Betty Carringer At School in About 1925 -- (Not So) Wordless Wednesday #906

 This is a priceless (to me) image in my computer file folders:

I think that the girl holding the ball on the right is my mother, Betty Virginia   Carringer. She is probably age 5 to 7 in this picture, meaning it was taken in 1924 to 1926.

My guess is that the picture was taken by her father, Lyle L. Carringer at Brooklyn Elementary School (on the block surrounded by Fern Street, A Street, 30th Street and Ash Street) in the Golden Hill neighborhood of San Diego. The building in the background is typical of San Diego school architecture! Betty attended this school, as did all three of her sons.

This must have been some sort of special event - all of the girls have flowers in their hair and one of the boys is wearing a tie (and a flower too!). Perhaps it was an open house and the children were going to demonstrate playing dodgeball or something tamer.

The original black-and-white photograph is from loose pictures found in a box, probably from my grandfather's photo album, that I scanned back in 2009.

I enhanced and colorized a colored photograph with the MyHeritage photo tools. 

This photograph is a part of my family history.  

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