History Collector
Beach Comber
This photograph, marked “House Party — Summer 1953,” was apparently taken in one of the beach communities between Pensacola and Panama City. I am hoping to discover the location as well as the identities of the people. The woman circled was Elizabeth Clyne Wickersham (1933-2004) and the man circled was Phillips Argrove Ammons, Jr. The couple married two years later.The Wickersham family once owned the house now known as Wash-a-Way in Grayton Beach.
A man in the back row, 7th from both the right and the left, is wearing a T-shirt that says “Camp Big Heart/Southeast Council/Staff.” Camp Big Heart was a Boy Scout camp near the Pensacola Beach bridge in what is now the Naval Live Oak Reservation, which is part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore in Gulf Breeze.
Perry Correll, the daughter of the circled couple, sent me this photograph. She provided this information that may give clues to identities:
- The man to her father’s right, sitting directly in front of the little boy, was his roommate Bob. Both Bob and Perry’s father were already in the US Navy when this picture was taken.
- The woman sitting in the wicker rocking chair and the woman to her right were her mother’s best friends. One was named Ann and the other Jane. Perry thinks the one in the plaid blouse may have been Ann Huffman or Ann Russell.
Any clues will be appreciated!