A whimsical look at a lifetime of personal ephemera collected with no particular aim in mind except it was either too interesting, too funny, too sentimental or too pretty to part with! Welcome and enjoy!
Monday, February 29, 2016
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Friday, February 26, 2016
Monday, February 22, 2016
Gracie & Petunia ~~ January 2016
Gracie was doing her best to coax Petunia to play with her but we had been for a long walk and she was cold & wet and wanted nothing more to do with the snow! All she wanted to do was get warm and dry!
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Rufus' Weathervane
Dad had torn this simple plan for a Rufus weathervane out of a Mechanix Illustrated probably back in the 1960s or 1970s based on the brittleness of the paper. I tried to find some reference to the Rufus weathervane online but couldn't find a single thing!
Friday, February 19, 2016
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Monday, February 15, 2016
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Friday, February 12, 2016
Mom & Patty ~~ Early 1960s
Why in the world are her calves bare? And such a classic Dad manoevre to walk around taking photos while someone else shoveled the sidewalk!
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Hi Valentine ~~ 1960s
We made Valentines every year when I was in elementary school and I'm not sure which year this particular one was made but I'm guessing it would have been between 1966 & 1968,
Monday, February 8, 2016
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Friday, February 5, 2016
Grandma & Co-Workers ~~ Danville, VA ~~ January 1940
Grandma & her co-workers took advantage of a rare snowstorm that hit Danville in 1940 to have some winter fun. I did some looking online for specifics and it looks like they received 22.9 inches from that storm! She had written on the back of the photos "January 1940, 21 inches".
Interesting weather site ~~~~~> Click here!
In the top photo, Grandma is in the back peering over the woman's shoulder. She wrote that the woman in front of her was Evelyn Scott and the woman on the left was Betty Hila or Sila. (I can't quite make it out.)
In the bottom photo, Grandma is on the far right next to Betty, Scott, Mrs. Mills, Mrs. Stanfield & Paul Mc.
Interesting weather site ~~~~~> Click here!
In the top photo, Grandma is in the back peering over the woman's shoulder. She wrote that the woman in front of her was Evelyn Scott and the woman on the left was Betty Hila or Sila. (I can't quite make it out.)
In the bottom photo, Grandma is on the far right next to Betty, Scott, Mrs. Mills, Mrs. Stanfield & Paul Mc.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Monday, February 1, 2016
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Mom's JCPenney Name Tag ~~ Early 1970s
Mom worked at the JCPenney Store in the Walnut Mall for a few years in the early 1970s working as a receptionist in the Home Decorator's Department until an opening came up in the Finance/Billing Department. Eventually the mall closed and was subsequently torn down sometime in the late 1980s or early 1990s and a new shopping center is there now. Nothing stays the same!
Friday, January 29, 2016
My Parents' Chevrolet Impala ~~ Mid to Late 1960s
This photo was taken in Grandma's driveway on Ott Boulevard in Allentown sometime in the mid to late 1960s.
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
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