The Turner Family (Norwegian/English, 1920s)



Figure 1.--Here we see the Turner family, we think during the 1920s. Their clothing is interesting and probably typical of a successful Norwegiab professional family. Maurice wears a fashionable country suit of tweed with breeches and woolen knee socks. The two boys wear fashionable sailor suits with dressy white long stockings obviously held up by supporters. The little girl wears a white dress, white stockings, strap sandals, and a prominent hair bow. It seems to be a mild spring day if we can judge by the foliage, so the long stockings are more for dressiness than for warmth.

The Turner family was a Norwegia-English family. An English chemical engineer, Maurice Russel Turner, emigrated to Norway and settled there about 1910. He married a Norwegian woman, Aslaug, by whom he had three children, Per, Sylvia, and John. A family snapshot probably taken in the 1920s. It shows shows Per who seems to be about 6, Sylvia about 4, and John 8 years. Turner became the director of an aluminium factory. This prosperous family lived in Stangfjorden, located in southern Norway. The photo was apparently taken outside their residence. Maurice remained the head of the plant until 1940 when Germany invaded neutral Norway during World War II. The Turners were able to get out safely to England. Their son John distinguished himself during the war as an officer in the Green Howards -- the Norwegian section of the Secret Service in London. He was rewarded for his services by being given the Norwegian War Cross, a very high honor. The clothing is interesting and probably typical of a successful Norwegian professional family. Maurice wears a fashionable country suit of tweed with breeches and woolen knee socks. The two boys wear fashionable sailor suits with dressy white long stockings obviously held up by supporters. The little girl wears a white dress, white stockings, strap sandals, and a prominent hair bow. It seems to be a mild spring day if we can judge by the foliage, so the long stockings are more for dressiness than for warmth.








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