{"id":543,"date":"2023-05-29T11:28:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T18:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/porterville.us\/?p=543"},"modified":"2023-05-30T17:47:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T00:47:47","slug":"porter-family-book-c-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/porterville.us\/?p=543","title":{"rendered":"Porter Family Book C- Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The last section of Dad’s Porter Book C shifts forward in time to the 20s when Fletcher and Florence (Bompop and Grandmother) were young parents and lived in Columbia SC and then to the 30s in New Jersey as Fletcher started his career with IDS financial services. The pictures are increasingly of Pete and David and sometimes of their parents. The section also includes clippings and various other documents. I am captioning the images for clarity when there isn’t a handwritten note on Dad’s page. As I have done before, I did not pull individual photos off Dad’s pages but took images of the pages themselves in the interests of practical efforts to ‘share’ Dad’s work. The last 11 images are not mounted on pages in the binder but are inserted in the back pocket. Please add comments or ask questions if you have either. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pictures of Fletcher “Pete” Porter. Columbia SC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of many pages where Dad’s note references a photo that’s gone. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In some cases the missing photos may be in the pages from the back pocket.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“Floral Surfside Beach” is south of Myrtle Beach SC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dad’s text is sometimes cryptic. The sentence about Pete and all going swimming says they “borrowed” but the words “a boat” are punched out by the binder. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This story about the bootlegging and the Sheriff and Chief (who lived in the King St. house) is interesting to say the least. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“Esculapian” refers to the Greek god of medicine Aesclepius. Can you pick out F.S. Porter in the photo of the group that follows? <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I am curious about Dad’s comment on this photo. Grandmother has a very intense gaze.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This page puzzles me as well. Is the implication that the picture of Pete is at the Wilmot Ave house? It looks like the same house that’s in the first picture from this section. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The note on the next page about Montclair NJ is on the back of the ski photo. The souvenir ticket for the plane ride would have been when Dad was just 7 about to turn 8. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The back of this triptych says that it is also Floral Beach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The back of these photos identify them as Dad with a neighbor or friend named Thomas Culhane in Monroe NY. Unclear what the connection was. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“Dear Daddy, I am having a good time. Aunt Mollie is glad I came so am I. She said I was a good ‘tome bud’….<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“Mother bought me some toys. David Porter” I assume a visit to Watertown.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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F.S. Porter photo taken at Blanchards Studio in Columbia S.C. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This photo is familiar to us all, I believe. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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This is the back cover of Porter Family Book C. I am pretty sure the man in the hat is Bompop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The last section of Dad’s Porter Book C shifts forward in time to the 20s when Fletcher and Florence (Bompop and Grandmother) were young parents and lived in Columbia SC and then to the 30s in New Jersey as Fletcher started his career with IDS financial services. The pictures are increasingly of Pete and David … <\/p>\n

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