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My Parent's Trips Before I was Born - 1932 to 1937
My mother learned to drive in 1923 in North Carolina. She was 14 and she learned on a Model T. The Model T had a different transmission from what you see today. Part of shifting gears was done with your feet. Mother She was taught by her uncles - her mother's younger brothers Willard and...- greatgrandma
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Germany in 1950- Eagle's Nest - Post 7
Daddy was fascinated by the way the traffic was directed - policemen with white gloves who were almost dancing. He took movies of them. German traffic cop German children old couple Mannheim street American GIs with a German girl - the GIs had access to many things unavailable to the...- greatgrandma
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Where's Nifty? in Amsterdam (2013)
Before I start you need to know that I received Nifty from POTN member Tessa (in Estonia), who was a great host. She sent me the lens and packed it with a little Estonian doll and a fridge magnet. When I mentioned it in the Nifty thread at POTN the crowd of course immediately demanded to see...- Levina de Ruijter
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Mother's August in North Carolina - from 1909
My grandmother - my mother's mother - was from North Carolina. She graduated from Western Maryland College in 1901, and met my grandfather, who was from Pennsylvania, when she was visiting college friends. They married in 1905 and she moved to Pennsylvania but she was always homesick for North...- greatgrandma
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Arriving in Brussels in 1950
In 1950, my parents took us to Europe. To save money my mother and my sister and I all were on the same passport. I'm on the left - age 12. My mother is in the center, and my sister is on the right - age 10. My mother had her 41st birthday on the trip. Our passport picture. My mother...- greatgrandma
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45th Reunion in 2004 - morning in Oberlin
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I graduated from Oberlin in 1959, and I went to the 10th reunion in 1969. But it was disappointing and a little depressing. I didn't see any of... -
East Liverpool for Ceramics in 2004
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We headed toward Morgantown to spend the night. We got off at exit 7 of I-68 (we could see the Bob Evan's restaurant in the shopping center from... -
Visiting Sideling Hill on the way to Ohio - 2004
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We were going to my 45th Oberlin college reunion in Ohio Thursday May 27, 2004 - Start of Oberlin Trip In order to avoid the rush traffic on... -
You Can't Go Home Again - Oberlin in 1969 for the 10th reunion
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Student reading a book and riding a bike Oberlin has 'cluster reunions. That is every year three classes to gather together for reunions every... -
1959 Oberlin Graduation - Photographed by my Father
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In those days, there were many restrictions on the activities of co-eds (A co-ed is always a female student.) The college acts 'in loco parentis'... -
Town of Oberlin 1958-59 - Photos I took
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One side of Tappen Square was a line of stores, including Gibson's Bakery. When I was at Oberlin the college bookstore was in the basement. We... -
Dorms at Oberlin College 1958-1959 (Pictures I took)
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The Oberlin team bus in front of Talcott Hall which was at 2 South Professor Street (on the corner opposite the old Conservatory building) When... -
Oberlin College Buildings 1958-59 (pictures I took)
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My dad gave me a Kodak Retina Reflex camera for my 20th birthday in November 1957. The first 10 or 12 photos in this blog are from the first roll... -
People at Oberlin - 1958 to 1959 (Pictures I took)
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My dad gave me a camera for my 20th birthday (November 1957) and I practiced taking photos around school. These are some of the photos I took, I... -
1958 - Stuck in the Snow, and a Diving Horse
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My father gave me a camera in November 1957. I spent the fall and winter of 1957-58 and the spring taking photos of campus. Looking down on... -
1957 - My First Job and a Trip to the Smoky Mountains
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My dad apparently went to Cincinnati - probably for a meeting and I don't know whether my mother went with him or not. Probably a photo from his... -
1962 - Mother Ruth and the Dog Ticks
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Granddaddy, Mother Ruth and Great Aunt Helen at my sister's wedding in June 1961 Granddaddy went into the hospital in April 1962 diagnosed with... -
1956 - Driving from Maine to Lexington VA visiting Colleges
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After I finished French summer school, my parents and sister came to pick me up. Pictures of towns in Maine But before they got me they took a... -
1956 - Camping on Assateague and Driving to Maine
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My grandfather got married in October of 1955 to a woman twice divorced and twice widdowed who was only eight years older than my mother. She... -
1954 Summer Family Road trip - Finishing Florida - Part 3
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Next we went down to Ormond Beach. Near Daytona We stayed at the Ormond Ocean Court Advertisement It gave our dad an opportunity to take a lot... -
1954 Summer Family Road trip - Jacksonville to Marineland - Part 2
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After Georgia, I think the first place we went to in Florida was the Figure 8 Motel. This motel was on US Route 1, four miles north of... -
1954 Summer Family Road trip - Woods Hole to Georgia - Part 1
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I met Bob in the High School band in August 1951. I was 13 and he was 15. He turned 16 and got a car and then he asked me for a date in the... -
Rainbows End from 1955 to 1962
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In 1953, my grandmother was diagnosed with cancer. She was in considerable pain from it and we visited as often as we could. The first picture...