This is kind of out of sequence, if I'm trying to post on the Carroll side of the family, but this photo was very intriguing. It shows Roy Lee Webb at the age of about one or two, maybe? What struck me about it is the background. Not the dress; I've heard that it was common for babies, up to a certain age, to be dressed like this regardless of gender. But it's what's on the ground that strikes me. Does that look like snow? He was born in November 1908 in Jack County, Texas, but does it ever snow there?
UPDATE 7/18/08 9:50AM MDT
Dorman Holub of the Young County Historical Commission wrote in answer to a query along the same lines, namely, does it snow in Young County, Texas:
"To answer your inquiry, 'yes' we get lots of snow. Its very sporadic. In the time period of your [father], Salt Creek used to freeze over and people would skate on the ice. In 1923, someone got their Model T out on Lake Eddleman - I suspect its still there."
UPDATE 7/18/08 9:50AM MDT
Dorman Holub of the Young County Historical Commission wrote in answer to a query along the same lines, namely, does it snow in Young County, Texas:
"To answer your inquiry, 'yes' we get lots of snow. Its very sporadic. In the time period of your [father], Salt Creek used to freeze over and people would skate on the ice. In 1923, someone got their Model T out on Lake Eddleman - I suspect its still there."
No comments:
Post a Comment