It’s still Saturday where I am, so I’m still squeaking into Sepia Saturday this week. I didn’t have any labels for the theme, but it reminded me of this lively set of photos we came across from my grand-aunt Nellie Gasparri. Nellie Gasparri was born 9 May 1924 in Dysart, PA and died 9 Oct 2007 in Pittsburgh, PA. She was the first daughter of Silvio Gasparri and Tosca “Mary” Innocenti, both Italian immigrants from around Pistoia, Italy. In the photos above, Nellie is in the crop top – in the bottom right photo, she’s the gal on the left. I’m not sure who the other folks are and no living relatives were able to identify them. In all the photos, they’re celebrating or toasting something, raising a glass, pouring a glass, or smiling and having a good, silly time. Nellie married once, briefly, and divorced after only a year. She spent the rest of her life single and never married again. There are no labels on the backs of these photos at all, so to guess a date, I’d say somewhere in the early 1950s or so – Nellie looks to be about in her 20s. There are a few more photos in this series, but they’re all about the same with different configurations of people and even one where the unidentified younger woman is drinking out of the bottle! Perhaps someday, I’ll be able to find out who they were and toast a glass in their honor.
Nellie looks relaxed and happy and a fun person to be around.
And PLEASE – if you find out about the older lady with a bottle and a scooter, you must tell the story. That photo is hilarious!
I just love the older woman straddling the scooter, clutching the wine bottle — wonder what THAT’S all about…
Great snapshots to tie into the theme. There is a sense something silly is about to happen. If only they had a video cam instead!
The trailer is certainly interesting. Since it has a cement slab in front of it I’m guessing it was either someones home or a vacation trailer that sat in one location. They certainly appear to be having a good time, especially the granny.