Rita with her poinsettias

Written on the back in pencil is 23rd Dec. ’44 Sat. A.M. / Pointsettias from Dadu [or Dadee, sorry, it’s hard to read that word]. Other photos of this girl indicate her name is Rita Marie Annette Brooks, that she’s four years old in this photo, and that she probably lives in a “Naval Housing Project” (she did in 1941, and these photos seem to show a similar setting).

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I think this is such a sweetly modest little photo of holiday cheer.

11 comments on “Rita with her poinsettias”

22 Dec 2012 at 12:58 pm Mike
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I believe, and you tell me if I am wrong, but she went on to be a lovely meter maid. The stuff of legends, actually.
- 22 Dec 2012 at 1:54 pm usermattw
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  I like it. I have no information to the contrary. 🙂
23 Dec 2012 at 11:44 am Photobooth Journal
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I have really enjoyed your winter themed/Christmas pics, Matt, as I do all your posts. Hope you have a wonderful celebration. Merry Xmas!
- 23 Dec 2012 at 12:36 pm usermattw
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  Thanks, Katherine! You, too!
23 Dec 2012 at 1:39 pm gingkochris
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Her outfit intrigues me – wide-bottomed pants or it is a long skirt? And a Madonna-like head scarf. Love the picture!
- 23 Dec 2012 at 3:08 pm usermattw
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  I agree, it’s hard to tell if these are her normal clothes or if this is some sort of holiday get-up. In the other pictures I have of her, she seems to be dressed “normally”.
23 Dec 2012 at 3:19 pm Mrs. P
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Cute picture! How did you figure out her name?
- 23 Dec 2012 at 5:16 pm usermattw
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  Thanks! Don’t worry, I haven’t suddenly developed magical powers of telling people’s names. I have three or four photos of her (as far as I can tell). Her full name is written on the back of one of the other ones, along with her birth date.
  - 24 Dec 2012 at 5:42 am Mrs. P
    
    🙂
24 Dec 2012 at 9:42 pm Naptimewriting
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Striking photo. Love it.
- 25 Dec 2012 at 11:21 am usermattw
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  Thanks!