Emerson Album Portland More Photos

Here are a few more photos from the Emerson album. There is one photo that wasn't taken in Portland or anywhere else in Maine unless it's warm in January and there are coconuts.

I get the sense that the person who put this album together was upper middle class from the time. It was the depression but they had cars, the women seemed to go to college, they traveled some.

On the back is written: "Aint this cute. Breaking open a coconut. Jan 4, 1933"

On the back: 'Hal had his hands on Lil's shoulder. Cute kid eh." Looking at the photo in light I found a few names written with pencil. The young man in front, who looks like he's biting an apple says Kid. The man with suspenders is Hal.

Only writing is what you see. Maybe someone knows what kind of car.

Same group as above but Hal and Kid seem missing.

Emerson Album's Portland Photos

I may have found a connection to at least one of the names in this album, and in less than 6 degrees of separation. I always post a link to this blog on Facebook. Mary MacCubbin Holcomb Jones is originally from Maine but moved to the same town in Western New York where I grew up. We are friends on Facebook. She is related to a Verrill family from Maine. So I'm going to try and get a lot of the photos from this album uploaded so her Verrill cousins can see if they recognize anyone. Where is Higgins Beach?

I think the woman was the album owner, is the man Billy Verrill?

I think "Me" is the album's original owner. Does this porch or house look familiar?

Is Scott Hamlin related to the Verrills?

The woman sitting on the ground is the person who I think put this album together.