From a letter written home to Kaye, while Bud was stationed at Camp Croft, SC. This is one page of several, from a box of saved letters from 1942 and 1943. The notes are written on large (10 x 14 ?) thin translucent sheets, like vellum or tracing paper, folded and stuffed into small envelopes, sent nearly daily from the soldier to his wife.
Visual impressions from a fun family visit
here’s some paintings
This is the first of several portfolios of my grandfather’s artwork, which I photographed while at the beach house in Ventnor, NJ
Here’s a quick preview of some watercolors I found in one of the many portfolios stashed in the upstairs closets of the Ventnor, NJ house. These folks are pretty much doing what we’ve been doing all week on the beach…
USS Yorktown
One particularly cool exhibit on the USS Yorktown was a wall full of aircraft carrier photos, documenting dozens of ships commissioned into service during the 1st and 2nd World Wars. I noticed that many of the ships were painted in wild, blocky, patterns, and I remembered hearing about dazzle camouflage. Apparently, creative methods were employed to gain advantage in warfare:
Euclid's 3 Graces, 1962, 57
Ralph Maxwell, an old friend of Brubaker’s from the armed forced, suggested I send him some more of Brubaker’s art. Here are some paintings I don’t think I’ve posted here yet. These are both photos of pieces that are at the house in Ventnor, NJ. I don’t know the names, years or sizes…
Check your email for larger versions, Ralph.
