I think this was taken in 1941, so that might have been the year she was in nurse's training at Mass General in Boston. If she had already moved out to California with Jeannie at this time, she would have come back with Jeannie for this family reunion.
My guess is the occasion was Bobby getting engaged to Norma Bohlken. Another snapshot in this group is dated Nov. 1941 (everybody is wearing the same clothes), and Bob & Norma married in May, 1942.
Here's another shot from this group. That's Bob and Norma in the middle, flanked by Philip and Jeannie. (I love those stylin' open-toed pumps Jeannie is wearing! Some day soon I'll do a post just on Jeannie's outfits; she was such a fashion plate!)
All these pictures appear to be taken on the grounds of the Methodist Church in Holdredge, NE., where The Rev and Maudie and the youngest Baders lived from 1940-1944.
Here are some undated photos of Philip and his mom (Maudie) from about that same time. This is also their home adjoining the Methodist Church. (This porch figures in many, many Bader family photos.)
I don't know why they're both grimacing in the right-hand pic (maybe they were squinting into the sun?), but everyone looks more relaxed in the other one!
Um, I'm not exactly sure what's going on in this photo, but that's Philip again, fooling around!
Some wag (probably big brother Ernie) has scribbled this caption on the back:
"Latest thing in potted plants."
Or—
"What did you put in that last one, Mike?"
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