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Mrs Starr: Yes.

Minnie: And everything to be a doctor. But he started on the other [[strikethrough]] (unintelligible) [[strikethrough]] side through all his daddy's earnings and everything and didn't make anything of himself. So about four or five years ago, in Philadelphia, he died. But anyhow, this man has my--my paintings. And that's what I want you to get--to try to get in contact with him about it. And then I want-- I forgot to tell you about the lady and her two daughters that was so interested in me when I was painting these pictures, a Mrs. Beryl [[interlinear note]] Burl? [[interlinear note]] Smith and her two girls, Nancy and Jean. Of course, both the girls are married now. Nancy, she's a Mrs. Rose, and Jean is a Mrs. somthing [[something]]--I've forgot now. But, anyway, they were interest [[strikethrough]] ing [[strikethrough]] ed. And you see, during the time of the war, then they had lots and lots of marines, you know, boarding with them and staying in the homes and the beaches being full and the other boys getting in touch with them-- Every Sunday, where I was living, down in this park, in this great big beautiful old mansion, the place was all torn down--

Mrs Starr: You mean in [[strikethrough]] ELA? [[strikethrough]] Aimlie

Minnie: Not [[strikethrough]] ELA [[strikethrough]] Aimlie. But the same people that owned the [[strikethrough]] ELA [[strikethrough]] Aimlie owned this, this [[strikethrough]] Kimberly [[strikethrough]] Pembroke Park, where we were at.

Mrs Starr: Was it on the same land?

Minnie: What say?

Mrs Starr: Was it on the same land?

Minnie: The land is divided. It's all--it all belongs to them. And they would bring scores and scores of young men from all over the country down there every Sunday, looking at my pictures. See, Mrs.