Alice, Swea, and Carl.
This picture must have been taken in the spring of 1907.
Alice was born in September of 1905 and Swea in November of 1906.
Big brother Carl was born in August of either 1903 or 1904 depending on what records you believe.
This picture of him always make me smile.
Here is the Uncle Carl I remember.
We didn't see him often. He was the only one of Mother's siblings who didn't live in the Wilmington area. He worked for DuPont in Clinton, Iowa, at a cellophane plant.
We knew when he was visiting, though. If we came home from school to the smell of a cigar in the house, it was, "Uncle Carl was here!"
If he visited in the summer, it was probably an excuse to have a picnic at Alice's.
Carl was a safety engineer for DuPont. I remember his saying that one of the things he had to do was make sure that no jewelry was worn around the machinery. He said that it was not unusual for a young man to resist taking off a new wedding ring, but that he had some pretty unpleasant pictures to show the machine operators the reason for the strict rules.
huh.. (4/30/2012) I found a postcard of the DuPont Cellophane Plant in Clinton.
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