The Green Album 9

In an earlier post I noted that I had purchased this album off of eBay and it had come from somewhere in the mid-west.  I couldn't remember exactly where, but was sure it wasn't from California.   Despite that, I was also sure that the beach pictures were from California.  So, where those photos vacation pics?  Maybe, maybe not.  The mid-west is quite flat, but a photo on this page, and on some of the other pages, has a very distinct ridge line in the background.  My guess is that the pictures from page three on are from a small town somewhere in the San Joaquin Valley of central California,  or one of the suburbs of Los Angeles.  Back then, and I'm pretty sure that this album is from the World War 2 era, a lot of L.A. suburbs were more small farm town than bedroom.community.  Photos and photo albums travel.

As usual, click on The Green Album to see more.

The Green Album 8

Great toy horse.  Click on The Green Album below to see more.

The Green Album 7

I'm down to the last four pages from this album, so I'm going to finish it off with no more interruptions.   Click on The Green Album in the labels section at the bottom of the post to catch up.

Christmas 1969

I've got to admit, I don't really look for Christmas photographs.  These two came in a big envelope of miscellaneous color snapshots.  Still, it is Christmas.

The top one is labeled "Traci & Janie Christmas 1969, 6 1/2 mo."  The second, "Christmas 1969  Traci 6 1/2 mo."

The U.N. Restored

I like playing with the color restoration setting on the scanner.  Sometimes it works well, sometimes not.

Visiting the United Nations

I'm not going to write much about the United Nations.  There's a ton of written material about the U.N., both on line and in books.  The U.N. was an outgrowth of the World War 2 alliance that fought Nazi Germany and the Japanese militarists. The conference that laid out the structure of the U.N. was held in San Francisco between April and June 1945, and the actual treaty that created the institution was signed on October 24, 1945 at Lake Success, a small village on Long Island, New York.  It's headquarters has been in New York City since it's founding.  It's current building opened in 1952, and was designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Neimeyer.

Remember  the good old days when most Americans supported the United Nations.  I know lots still do, but those numbers are a lot smaller today.  The first photo in this column is labeled "UN TRIP AUG 10."  The second and fourth, "W L WALTER," the lady, "A M WALTER."

Bad Dog!

Get that damn dog out of the picture! How am I going to get a good shot of the fireplace if you can't control that animal?  Bad dog, bad!

My mother had one of these fake fireplaces.  It didn't survive storage for more than one Christmas.

Both dated, "1961."  The top photo is labeled "ONKY."  The dog's name, I assume.