Poppy – The Worker

Grahams,

While looking for summer photographs, I came across this photograph of my grandfather Graham and this poem by Edgar A. Guest that my my grandmother Graham saved in her scrapbook.

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Mershell “Shell” Graham.Taken in 1962, Milford, MI. on Old Plank Road.
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From my grandmother Fannie’s scrapbook. “That’s my Shell” 1-25-59.

5 thoughts on “Poppy – The Worker”

  2. I really like that poem – despite the soppiness – particularly the phrase “life’s overalls” – I’ve never heard of the name Mershell – is it unusual or a common name or a surname that’s been made into a christian name if you know what I mean?

    1. I have never heard of the name Mershell outside of my family. My mother said it was originally Michel but someone changed it because Michel wasn’t an American name.

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