A Closer Look (Part 30)

Kaunas, Lithuania, about 1923. My maternal Grandmother Jadzė lost one of the earrings she wears in this photo. The earring fell down the same well into which her bracelet tumbled.

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Related by Marriage: Change of Plans

When Mr. Irene's Dad was growing up, the family planned for him to take over the duties of running the family farm. After Mr. Irene's Dad fled the 1944 Soviet occupation of Lithuania, his mother, Veronica, instead relied on an unrelated Farm Manager to oversee the property—and the collectivization of the farming operation.

Near Panevėžys, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, Winter 1964. The Farm Manager of the homestead of Mr. Irene's Dad prepares to go hunting. He's standing near the farm's well.

Well

My Mom recalls how the backyard of her childhood home featured an old-fashioned well. One afternoon when her mother, Jadzė, went to the well to draw up some water, Jadzė's favorite gold, chain-link bracelet unclasped and fell from her wrist to the well's bottom.

I asked my Mom whether this photo captured the moment when someone tried to retrieve the bracelet. She answered in the negative. These boys simply were two neighbors joking around.

Kaunas, Lithuania, about 1936. Two brothers stand by the well on Hipodromo gatvė.