[mojitojoe]

As far as I know, there are no pictures of my mother when she was pregnant, and she had 5 of us. I have no pictures of my wife when SHE was pregnant. My family has never been much for photography. I just don’t see it as being very indicative of anything.
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I don’t really think the fact that there are no photos of a pregnant Stanley Anne is a big deal. There may have been one or more and they got lost, or there many never have been any for one reason or another.

HOWEVER.......this was in the 60’s. They were not a poor family. There are plenty of photos of Stanley Anne as a child, with her parents and photos of her parents when they were young. Stanley was an only child. Barry was their first grandchild(supposedly) and Stanley Anne’s first child(supposedly) yet not a single photo of her or the grandparents with new born Barry. NONE! The first photo of (supposedly) baby Barry is one where he is several months old and he is the only one in the photo.

You don’t find this interesting?

[DiogenesLamp]

HOWEVER.......this was in the 60’s. They were not a poor family. There are plenty of photos of Stanley Anne as a child, with her parents and photos of her parents when they were young. Stanley was an only child. Barry was their first grandchild(supposedly) and Stanley Anne’s first child(supposedly) yet not a single photo of her or the grandparents with new born Barry. NONE! The first photo of (supposedly) baby Barry is one where he is several months old and he is the only one in the photo.

You don’t find this interesting?

No, because I think Madelyn Dunham was utterly ashamed of the fact that she had a Black Grandchild. Madelyn Dunham was from Kansas, and from my Reading of Frank Marshall Davis' book "livin' the blues" they were pretty prejudice in Kansas during the 1920s, and I can only assume it continued during the time Madelyn Dunham was growing up. Apart from that, the Family lived in Oklahoma and Texas before moving to Washington. I think most of Madelyn Duham's life she was exposed to a culture that was very prejudiced against blacks, and where miscegenation was a Felony Crime. (Not Kansas, but it was in Oklahoma and Texas. See Map at link.)

I think it took her a long time to come to terms with the fact that her Grandson was black. That it caused immediate strife in the Dunham household is evident by the fact that Stanley Ann left and didn't come back until a year after Barry was born. Also, see my previous message with the link that shows Madelyn Dunham's coworkers didn't even know she had a grandson until they found out about it on television. This is NOT the behavior of a proud grandmother.

I think Madelyn Dunham was VERY ashamed of Barry, and so therefore there are no fawning pictures of him until later, and the one of him on the tricycle was probably taken by Stanley Ann.