The weather was so blustery and raw on that December day in 1909 that Junior Mays wanted to spend the entire afternoon baking his backside by the big new stove in the parlor. It was a tall nickle-plated Perfection Smokeless Oil Heater that had cost his dad a whole two dollars! But Junior regretfully abandoned his warm station as his mom called to him impatiently from the kitchen. Reminding him to button his jacket, she handed him a shopping list and sent him to the Soraparu Market down by the Jackson Avenue Ferry.

Photo is dated 1977.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.