Tape number: V22

Name: Gladys M. House Lumpkin

Location:  Weems, Virginia

Date of Birth:  December 10, 1907

Date of Recording: September 14, 2004

Recorded By:  Suzanne and Grayson Mattingly

Log sheet created by: Patricia Rose

Item	In Point	Category	Description
01	00/47	SW	Father takes  to Pratt  and Light Street wharf as a child… tells of sights and smells
02	7/11	E	Describes Irvington School…teachers…60 students…located where steamboat is today
03	3/02	F	Captain Andrew Lumpkin brings wat- er melons to Balto. docks…family visits as well
04	24/44	F	Married in 1936 to Raymond Lumpkin
05	26/52	G	Sewed with fabric from Baltimore shop (Werners)…had 21 homemade dresses for steamboat trip…often changed outfits daily
06	28/19	F	Strong ties to friends in Irvington…visited often
07	29/11	F	Weather bad in 1936…honeymooned later in Weems
08	3/02	G	Family furniture transported by steamboat to Irving- ton
09	4/15	G	Lumpkin and House family exchanged Christmas gifts via steamboat…barrel of oysters, preserves, homemade root beer
10	27/44	G	Dry goods variety store in Baltimore as store of choice
11	5/31	L	Moved to Irvington on Pittman’s Corner (age 14)…family rode on steamboat…re- turned to Baltimore 2 years later…mother a city girl
12	10/50	L	In 1926 visits Irving- ton Beach Hotel…de- scribes friends, area, stores, fishing
13	13/17	L	Describes White Stone Beach--dancing, food, swimming, friends
14	14/46	L	Visited Adams Float- ing Theatre in Irving- ton…near hotel…had great shows and musi- cals
15	10/10	M	Relates prices of meals and staterooms on steamboat…des- cribes room interior
16	18/08	R	Visits Christ Church … describes interior …brother takes pic- tures of vacation in 1926
17	12/40	SC	Mentions knowing of Captain Archie Long.. knew family in later years
18	8/36	ST	Revists Irvington (age 18)…additional steamboat descrip- tion…meals on board
19	21/06, 24/24	ST	Steamboat wharf a busy place…more recollections
20	28/19	ST	Wants to return to Irvington to visit lifelong friends
21	25/54	ST	Left on steamboat in evening…5 stops to Irvington…describes trip
22	16/13	L	Photo album des- cription of 1926 steamboat trip to Irv- ington, Virginia
23	30/48	F	Father’s purchase of car supersedes steam- boat travel…describes an automobile trip
24	21/18, 25/09	L	Description of Irv- ington Beach Hotel, food…saved a year