James Robert Saunders As A Boy

 The boy in this photo is my great uncle, James ("Jimmy") Robert Saunders.
The girl is just named as a "friend."
Jimmy was the older brother of my grandfather, Delbert ("Bud") Marion Saunders.
Jimmy was born in 1910.  This photo is dated 1912,
when he would have been two years of age.

I imagine that, like any little brother, Bud idolized his brother Jimmy,
because he spoke of him often and with great affection.

Another portrait of Jimmy Saunders, probably at the same photo session
since the shirt he's wearing is the same as above.

 Another portrait of Jimmy Saunders, dated two years later in 1914,
when he would have been four years old.

 A picture of Jimmy Saunders taken in San Francisco, at Ocean Beach.
The photo was turned into a post card.
My grandfather notes that it was available for sale Ocean Beach for over fifty years.

On the back of this particular post card, is a note from my Great Grandmother,
Nora Belle (Baker) Saunders, to her mother, Martha (Woodside) Baker.
The note is addressed to Mrs. M.E. Dwight of Dillon Montana, dated Oct. 12, 1913.
(By then, Martha had re-married Dan Dwight,
after the death of her first husband, Fred Baker.)
The note reads:

"Dear Mama, Here is Jimmie taken on the beach today,
at the Ocean Cliff House and his pet dog.
Wish Delbert was only here too,
but I knew you wanted to see Jimmie anyway."