Photos by Margaret Thayer, Stuttgart, Arkansas, 1950s
In my family's collection of photos are two of a baby in a crib with a blonde-haired doll. I am trying to confirm that these are pictures of my brother Charles Thomas Waggoner ("Charlie") born in December of 1951. I had sent the photo to Charlie, but he didn't remember it. The evidence I have to confirm this. The photos are in our family collection, which gives credence to the baby being in the family. I remember my brother Bob (born in 1954) teasing Charlie that his pictures were taking with a girl doll. The slats on the crib are pretty far apart, the crib pad has a circus theme, the baby is wearing a cotton or linen gown, the baby has short socks on, and it is photographed with a doll propped up in bed. These are all common to photos of babies taken during the height of the baby boom in the 1950s. Margie Payer was a sophomore at Stuttgart High School when my parents were seniors and she is in their 1947 senior yearbook. According to her obituary , she spent her car...