The delightful memories of Emelita Cohen of the Cohen Bray House are  now compiled in an attractive book. Emelita Cohen, youngest child of Alfred Henry and Emma Bray Cohen, was born in 1898 in the house and died there in 1988. She wrote about her memories, her deep pride in the house and her family’s history.
 
Emelita describes in vivid language her childhood in Fruitvale, Christmas festivities, her father with his many hobbies and her adored mother. She provides fascinating details of family vacations, the family dogs, her love of horses, her brother Doug and her sisters Alfreda and Marion. Her writing is so immediate that you feel you are with her at Christmas time. She also includes stories about visiting Fernside, the birthplace of Alfred Henry Cohen. Emelita transforms all these memories into a detailed picture of the idyllic lives of the house’s occupants and their way of life.  Illustrated with many photographs, the book takes you back to the early years of the Fruitvale District when the streets were unpaved and people travelled by horse and buggy. Cost of book $25, Shipping fee add-$4.00