Saturday, August 6, 2016

Clifford Spitzer's Leisure Time Pursuits

Besides being an artist, Clifford Spitzer enjoyed several other leisure activities.

At the age of 25, he taught Advanced Spanish at the Honolulu Y.M.C.A.


January 1915 article

January 1915 article

Clifford and Violet Spitzer traveled to Europe Aug 15, 1922 to Oct. 27, 1922. Here's their passport:





Clifford and Violet went back to Europe in 1926, taking Clifford's mother, Eda Spitzer, with them.

Violet, Clifford, and Eda in Venice, Italy, 1926.

Eda, Clifford, and Violet in Germany

Not sure where the following photo was taken or when. It looks like they might be in Europe.



The following photo was taken on the ship Conte Rosso that sailed from Naples, Italy, to New York, in October 1926.

Clifford and Violet sail from Naples, Italy, in October 1926.

The Spitzer daughters pose on a ship that sails between Honolulu and San Francisco, California.


The Spitzer family in Los Angeles.

Spitzer family in Los Angeles.

The Spitzer family travels to New Zealand on July 27 1936, returning on August 31, 1936.

Spitzer daughters in New Zealand

Deep sea fishing for Clifford in Acapulco, Mexico.


Clifford Spitzer fishing in Acapulco, Mexico.

1949 trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for Clifford and Violet.



Violet takes her younger daughter to Europe in 1951, departing New York on July 28 and returning on September 26.

References:

Brazil visa from familysearch.org.

Honolulu star-bulletin. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii) 1912-current, January 04, 1915, 3:30 Edition, NEWS SECTION, Page TWELVE, Image 12. Image provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI. Persistent link: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014682/1915-01-04/ed-2/seq-12/

Passport from ancestry.com.