Arnold and Newlin: Life with Eddie 1953

 Photos of infant Eddie in 1953, with mom Newlin or with dad Arnie or just by himself. 

Photos like this, showing a woman's breast, were risqué for the 1950s. Arnold was never entirely sure the developer
would not turn hm in to the authorities for lewdness. Breastfeeding was typically banned in public at that time.

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Arnold and Newlin: Solar House 1953

At the end of 1953 Arnold and Newlin move into the MIT solar house "Solar III". They were selected because of their medical and science backgrounds since they could reliably log various measurements. Newlin said that a South African professor was in charge of the solar energy project; he or his staff would frequently bring national and international visitors to tour the house and usually gave them a bit of warning, but one time after a party the previous evening, Newlin had not washed all the dishes and had left them piled in the kitchen with a screen drawn shut to hide the mess, but she was busted when the visitors wanted to see the solar mechanism in the attic, which was accessed through the dirty kitchen. 

There was a fenced-in back yard maintained by the MIT grounds crew, so they had to do no yard work. The yard and the interior of the house appear in the photos in the next few posts.  

Letter from Associate Dean of Students F. O. Fassett, Jr., offering Arnold Nevis the rental of the Solar House

http://web.mit.edu/solardecathlon/solar3.html 

There was a small fire in December 1955 when Arnold and Newlin were out of town and the solar house had to be demolished. They had rather few possessions back then and most were not damaged, but according to Newlin, they were handsomely compensated by the insurance for the little that they lost.

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Arnold and Newlin: September 20, 1953

John Edward "Eddie" was born Sunday, September 20, 1953. He was born via caesarean section, as were all of Newlin's subsequent four children. Arnold called his mother-in-law Nursie Whaley Ashmore the same day and she wrote a letter that evening, mailing it the next day.

The Boston Lying-In Hospital is now Brigham and Women's Hospital, but Newlin's room reservation was for Richardson House (now the Fisher–Richardson House).

In May Newlin's obstetrician arranged a room at Boston Lying-In Hospital's Richardson House in Mansfield, Massachusetts

this is a typical card to accompany delivered flowers or a plant

birth announcement card set out to family and friends

the envelope is addressed by Nursie's daughter (Newlin's sister) Floreine, who had distinctive handwriting

Blanche Whaley Howell was Nursie's brother's daughter (and Gordon was Blanche's husband). Gordon was stationed at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked on December 7, 1941, and therefore Blanche was in Honolulu during the attack. Oh her return to the continent, she was told not to speak of it, to prevent home front morale from plummeting.

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Arnold and Newlin: New England 1952–1953

It appears that Arnie and Newlin now have a car (or have borrowed one) and they make some trips around New England. Newlin is working as a nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital. Arnold is a PhD student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Newlin ready for work at Massachusetts General Hospital, circa 1952

Arnie in front of Dorrance Lab, MIT, 1953

Arnold at the Great Dome of MIT, summer 1953

Newlin at the Great Dome, MIT, summer 1953

Newlin Nevis, Connecticut State House, circa 1952

Arnold tying his shoe by the Connecticut State House, circa 1952

Newlin, probably in front of their MIT residence, circa 1952

Newlin posing on their apartment balcony, circa 1952

Newlin looking down from their second floor apartment balcony, circa 1952

a visit from Newlin's brother and sister-in-law Lytton and Opal, circa 1952

Newlin, Lytton and Opal on the balcony, circa 1952

Arnie and Newlin on their balcony, circa 1952

New England mill, 1953

Arnie at a New England mill, 1953

Arnie in wooden stocks on a village green, New England, summer 1953

Arnie, covered bridge, summer 1953

Newlin, New England mill, summer 1953

Newlin's pregnancy is showing, summer 1953

Newlin, summer 1953

Newlin at the beach, Massachusetts, summer 1953

Newlin on a Caltech blanket at the beach, Massachusetts, 1953

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