Professor Hamilton's Diary: Dec. 31, 1935

The children have their portrait made; a quiet New Year's eve concludes the diary

The Hamilton family had a final outing of the year to New York, taking the train from Bronxville. They had an appointment at Underwood & Underwood — a company famous for both its stereoscopic photos and later its news photography — to have the children’s portrait made. Stereoscopic pictures, like the one below from Wikipedia, are very collectable. When …