Oh my, where to start on this one. The peeps first, I s'pose. I'm assuming that's Tim on the right. I can identify everyone else, except the lady in the foreground with her back to the camera. Ellen, perhaps?.
That being said, there are some missing people. Hazel, Chuck, (Uncle) John, Joe, and Mick. So was there a second table set up somewhere?
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Third, this is a fantastic shot to remember what Grammy's kitchen used to look like. I definitely remember that black sink in the right background, and those cupboards above them that seemed to go all the way to the ceiling. I draw a blank on the fridge, but I do recall that license plate on the wall beside it. And the two windows on either side of the fridge.
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I also remember those two knickknacks on the wall to the left. A Pennsylvania Dutch man and woman, and I'm pretty sure whatever was written around them was in Pa. Dutch too. I can't tell you what that knickknack is between the two Dutch peeps; nor what those two white things are, running vertically just to the right of the knickknacks. Finally, I can't tell you what the peencil-sharpener-looking handle is, behind John's head.
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The Christmas meal has commenced, so why is the photographer's plate still clean? And please note, you won't find the milk carton on the table. Not at Grammy's house.
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The woman you can't ID is Hazel. And Ellen is seated between me and my Dad. I would guess the other 2 boys are at a little kid's table in a corner of the kitchen. The empty plate is probably for Chuck, who came in late, and took the picture. (??) Perhaps the others are at a table set up in the living room. When the family got so large, that is what she did. Or maybe there was a later sitting? You're right, no milk bottles allowed on the table, ever. And in 1957, it would be glass bottles, not cartons. Milk was delivered before dawn to an insulated box on the front porch, 2 or 3 days a week. Those cupboards above the slate sink did go all the way up to those 9-foot ceilings. Note the metal cup on the sink. Water tasted so good right out of the faucet, cold and fresh and (in those days) untreated with chemicals. You are right about the 2 metal Pa. Dutch plaques on the wall. Between them is a copper thing with a flower pot with some vines. The 2 "white things" are the water pipes going up to the bathroom. When originally built, these houses did not have bathrooms, so the pipes were added later. Or they might also be the ones leading to the hot-water radiators upstairs, as the furnace in the cellar heated the house through a huge metal grate over a hole in the living room floor until 1935, and then they added "hot water heat." The handle on the left is (you guessed it) a pencil shrpener !! Janet
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