GRANDMA IS SHOPPING IN DETROIT
WOODWARD AVENUE




GRANDMA IS SHOPPING FOR BARGAINS. WHAT IS IN HER PACKAGE? THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN THE 20'S. SHE WOULD GO DOWNTOWN TO THE HUDSONS STORE, SHOP AND MAYBE GO TO SANDERS ICE CREAM PARLOR FOR A TREAT, AFTER ALL THAT WORK LOOKING FOR BARGAINS. I CAN SEE THAT DETERMINATION ON HER FACE TO GET THE BEST DEAL. SHE HAS THREE SONS--MARK, NORBERT AND ALVIN, AND ONE DAUGHTER--JEANIE. GRANDMA WOULD TRAVEL BY CITY BUS BECAUSE SHE HAD NO DRIVERS LICENSE. SHE WAS BORN WHEN HORSES WERE ON THE ROAD INSTEAD OF CARS. GRANDMA LIVED AND RAISED HER FAMILY IN LINCOLN PARK, MICHIGAN. SHE WAS FROM MAIDSTONE -- OUTSIDE WINDSOR, ONTARIO, CANADA. HER FAMILY CAME TO CANADA FROM DUBLIN AND COUNTY CORK, IRELAND AND THEIR LAST NAME WAS McCARTHY. GRANDMA WAS A DEVOTED CATHOLIC AND PRAYED OFTEN.

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