Digging Up Your Family

George Madison Mathews Recording

For about the past twelve years I have moved a total of five times.  And the better part of those moves (four, to be exact), I have moved with me a large cabinet reel to reel and a small portable reel to reel, along with reels of tape.  The 7 1/2 inch reels are all music, recordings of Steppenwolf, Beethoven, Hank Williams Jr, and Sonny and Cher. 

The smaller 3 3/4 reels, however, are very special.  One is an original recording of the entire Jimmy Carter Presidential Inauguration.  The others are recordings my stepfather, Edward Kenneth Albrecht, and his mother, Eunice Mozelle Mathews, created of family stories. 

While I have yet to listen to all of the tapes entirely, one I wanted to share is a recording of Eunice’s father, George Madison Mathews (1880-1979), recorded on New Year’s Day, 1971.  He is kind of hard to understand (he was about ninety years old at the time), but it is interesting to hear him talk about his siblings.  He doesn’t name all of them, and one sounds like “”Petey” or “Teeny”, but I can’t quite make it out.

Enjoy!

Hill’s Horse Meat and a Mystery Photograph

Here’s a random ad I found for Hill’s Horse Meat.  I don’t know how old this particular ad is, but I am guessing 1940s. 

Not only is it healthful, it’s also nourishing!  Not only is it economical, but it is also high in value!  And if that doesn’t persuade you to buy it you should also know it’s easy to use!  It doesn’t say that your dog will love it, though.

Now for the mystery photograph.  Amongst the belongings of my stepfather, Edward Kenneth Albrecht (1949-2004), was this photograph.

 

The moment was captured at the Ansley Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.  The photograph was tucked inside of this sleeve:

The back of the sleeve:

We know the picture was taken sometime after 1953.  According to the Atlanta History Center the Ansley Hotel was sold to the Dinkler hotel in 1953 and the name of the hotel was eventually changed to Dinkler Plaza Hotel.

Do you know who these people are?  My mom is guessing one of them is Ed’s mother, Eunice Mozelle Matthews, but she isn’t certain.