The photo shows Ruth in 1930 wearing a black fox stole John had given her for her birthday. They had been married one year in June. Saturday, July 5, 1930 - "I'm 24 years old today. Folks gave me hose -- also rec'd 3 birthday cards. Made a big bowl of potato salad. More varnishing & polishing. Went to show with folks & had ice cream at Walgreen's."
On June 25 Ruth and John had moved from 4705 Byron in Chicago to 5841 W. Superior St. The "varnishing and polishing" is in their new apartment. Ruth's parents, Lottie and Jim Meredith, helped too. They did not live far from Ruth and John. The unpacking and getting settled went on for several days.
The Great Depression was in full swing, but John and Ruth still had jobs in July. Ruth bounced from one job to another at Montgomery
Ward as the sales dropped and people were fired. She must have been well thought of because it would have been easy to fire her when a job she was in was eliminated.
Tuesday, July 8, 1930 - "Very tiring day. John brought a mirror and end table home without consulting me! He was late too! Started to eat without him. Took hot bath."
John is the kind of guy who wants to get things done right away - very industrious. To him, it doesn't make a lot of difference which mirror or end table is picked, just that the task is done while Ruth would be concerned with the color, style, etc. Neither the picture nor the diary entries are in Pieces of a Life,
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