Sepia Saturday 132–June 30, 2012: The Rose Bowl–A Vintage Postcard

Sepia Saturday provides an opportunity for genealogy bloggers to share their family history through photographs.

This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt had me stumped for a while.  I struggled a bit to find the perfect photo to fit with the sports theme.

Well, I have to give a big thank you to my Grandpa Debs Webster on this one.  I found this awesome vintage postcard of The Rose Bowl from his scrapbook.  It’s part of his collection of vintage postcards that look to be from the 1950’s.  It may be one he and his family collected while on their way to Southern California after immigrating to the U.S. in 1952.

If you’re new to their story of immigration, you can check out the latest post here.  (You will find more vintage postcards in my previous posts about their immigration story too.)

Here’s The Rose Bowl Vintage Postcard -

Just a few interesting historical facts about The Rose Bowl:

• January 1, 1923 – The stadium is named “The Rose Bowl” and is dedicated at the first New Year’s Day college football game held there.  USC beat Penn State 14-3.  The game was delayed more than an hour because Penn State’s team was stuck in traffic.
• 1932 – The Summer Olympics is held in Los Angeles with the cycling events taking place at The Rose Bowl.
• 1962 – The Rose Bowl game is the first college football game broadcast nationally in color.
• 1969 – Aluminum benches replace wooden benches.
• 2012 – In keeping with the “Tournament of Roses” tradition of not holding the game or Rose Parade on Sunday, the parade and game are held on Monday, January 2.

The following websites  Rose Bowl History and Rose Bowl Stadium History were the sources for the previous interesting facts.

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Thanks for reading!

Jana

Copyright © Jana Last 2012

Follow Friday–Fab Finds June 29, 2012

My Fabulous Finds for this week are (in no particular order) -

1. The White Glove Myth by Rag Linen
2. Fifty Questions for Family History Interviews by Kimberly Powell at About.com Genealogy
3. Structuring Your Family History Blog to Book - The Video by The Armchair Genealogist
4. Workday Wednesday: Who's minding the store? by Jollett etc.
5. Tombstone Tuesday:  One Last Look Around  and Wordless Wednesday:  Sears Modern Homes by Tangled Trees
6. Don't Post Your Vacation Status on Facebook or Other Sites by Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
7. Wisdom Wednesday: Indian Princesses and Self-Delusion by Finding Forgotten Stories
8. In Which I Answer Your Email. Yes, Yours. by Clue Wagon
9. 4 Weird Ways to Get Started Writing and Great Writers Serve Their Readers by Jeff Goins
10. Scan while you still can by Dear Myrtle
11. From the Inbox: Finding Jim & Carrie of Roots: The Next Generations by Taneya Koonce
12. Sepia Saturday 131 by Travels Through My Past
13. 8 Websites Where You Can Find Your Mexican Ancestors by Mexican Genealogy
14. Serendipity in Embroidery by The Ancestry Insider
15. Thank You Bernice! by How Did I Get Here?  My Amazing Genealogy Journey
16. FamilySearch Posts 5 New States: 1940 Census Index Report—June 28, 2012 by FamilySearch Blog

New Blog Discoveries

• Swedish Genealogy
• Kathy's Search
• Travels Through My Past
• Secrets Left In The Georgia Dust
• Family History Fun
• Family History Across the Seas

Treasure Chest Thursday–Goodbye Rio, Hello Trinidad - My Webster Family: Coming Full Circle - From The U.S.A. to Brazil and Back Again - Part 5

When we last left Debs Webster and his family, they had just boarded the S.S. Brazil in Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil.  Today’s post finds my Webster family sailing from Santos, Brazil to Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, with a port of call in Rio de Janiero.

(If you'd like to catch up to the rest of us, you can view the previous post here.   Oh, and for those of you who enjoy vintage postcards, there's one of those in the previous post too.)

I have prepared a photo and vintage postcard travelogue of this part of their adventure.  So there will just be a few words of explanation scattered throughout.

(Note:  To enlarge the photos and postcards, just click on the images.)

Enjoy the journey!

The map below shows the S.S. Brazil’s ports of call on their way from Santos to New York City.

S.S. Brazil's Ports of Call from Santos, Brazil
to New York City July 1952

Goodbye Rio!   If you look closely at the top of the photograph, you can see my Grandfather Debs’ writing in pencil saying goodbye to Rio.

Goodbye Rio

My mom told me that her stepmomother watched her kids like a hawk on the ship.  Here are my uncles playing in the pool.  In a previous post I shared a couple photos of some kids playing games and enjoying fun activities on board the S.S. Brazil.

My uncles on the S.S. Brazil – July 1952

Lifeboat drill time!

Lifeboat Drills on the S.S. Brazil – July 1952

The S.S. Brazil held a “Line-Crossing Ceremony” marking the time they crossed the equator. My mom remembers the ceremony was by the pool and the crew members were dressed in costume. According to this website, in the 1940’s this was referred to as King Neptune's Celebration. I’m assuming it was called the same thing in 1952 as well.

CBurnett at WikiMedia Commons

Time to disembark!  Destination?  Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.

Webster Family in Trinidad July 1952
(I don’t know who the man to the left is)

Trinidad July 1952

Trinidad July 1952

Trinidad July 1952

My Mom and her family at Trinidad July 1952
(I don't know who the other people are)

Trinidad July 1952

Some postcards from Trinidad -














Hope you've enjoyed this photograph and vintage postcard travelogue of my Grandpa Debs Webster's family.

Next stop...New York City.

Thanks for reading!


Copyright © Jana Last 2012

Military Monday–War of 1812 Veteran: Asher Waterman

Signature from Pension File
at 78 years of age

Asher Waterman, my 3rd great-grandfather, was a veteran of the War of 1812.  His pension file states that he was in Captain Gregory’s Company, Safford’s Regiment, Tupper’s Brigade of the Ohio Militia from October 1, 1812 until February 9, 1813.

 


Asher Waterman Declaration of Soldier for Pension

Cropped Portion of Asher Waterman's
Declaration of Soldier for Pension

 
Transcription of cropped portion:

Asher Waterman who volunteered in Captain Jehiel Gregory’s company, Safford’s regiment, Tupper’s brigade, at Athens in said Athens County, on the 15th day of October 1812, and was honorably discharged at Fort Meigs on the 9th day of February, 1813; that he went from Athens immediately on his enlistment to join his said company near Urbana, Ohio and marched then to Solomon town, where remained on duty near one month, then to Fort McArthur where he remained with said company on duty until February 1813, where he marched to Fort Meigs and was discharged as aforesaid.  That his certificate of discharge was filed with his application for a search warrant about 1853 or 1854 and was never returned.  No. of application 143.282.

Googlemaps.com

Asher left his home in Athens County, Ohio and was honorably discharged at Fort Meigs, Ohio.  This map shows us the approximate locations and routes traveled as Asher served in the War of 1812.

While doing research for this post I came across these two interesting websites:

Historical Marker Database

Fort Meigs - Ohio's War of 1812 Battlefield

Thanks for reading!

Jana

Copyright © Jana Last 2012

Sepia Saturday 131–Children's Games on board The S.S. Brazil

This is part of a series of posts dedicated to the immigration story of Debs Webster and his family.

Sepia Saturday provides an opportunity for genealogy bloggers to share their family history through photographs.

The S.S. Brazil - July 1952

On Board the S.S. Brazil July 1952

This week’s Sepia Saturday theme suggests amusement or fun.

So I thought I’d share these photos of children having fun on board the S.S. Brazil.  I don’t know if this was someone’s birthday party or just one of the activities planned for the kids on board the ship.

I imagine a two-weeks or so voyage in the confines of an ocean liner would require a certain degree of creativity on the part of the ship’s employees as they tried to keep the kids entertained and happy.  This is 1952 after all.  There were no hand-held video games, ipods, ipads, laptops, wii or X-box game systems.  Simpler times, right?

These photos are part of a collection of vintage postcards and photographs belonging to my grandfather, Debs Webster.  If you've been following along with my Webster family's story, you may remember that this branch of the Webster family tree came from America to Brazil and then returned to America again.

In my previous installment of this story we found my Grandpa Debs and his family boarding the ship the S.S. Brazil bound for New York City.  Also in this previous post I included a vintage postcard of the S.S. Brazil.  You can read the post here.

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Thanks for reading!



Copyright © Jana Last 2012