Finding Vivian Maier Page #5

making some lunch and dinner,

taking care of kids as a nanny.

Some of the early photos

I have are from 1951.

One of them said on the back,

"The Walkers, Southampton. "

I was surprised to see the photographs

of my grandparents' house.

We always called it Tides' End.

It's amazing to see it,

so dilapidated.

This was flowers.

We'd have lunches out

here, and tea, and...

It was wonderful.

Vivian probably spent the summer.

She was probably a

nanny out of New York,

tagging along with a family

and with the children.

In those days, your father

worked in New York,

and came out by train on Friday,

and went back on Sunday.

I don't think that's

changed very much.

If you go to the beach club today,

and, go down on the sand,

you'll see the nannies there.

Some of these women

have been lucky enough

to make their way up here

to the United States.

The girl who helps me, this is

her fifth or sixth year here.

- What's her name?

- Olivia.

Delightful. Delightful person.

I love her dearly.

She speaks very little English,

and I speak very little Spanish.

We get along beautifully.

It's been written about

that she had few friends,

and I consider myself

one of those friends.

I liked her a lot.

She was a terrific person.

I lived in Highland Park, I had a lot

of small children, I was home a lot.

One of my children was friendly with

one of the boys she took care of.

The children, they were always

at each other's houses,

and she would come by.

We had good conversations with kids

swirling around us ail the time.

I had a very freewheeling,

open household.

There weren't a lot of rules.

You know? Don't get

killed in the street.

She loved the children and

the children loved her.

She was wonderful to the children.

I think, probably loved them as much

as she probably loved anybody.

- Knock, knock!

- Who's there?

- Apple.

- Apple who?

- Apple knock knock!

- Who's there?

- Apple.

- Knock, knock!

- Who's there?

- Knock, knock.

Knock, knock who?

Oh, God!

Well, gentlemen...

I think she was quite lively, and a

wonderful person in her younger years.

I mean, she must have been a delight.

I can see how they worshipped her,

because she was doing the adventures

that, normally, a parent

would probably not do.

Life was more adventurous

with her around.

She was very opinionated about how

children should spend their time,

and mainly how they should spend

it was out and about with her.

She would load up the stroller with

the baby and her bag, and both kids,

and off they would go on outings.

And they had their routine.

There was a Marshall Field's

in downtown Evanston,

and it had a candy counter

on the first floor.

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