My grandfather Mershell Graham holding little Mershell and my aunt Mary V. They are sitting outside of the Conservatory on Detroit’s island park, Belle Isle. The photo is dated 1925. Usually my mother and her sister had their hair cut short but in this and a few other pictures they have braids.
More about Belle Isle – 2 posts and some info.
Only the skeleton remains. It used to be covered with gossamer thin white material with little sparkling threads, like the fan below. All rotted away now.
I wonder if she carried the fan when she was married.
Today’s mugshot is of James Edward Williams, my husband. He was arrested for driving without a license on the Wayne State University campus in March of 1972. This mugshot was included in his ‘red file’ which included local police files and FBI information from the 1970s. He was arrested for driving without a license often because he either lost it or forgot it. He didn’t spend time in jail but was released either with no bail or very low bail. After we left Detroit, it never happened again.
