Meet Dolores
This is Dolores on the slide in Carroll Park in 1941 as a 19 month old. In the background is President Street, off Smith Street. Notice the wooden slide.
Here she is in 1942 with Mrs. Viola, her mother.The houses in the background are on Carroll Street,
looking towards Court Street. Some of the elm trees in the
photo are still standing today.
This is my favorite photo of Dolores, circa 1950. It was taken along the Park on President Street.
Dolores as a 16 year old. I wish I could have met her then.
I love the self-assured pose.
She is standing in what is now the park's ball field,
looking towards President Street.
These last three pictures are of Dolores in Carroll Park
in 1973 with her son Stephen.
The monument is still the same of course,
but notice the little fence around it.
In the back are the brownstones on President Street.
May I introduce you to my friend Dolores, who has lived in Carroll Gardens all her life? One of the greatest pleasures of living in this neighborhood is to sit on Dolores' stoop on a summer evening and to listen to her stories about growing up, marrying and raising a son right here in Carroll Gardens.
I could listen to her for hours. I consider it a privilege that she is sharing some of her earliest memories with me. Recently, when I mentioned to her that I wanted to document stories like hers, to hold on to the Carroll Gardens that she knew in her youth, she told me with a twinkle in her eye that she had old photos that she could show me.
So yesterday, Dolores delighted me with many wonderful pictures. I especially loved the ones that showed familiar places in the neighborhood. The photos above were all taken in Carroll Park, first, when Dolores was a baby and then, as a teen and finally, as a mother. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
And Dolores, my friend, thanks for sharing them!
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