Tag: Wordless Wednesday

1930 band hamming it up on ship

In 1930, after his sophomore year at Penn State University, my grandfather travelled to Europe. In order to pay for his trip, he worked as a musician in the ship band. They apparently had a very enjoyable trip across the pond. Grandpa played the trumbone (second man on left).

Glasgow ship’s passenger list (1930)

He returned to the United States, arriving in the port of New York on 6 September 1930, on board the S.S. Transylvania sailing from Glasgow.

1928 Pennsburg High School Band

My grandmother, Mildred (Wieder) Greulich, is the girl standing on the left, holding her violin. I believe we still have one of her violins, perhaps this one.

Do you know any of the other band members?

Boots, Don, Clyde, Bob, Kate, and Peg Hoover, circa early 1930s

Six of the twelve children of Clyde and Nora (Houdeshell) Hoover posing for a family photo, about 1930.

Anna, Bonnie, Betty Jean, and Will Jr. on a sled in the side year, circa 1926-1929.

In honor of the winter cold outside…

George Houdeshell Family, circa mid 1920s

George W. Houdeshell married Lovina Caroline Force on 20 June 1890. Between then and 1914, they had 12 children, ten of whom survived to adulthood. This Wordless Wednesday features their family photo.

George and Lovina are sitting. One the left are sons Millard Franklin and William Arthur with daughter Martha Rebecca in front of them. The youngest daughter is on the right, Georgia Caroline. I do not know the exact identities of the four women in the back row—do you?—but most likely includes four of the following daughters: Thelma Mae, Carrie Edna, Anna Belle (if taken before 3 September 1924), Ida Rachel, Wilhelmina L., and/or Nora Melinda.