's name on it.  I've added them in order of postmark dates.

 This postcard picture is from Silver Springs, Florida.  Harriet was impressed with the reptile farm and was looking forward to their next tourist attraction, Six Gun Territory.

July 12

Hi Auntie Olie and Uncle Walt,

The beautiful flowers are summer poinsettias and are they ever pretty.  We had a beautiful trip in glass bottom boats.  They cruise down Silver River where we saw wild pigs, monkeys, and alligators.  We also toured Ross Allen Reptile Farm and watched them milk a rattler.

Tomorrow Six Gun territory and then home.

Love,
Jim, Harriet, and David

 This postcard picture is from Stone Mountain, Georgia.  On the reverse side, Harriet tells Olive about their plans to camp at Ocala National Forest in Florida.

Hi Aunt Olie and Uncle Walt,

This has been a beautiful camp area for a week.  The Confederate carving of Lee, Jackson, and Davis is here; absolutely stunning.  We are going to camp in Ocala National Forest for a couple days.

Love, Harriet