From the album that just keeps on giving and giving and....
"Juanita + Friend 1943" is certainly a different Juanita from the shot taken with her husband in 1939. This photo is to the right of the photo of the one below showing Juanita with her first husband. This was taken the year before her baby was born.
I don't know about you, but I'm thinking Juanita was a child bride, maybe in her mid-teens. The difference in the eyes between her first marriage, this shot in 1943 with a friend, and the shot below taken in 1949, show she's been through a lot. In the 1943 shot she appears to be a woman seemingly caught in her own world. She looks very alone. By 1949 she was looking out for Juanita.
No doubt about it, Juanita is the star of this album.
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Most certainly an excellent find. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteThanks. I figured you'd get a kick out of it. It keeps me fascinated.
ReplyDeleteThere's hope in her eyes in 1939. All hope is gone in 1943 and she looks like she's put a shell around herself. By 1949 there's nothing but bullet hardness.... Oh, sad.
ReplyDeleteYes, she goes through such a transformation. And knowing that by late 1950 Charles has a new girlfriend I just have to wonder what happened to Juanita. She just disappears.
ReplyDeletePoor Juanita. It is painful to see the transformation from trusting and hopeful to bitter and suspicious.
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