Lottie's Photos: Dad's 1938 Chrysler

Dad's brand new 1938 Chrysler. Mom sure looks stylish in that dress and dad too
in his three-piece suit.

On April 1^st 1938 mom wrote in her diary that dad owned a 1936 Chevrolet but he wanted to buy a Chrysler. That day she had worked at H.C. Capwells but she didn’t say in what department. She worked at Capwells part time for a few years – sometimes in the toy department, at other times in accessories, and sometimes doing inventory. After work she went to the German House in Oakland – a place she frequently went to dance, drink and meet boys. She went with dad and two of her Menge cousins – Marion and Agnus. They left the German House he took her to Sam’s and didn’t bring her home until 2:15 in the morning. She’d forgotten her keys and had to wake up her mother to get into the house.

On April 5^th dad, Bert and Lorraine, who was Bert’s girlfriend at the time, picked up mom in his brand new 1938 Chrysler sedan. He drove them to Richmond, Berkeley, and all over. They had milkshakes and got home at 11:30.

Three days later they went out again. They drove up to the top of 35^th Avenue in Oakland and parked – which she underlined! Then they went for a banana split and he brought her home at 11:45. Before he left, he made another date for Tuesday and suggested that they break up because he thought it would be easier to forget about her now rather than later. But mom said, "she didn’t want to break up."