The Iola and Baby at the Beach

So many of the pictures are not annotated and there are very few clues about who, where, when they were taken.  That's the case in this instance.  The pictures were together which may or may not mean anything but it's all I have.  Both pictures look like they date from the 1920's or 30's.

The first picture is of three unknown men and if you look closely there is someone sitting inside. The boat is named "IOLA" and registered in New Orleans.

The next picture is stamped on the back "Made by Purple Pigeon Studio P.O. Box 2 Gulfport, Miss." The baby is wearing a long dress with a long coat.  The appears to be covered with lace and had rosettes on each side of the face.  The hands appear to be covered but in what I can't tell!  Doesn't look like gloves or mittens.

A Wedding and a Baby 1910

Vivian was the daughter of Rev. George Thomas Mayo and Ella Savannah McWherter of Dresden, Tennessee.  She married William D. Wilson of Mayfield, Kentucky in 1910.  For more information about the Mayo and Wilson families check out a previous blog entry entitled Letter from Vivian Mayo Wilson.

Here is the wedding invitation to the marriage of Vivian and William:

Mr. and Mrs. G.T. Mayo
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Vivian
to
Mr. William D. Wilson
on the evening of Wednesday, the second of February
One thousand nine hundred and ten
eight o'clock
Methodist Church
Dresden, Tennessee






And here is William D. Wilson Jr, age 4 months and 12 days, circa 1914.