Toby Jensky's Photo Archive

My favorite archive so far! No need to decipher handwriting -a picture is worth a thousand words. To be honest, not much actually "information" can be extrapolated from these photos; in fact they really only lead to more and more mysteries and questions, but I can finally put a face to a woman I know reasonably well: Toby Jensky. The archive is not only the compilation of Jensky's photos but also of Dr. Edward Barsky and a Pat Gurney who I've never heard of before. I don't know why all the photos are together in box, but I managed to get through only a couple of folders so there will definitely be a chance to look closer and figure out the relationships demonstrated in the photos. The first photographs of smiling nurses on a ship. Coming later were the photos taken in Spain. All of them were taken in leisure times: soldiers sleeping, Spanish, American and other posing in their uniforms arms around one another. Some faces come up over and over but most are not identified and the relationships of smiling friends is no where detailed. Through the photos of Jensky, I feel like I can finally piece together who she was. She is very attractive and usually surround by male companions -substantiating how the letters portraying her as a heartbreaker. There are pictures of her working, surrounded by spanish children. Through her wide smile, I can infer a woman of good-cheer and dedication.

Though the folder titled "Pat Gurney" only contained two photographs, one of them was the most exciting for me. It was a big picture of two men standing in front of what I immediately cognized to be the Ciutadella park in Barcelona! I can't exactly explain why this was so exiting and astonishing to me, but I literally gasped when I saw it!