From left: Lorraine, 3 women friends (Mira Menon on right), Padma, Prabhu and father Balraj Sokkappa.
Photograph of the Kaimal's Christmas Celebration
"[The Kaimal's] Enjoying the Christmas tree in their Seattle apartment. Note the television in the background. They were able to buy their first TV set with the tax rebate check they received for having a dependent (Padma). It was exactly enough money to purchase at black and white TV." --Maya Kaimal
Family Portrait at Ampang House
"Lorraine and Padma's first visit to India. The three of them took a flight chartered by Indian university students out of Detroit which took six hops to get to Bombay. It was not a new plane, and it never made the trip back because the student organization couldn't afford the fuel for the return flight. They had to borrow money from a friend to get home on SwissAir.
Kaimal Family Photograph
Showing Lorraine a family album on the porch at Ampang House, the family home in Kottayam.
Lorraine, Padma (behind), Kamala (sister in law), Mini (Kamala's daughter); adult woman on right unknown.
Kaimal Family on University of Washington's Campus
Photograph taken on the University of Washington's campus, Padma is three. The Kaimal's lived nearby in a one bedroom apartment in a private house. Lorraine sewed the coats that she and Padma are wearing. Her mother had been a "stitcher" aka seamstress in a factory in Boston.
J.C. Kaimal Family Photograph
Kaimal's friends the Menons, J.C. Kaimal's mother, Lorraine, Padma, Maya, and Narayan in front of the Kaimal home in Belmont on Claflin Street. J.C. Kaimal's mother came from Kerala to stay with them for 9 months.
