Scrapbook -

Raising Ruby Scrapbook

This scrapbook contains photos that offer visual context to many of the events described in Raising Ruby. You can click on the images to see them enlarged.

JR and Ellen Palmer with 1st five children

JR and Ellen Palmer with 1st five children (Jimma at top left) - 1902

Gena Palmer Stella Underwood Jimma Palmer Dec 1912

Gena Palmer, Stella Underwood, and Jimma Palmer - December 1912

Old Palmer Farmhouse 1925

Old Palmer Farmhouse - 1925

Moms Mom & Dad

Jimma Palmer and Lester Scott - 1918

Baby Ruby 6 months Old

Baby Ruby - 6 months Old - February 1920

Ruby Mom Bud 1925 4x5

Ruby, Jimma, and Bud - 1925

Granny and Joe Parnell

Jimma and Joe Parnell - 1925

Palmer Farmhouse 1925

The New Palmer Farmhouse - 1928

Oden School 1928 Ina Palmer Teacher

Oden School, Ruby (second from left) with teacher Ina Palmer (back center) - 1928

ruby and her dolls 1928

Ruby and her Dolls - 1928

Ruby Ellen Scott In LaGrange for 1933-34 School Year

Ruby Ellen Scott In LaGrange, TX for the 1933-34 School Year

Ruby Ellen Scott June 3 1934

Ruby Ellen Scott - June 3, 1934

Ruby Ellen Scott - Age 17

Ruby Ellen Scott, Age 17 - 1936

Ruby Ellen Scott Age 17

Ruby Ellen Scott - 1938

Ruby and Crew - Coffee Shop 1938

Ruby and Crew at the Paris Coffee Shop - 1938

Thomas J Smith May 9 1938

Thomas J. Smith - May 9, 1938

Ruby Scott Smith May 1938

Ruby Scott Smith - May 9, 1938

Jimmy and Ruby 4-1-1938

Jimmy and Ruby on their Wedding Day - April 1, 1938

Ruby and Jimmy at Courhouse 4-1-1938

Ruby and Jimmy at the Weatherford Courhouse after getting married - April 1, 1938

Ruby 20 Pat 1 year

Ruby 19 and Pat 1 year old - 1940

Ruby and Pat Fathers Day 1941

Ruby and Pat, on Father's Day - 1941

Mammaw and Pat -1942

Pauline Smith (Jimmy's Mom) with Pat - 1942

Ruby and Jimmy - Gatesville -1942

Ruby and Jimmy in Gatesville, TX - 1942

Pat & Mom 1945 4x6

Pat and Mom - 1946

ruby colorized

Ruby - 1947

Mom 1945

Ruby as sweater girl - 1946

Mom and Poppy About 1946

Ruby and Smitty in front of the Paris Coffee Shop - 1946

Ruby Ellen and Queen Tut, 8-12-1949

Ruby Ellen and Queen Tut - August 12, 1949

Paris Coffee Shop

Paris Coffee Shop-1948

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"Smitty" behind the Register at the Paris Coffee Shop

BackSideParis March 1948

Paris Coffee Shop from behind Register-March 1948

Ruby and Betty Jean Modeling 1948

Ruby and Betty Jean Modeling - 1948

Ruby Ellen Smith 1950

Ruby Ellen Smith - 1950

Ruby Ellen Smith - Age 31 - LaJolla CA

Ruby Ellen Smith, Age 31 dipping her toes in the Pacific Ocean in LaJolla CA - 1951

LaJolla Blvd Apt in 1992

LaJolla Blvd Apt in 1992 Where we lived in 1951

Ruby 5-Day Old David 5x5

Ruby (age 34) and 5 day old David - October 29, 1953

Ruby and David - 1953

Ruby and David - 1953

Pat and Sams Wedding

Jimmy (age 38), Ruby (age 39) and David (age 5) at Pat and Sam's Wedding - December 19, 1958

Mom Pat Dad 1962 4x6

Ruby, Pat, and Jimmy - 1962

Nana and Baba with Paula 1964

Ruby and Jimmy with Paula - 1962

Ruby Pat Aunt Katina Paula David 1964

Ruby, Pat, Aunt Katina (visiting from Greece), Paula, and David - 1964

Mom 1970 Age 51

Ruby, Age 51 - 1970

Ruby Ellen Smith - Age 60

Ruby Ellen Smith, Age 60 - 1979

Smith Boys At Pauline Home Houston 1977

Smith Boys At Pauline's Home Houston - 1977

Pat and Dave at Wedding - 1982

Pat and Brother Dave at her third wedding - 1982

Ruby w_1 of her dolls, and Pat-June1984

Ruby with one of her dolls, and Pat - June 1984

Mom and Dad at Pat and Dons Wedding

Ruby and Jimmy at Pat and Don's Wedding - 1986

Moms 70th Birthday -1989

Ruby's 70th Birthday - August 12, 1989

Ruby's Reproduction Dolls

Ruby's Reproduction Dolls ( a tiny fraction!) - 1998

blackberry cottage flyer 1993

Blackberry Cottage flyer featuring some of Ruby's Dolls - 1993

Ruby and Jimmy with Grandpa Roses -1999

Ruby and Jimmy with Grandpa Palmer's Roses -1999

Mom Dad 50th Anniversary 1988

Ruby and Jimmy's 50th Anniversary - April 1988

60th Wedding Anniversary Newspaper

Ruby and Jimmy's 60th Wedding Anniversary Newspaper clipping - 1998

Ruby and Jimmy - 61st Anniversary - 1999

Ruby and Jimmy's 61st Anniversary - April 1st, 1999

Pat Mom Paula 2010 at FBI

Pat, Ruby, and Paula at Jimmy's FBI Exhibit - 2010

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Ruby Ellen Smith and Thomas J. Smith Crypt - April 21, 2018

Uncle Mike at Paris Coffee Shop

Uncle Mike at Paris Coffee Shop

Redbird

One of those ever-present Cardinals