The Dolls – Anna & Uncle Ted

from the Anita Webb collection

Both Louise and Ina fondly remember the visit of their great Uncle Ted Webb and his wife Anna in the summer of 1938. They come all the way from California where Uncle Ted works as a carpenter on Hollywood movies sets for Sam Goldwyn Studios. That is cool – or whatever they said back then. But what was especially cool – and one reason the visit is so well remembered – is that they came bearing gifts . Two dolls – one for each of Ina and Louise. The sisters had never had anything like that before.

1938 – Grandad Ernest Webb, his brother Ted from California, Margaret, Keith , Grandmother Myrtle, Aunt Lorraine, Louise and Ina – tightly holding those prized dolls. (from Anita’s collection)