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Germany in 1950- Eagle's Nest - Post 7Amazing that you have these photos, it's history, although an awful history.
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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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Taking Photos From the Train, Chicago to California - circa 1966
In April of 1966, my parents took a trip out to San Francisco for the Anatomy meetings . Then in September they went west again to Oregon and toured the Columbia River. This blog is photos taken from a train on one of those trips. (Some are labeled with a place and some are not, so I can't...- 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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1964 World's Fair in New York
These are my father's photos of the 1964 World's Fair which was at Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, NY, the same site as the 1939 World's Fair. My parents had also visited the 1939 World's Fair Unisphere (a stainless-steel model of Earth) New York Worlds Fair 1964. Unisphere is one of the few...- greatgrandma
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Manneken Pis 1950
My dad was an Anatomist -he taught human anatomy to first year medical students. And he was interested in photographing human anatomy whether real, or artistic. So of course he took photos of the Manneken Pis statue. Manneken Pis is the name of the statue of a little boy who is urinating - he...- greatgrandma
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Birds and Bears - Wild Animals We Saw Before 1949
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Most of the photos that my dad took were of people or things. But there were a couple of 'wild' animals - like the pigeons in Atlantic City... -
Elephants, and Giraffes in Tarangire National Park - Day 1 - Continued
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We also saw Elephants Elephant from behind When we were in the Netherlands on the way here, my granddaughter was using her cell phone... -
Chasing Cheetahs in Tarangire National Park - Day 1
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My youngest grandchild's trip was to Tanzania. We landed at night at Kilimanjaro airport on 2 June 2018 Our First Day's Experiences - 3 June... -
Galapagos Adventure - part 1
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I have wanted to visit the Galapagos ever since I read "The Voyage of the Beagle" in college when I was taking Evolution class in 1957. And I... -
Taking the Southern Route - Miami to Key West - The End of the Trip
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When we got to Miami we went to the house of my dad's former student, Dr. Joe Scott. Car and Joe's boat from the pool Bob and Dad looking at... -
Taking the Southern Route - Colorado to Miami - After Day 9
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From Brighton, we drove to Miami - For this part of the trip, I have few photos and no memory of exactly where we stopped each night. I think... -
Taking the Southern Route- Sand Dunes to Silver Cliff to Uncle Harry's house - Day 8 & 9
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The Great Sand Dunes is right across the Sangre de Cristo mountains from were my dad was brought up in the Wet Mountain Valley. But there's no... -
Taking the Southern Route in 1966 - Great Sand Dunes - Day 8
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Day 8 As usual, we had breakfast, and left Durango (or where ever we spent the night)... ...and crossed Wolf Creek Pass... Wolf Creek Pass... -
Taking the Southern Route in 1966 - Mesa Verde - Day 7
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Day 7 After breakfast at the motel, we drove to Mesa Verde Cortez to Mesa Verde - 10 miles First view Bob has finally gotten out his overcoat... -
Taking the Southern Route in 1966 - Going to All Four Corners - Day 6
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Day 6 Because this is such a long stretch with not much infrastructure on it (especially back then in the off-season), I originally thought we... -
Taking the Southern Route in 1966 - A Cold Sunrise at the Grand Canyon - Day 5
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Day 5 We got up before dawn to take photos of the sunrise. It was really COLD. A lot of people warn about heat and dehydration. Because this is... -
Taking the Southern Route - Grand Canyon - Day 4
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Day 4 From Kingman, we went up US 180 to the Grand Canyon National Park. We entered at the South Entrance. Kingman to Grand Canyon - 170... -
Taking the Southern Route - Calico CA to Kingman AZ on Route 66 - Day 3
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Day 3 When I map our trip on a modern map with Interstates, this is they way it comes out. But there were no interstates back then. I am pretty... -
Taking the Southern Route -The Ghost Mining Town of Calico - 1966 - Day 2
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Day 2 The first place where I took any photos was when we stopped in Calico for the night. In 1881, the silver mining town of Calico was... -
Taking the Southern Route- Monterey to Key West in 1966 - post 1 - Packing up and Leaving Monterey
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At the end of the Christmas letter for 1966, my mother wrote But earlier in the letter she talked about the trip in April, and said that Dad... -
Hearst Castle last post of spring 1966 - post 12
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On Saturday, we put the kids in the nursery and drove down to Hearst Castle and took the tour. Bob drove. My parents and I took pictures. Even... -
1966 - From Sequoias and Monterey Cypresses to the Palm Trees of Key West
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I wrote in the Christmas letter: "This year started as last year ended, with Bob at his studies. We managed a snowy trip to Sequoia/Kings Canyon... -
Mission San Juan Bautista in 1966 - post 11
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San Juan Bauptista was once the largest town in central California and the hub of travel between northern and central California. Much of San...