The Forward Kids - 1938

~1938~

These are the seven children of Glenn and Ann (Helfrich) Forward. I don't know the date of this photo for sure but guess-timated how old JoAnn looks and went from there. (Jean said she was 16 in this photo so that makes it 1938.) 


I love how everyone is in order by height - not age - and this same line-up is carried out through the years but with Mildred and Maxine (the oldest) moving down in the line as younger siblings passed them in height. I find it humorous that Charles' hat is sitting on the shrub behind him. I can almost hear his mother tell him to take off his hat. And even though he did - it is still in the picture. This photo was taken at their farm near Hugoton, Kansas.