It's been a while. This is a really big collection of a traveling family's many vacations. Every time I post something I've got to take the album apart and then put it back together again. Needless to say, it's going to take some time. So, we're still in Mexico, and it's almost impossible to see it from the scan, but the middle photo is dated "JAN 74." As usual, I'm putting up the whole page to see positioning, and then a separate scan of each individual photo. The top image is a postcard labeled "Uxmal, the middle snapshot "Nunnery" and the bottom. "Rounded Pyramid." Click on the trips collection in labels to what's been posted.
I'm a lifelong atheist who, as a child, was forced to go to church. Things like Sunday School and church-sponsored children's parties were held in the basement. I lived for those times when someone dropped something, tripped, or made a mess of things, and I wasn't the only one who felt that way. Even the believers needed a break from the boredom of Sunday mornings when we all wanted to go out and play instead. Dated 1961.
More German street scenes, and another of those weird German living room shots. The living room photo has a date written on the back, "9 July 1989." Click on Hamburg Vacation Collection in labels to see more.
Written on the back, "The four little Sisters taken at Elinor & Bills. Thanksgiving Day Nov 24, 1950."
It's getting harder and harder to come up with a good title for these posts. My guess is that this photo is from the 1950s.
I don't collect sports cards, but it was laying on the street, it had a photo on it, so I said, "What the hell, why not?" Dale Ellis was born on August 6, 1960. He had a pretty good career. Not a Hall of Fame career, but quite respectable. He played 19 years and averaged 15.7 points per game.
Written on the back, "Grady & May with children & Don." No date, but my guess is somewhere in the 50s.
I was alive in the 1970s and have less than fond memories of bad mustaches, mullets, and disco. Written on the back of the photo, "Jennifer Idom, Jack Cohn, Aug. 1975, Wedding 8-9-75." There's also a photographer's stamp, "MAC'S STUFDIO 123 W. Lamar, Jasper, Tex. 75951." Anyway, I couldn't find anything about the happy couple, but I did dig up some information on Mac's Studio. It opened in January 1947, and it's still in business. The current owner isn't named Mac, so I'm guessing she's either a descendant or bought the studio and kept the name.
Dated "1954." Is the guy having fun, or is he being tortured into submission? My guess he's having fun.
Once again, tourists in Hamburg, Germany. These are true-found photographs. I was walking down the street and there they were, blowing down the sidewalk. Very few of these photos have anything written on the back, but a couple are dated 1989, so I'm assuming that they were all taken around the same time. Some of the buildings in these photos are painted with a medieval feel, and this is just a guess, but Hamburg was heavily bombed during World War 2, so an attempt to give Hamburg a feel that it had before the war. Click on Hamburg Vacation Collection in labels to see the rest.
Musso & Frank is old Hollywood. It was opened in 1919 by French immigrant Firmin "Frank" Toulet. I guess Frank was easier for Americans than Firmin. In 1923, Toulet partnered with Joseph Musso, and Musso & Frank Grill was born. Over the years, ownership has changed and even expanded into a neighboring space, but it's still at the same address. Right from the beginning, it attracted the film community. Movie stars, studio executives, and talent agents would drop by the restaurant for a steak and martini, hash out deals, and gossip about who was sleeping with whom. Still in business, it still has a menu that leans towards steak, and alcohol. It also has a dress code. Suits and ties for gentlemen and dresses for ladies are no longer required, now it's business casual. I suspect I'd be turned away if I showed up in my usual blue jeans and tee shirt.
The caption on the back of the card, "Musso & Frank Grill. FINEST CUISINE. 6667 Hollywood Boulevard, Calif 11 A.M. to 11 P.M. HO 7-5123 or HO 7-7788." And the publisher, "PUB. BY "CUMMINGS" (213) 344-6560"
