This one is from before my time. On the left is my paternal grandmother. The taller woman on the right is my mother. On the end in the hat is my paternal grandfather. I recognize the enameled metal cake carrier it was my grandmother's. There is a jar of French's mustard. No idea what the event was. A glimpse into the early to mid 1950's.
Looks like a typical summer day away to a lake for a picnic to me.
ReplyDeleteLoves the travel teapot for afternoon cuppa's
My grandmother had a red-plaid thermos with a cork stopper, that she used into the 1970's.
DeleteFrench's mustard rather than French mustard which to us is mustard with seeds rather than smooth.
ReplyDeleteAn American brand name, still in production but the packaging has changed. It had an iconic bottle shape for decades.
DeleteThat pot is fabulous!
ReplyDeleteWhy thank you
Deletelooks like hunt's ketchup too (ick). I remember those french's mustard jars; now they are plastic squirt bottles. I still use french's.
ReplyDeleteI miss the special bottles
DeleteWhat a great period piece. And oh that teapot. Elegance in picnicking!
ReplyDeleteProbably not what my father was thinking would catch our attention 60-70 years later
DeleteThis photo brought back some memories of similar family events. My grandmother had one of those cake holders too.
ReplyDeleteI missed the opportunity to be there when my mother and aunt cleaned out my grandmother's house, regrets I have a few
DeleteNice. The only picnics we went on were the annual Post Office Picnics. We brought our own side dishes, and they provided the hot dogs, hamburgers and best of all, ice cream! I, too, like that teapot.
ReplyDeleteThis was likely a beekeepers meeting.
DeleteWe used to have picnics on holidays such as Memorial Day and Labor Day. We'd go to the state park outside our town, push together some picnic tables, spread table cloths, etc. The gathering was usually my father's colleagues and their families. There were a bunch of their kids that came who were my friends from school and church. It was a pitch-in, usually, but the one thing that stands out was this huge roundish-squat thermos that contained Kool Aid or iced tea. Mother had long ago lost the stopper, so she used a small chuck of potato to plug it up!
ReplyDeleteI can see the thermos, I see families in the park along the river. I tried that once with my ex on a road trip, you'd have thought I was suggesting spending the night in a lions cage.
DeleteI so enjoy seeing what people used to eat, and what they enjoyed.
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