m-mman 324 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Photograph of Agnes Temple Fatjo beside her car in Lake Tahoe, 1932 5 Link to post Share on other sites
GregLaR 2,247 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Love the repeal plate! 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Brass is Best 1,788 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Looks like a California auto club topper. Link to post Share on other sites
edinmass 11,285 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 (edited) Wonder if that's the East side of the lake.......maybe she was going to a party at George Whittell's house? Edited May 20, 2020 by edinmass (see edit history) Link to post Share on other sites
Grimy 1,518 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 41 minutes ago, edinmass said: Wonder if that's the west side of the lake.......maybe she was going to a party at George Whittell's house? Captain Whittell's house, Thunderbird Lodge, is on the EAST side of the Lake, Ed, but far west of you! 🙂 1 Link to post Share on other sites
edinmass 11,285 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 George, your correct. I was there last August. The lock down is making my sense of direction flip flop. Link to post Share on other sites
Grimy 1,518 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 2 hours ago, edinmass said: The lock down is making my sense of direction flip flop. Now that you're living on a peninsula, you don't have to go very far east or west to be in the drink..... Link to post Share on other sites
edinmass 11,285 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Three blocks to the east of my current abode is salt water, it’s a few hours west to the other side. Link to post Share on other sites
m-mman 324 Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 Agnes Temple (married name) Fatjo came from the family that built this home(s) https://www.homesteadmuseum.org/ there are two on the site. Los Angeles pioneers arriving in 1830, the family experienced all the boom & bust - prosperity and poverty cycles of the era. The family history follows US economic cycles perfectly. After going bust in the crash of 1870 the family was lower to middle class ranching people until they discovered oil in 1917 and soared to extreme wealth again. The children (including Agnes) all went to top boarding schools and universities in the teens and twenties. Souring Real estate investments and oil wells that were going dry, caused them to to go bust again in 1929 and 1930. (Hispanic heritage, her dad moved to Mexico to survive the depression) But by then Agnes had managed to marry into a more sustainable money and she didn't seem to suffer much. I dont know if she and her husband owned property in Tahoe or were just traveling through. (likely Mr. Fatjo took the picture of his wife) While they had some money they would NOT have been on the same level as Mr. Whittell. But it is nice to imagine that perhaps they were going to visit him. And it IS a wonderful image. 🙂 2 Link to post Share on other sites
keiser31 5,692 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 The Lincoln looks to be about a 1927 or 1928. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Mellor NJ 338 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Definitely not 32 Link to post Share on other sites
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