Helga had many admirers
There are many chapters of Helga's life that are covered in the box of photos that I am now organizing, but none is as well photographed as her leisure activities with female and male friends during her early years in New York. At the beach. A ski trip. A Connecticut resort. Even deep sea fishing.
The photos are fun and I will be posting a selection in the coming days. For now, here are two inscribed photographs from young male admirers from her early years in New York.
The first one is fascinating. The image is a beautiful photo of a teenage Helga sent to her by a German-speaking admirer named Ernst on her 17th birthday. She had arrived in the U.S. six months earlier.
The second is from a more ardent suitor, Herb, recalling their shared experience at a resort in upstate New York in the summer of 1943. The two of them had been part of a big group of friends who made the trip to the Hotel St. Regis at Fleischmanns, N.Y.
