Evidently Dad’s third ascent of Marys Peak (whenever it occurred) was not documented with photographs. But his fourth ascent, on July 4, 1932, was.
This ascent was with the Jenks family. Dad was working for Jenks-White Seed Company at this time, so I assume the ascent of Marys Peak was with that Jenks family.
I consulted an acquaintance who is a member of the Jenks family and although he didn’t recognize a lot of these people, he was able to identify the couple in the center of the group in both photos (standing behind the group of children on the ground) as his grandparents, Enoch and Bessie Jenks. He wasn’t sure about a few others in the group. But he was eager to have copies of these photos to show family, so that was fun.
Neither Dad nor anyone in his family seems to appear in these photos. Also there is no snow in sight in these, but Dad notes that they were taken on the south side of the summit, where snow would be least likely to last.
I was zooming around in the top picture and noticed what looked like food packaging with a trademark label on it. It says “Snow Flake Sodas”. I Googled it and found out that it was a tin of soda crackers. It was a local (Pacific Coast) brand of what eventually became Nabisco. Appears that hiking food has changed somewhat…
Thank you, baby brother, for catching the cracker tin! Also, it is good to know that it became Nabisco.