Around 1955 an “old gentleman” that lived near us passed away and the woman who lived with him asked me to help her clean up his things – I found and kept the pictures. He was around 85 years old – which puts him in his prime and the right age for the era. He was the type of “gentleman” who took a walk every night with dress shirt and pants – bow tie and dress hat. I knew him pretty well – mowed his lawn, etc. He had worked in Boston as a “civil engineer” (Did not drive – took the bus everyday.)

He was “genteel” – just the type of person who could have “seen a lot” and never mention it. The one thing I remember was him saying that “out west” miners drill holes in boulders, filled them with water and when they froze overnight the boulders would split. He was from the mid-west and had no family.

Summary: It was his era and he may well have been part of it! As the pictures seem to be related – I suspect he had a specific reason for having them. His name was Claude Hobart (sp?). Notes of John McCarthy, Feb. 7, 2008