New York City - Waypoint, Day Trip, or Destination
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I was born in November 1937. My first Pass through New York was in 1939, when my parents drove through NYC up to Woods Hole to spend the summer...
When I was born, my mother had a book called “Your Child Year By Year” published by Parent’s Magazine in 1934. From birth to age two, it had...
In the summers of 1946 and 1947 as soon as school was out we would drive up through New Jersey (and visit our cousins) and go to Cape Cod. We...
In 1950, my parents took my sister and me to Europe. We sailed on the Holland American ship the Nieuw Amsterdam
We sailed from New York. In...
Southampton to New York
At the end of the trip, we took a boat train to Southampton and boarded the Nieuw Amsterdam
I am the youngest one this...
In the years after our trip to Europe in 1950 there were more than a few transits and two actual visits. Unfortunately I have very few photos to...
in the summer of 1964, I made another solo trip to meet my husband's ship. He was a pilot and flew S2Fs (antisubmarine planes) off the aircraft...
The beginning of the trip in 1965
I came across a letter my mom wrote about her trip in 1965. It would make a good travelogue except that is...
We fell into bed and slept until 8
Friday morning getting to the boat
Got up and dressed and went to Child's for breakfast. Never go to the one...
Dining room Steward
The only fly in the ointment is the dining steward - a prissy, sissy individual. There are 5 at our table - another couple...
The two older girls and I took the train up to New York City where the Intrepid was docking for Armed Forces Day.. Before he got there, I tried...