Rourke/Lettie Carter House

Here are some wonderful images of island kids, with the beautiful Rourke/Lettie Carter house, on Argyle Avenue, in the background. The pictures are undated, but the house was built in 1912, and my grandma was born in 1919. She's just a young girl, so we can estimate it as being the early 1920s. I love the expressions on their faces!

My grandma is the girl in the bottom row, middle, reaching her hand in the other girl's pocket!

My grandma is holding the racket.  The kids were often riding this pony...

Notice the sidewalks!

Friday Harbor Kids

The island is a unique place to grow up; it's like raising your children within a safely nestled cocoon of community. I love these images of kids on the isle; it's fun to see their clothing styles and little things within the images that give you ideas of what their lives were like. Take a look...

Friday Harbor kids, in front of my great-grandparents' home on Argyle Road. My grandma is on the far left, top row.

My grandma is the stylish girl on the left, and her brother is in the U.S. Navy hat. The other four are unidentified.

Class photo; my grandma is on the top row, third in from the left. 

Class photo; my grandma's brother Eldon is second from the left in the middle row.

Look at this beautiful baby carriage! This little one is out front of my great-grandparents' home.