A Word about School Pics

School pics are God's plague upon kids, preparing us for an even worse adulthood ordeal - driver's license photos. There were a bunch of school pics in this batch of photos. Most of course were of Tom, Nancy, Sheri, and me. But there were also quite a few of my various cousins and nieces/nephews.

Although I've scanned them all, and they will be included on the CD, I will not be posting any here on the blog. The reason being... well, see below.

The lone school pic

Memo to future generations : If you happen to have recess the period before school pictures are taken, refrain from playing any game that will work up a sweat, thus plastering your hair in an unnatural pose. :-p

more bungalow pics (a)

some more pics from the bungalow. i'm pretty sure this is Grandpa and Grammy Ludwig. but what they're doing escapes me. picking weeds out? picking something else? planting something? Update : This may not be Grammy Ludwig. The best guess is that this might be Evie Baker. See comments for the "d" pic in this group of pics. Also, the man may be Uncle Bob.

more bungalow pics (b)

Grammy looking at the (front of the?) bungalow.

more bungalow pics (c)

Who is this lady? I don' think its Grammy Ludwig, but I am pretty sure this is inside the bungalow. Update : This lady has been identified as Aunt Sally. Thanks, Ellen!

more bungalow pics (d)

The other photo of this mystery lady, plus a second unknown lady at the right. Update from Ellen (re the lady to the right) : "Grammy...is not the lady with the head covering. The dress is a little too dressy for her on a day at the bungalow. ...(P)erhaps the woman in question is Evie, her daughter."

Smithville (a)

Smithville is probably somewhere in Pennsylvania, although I don't know where. I think these pics are from the 60's because I vaguely recall also taking a (colored slide) photo of this sign. But I think my Dad took this shot.

Smithville (b)

Smithville is a little, touristy, historic-style cluster of buildings. I dob't remember much about it except that it was a good place to take pictures.

Smithville (c)

I do (sorta) remember this water-wheel. The mill and wheel were strictly for show. You can see some tourists to the left of the wheel.

Smithville (d)

I know the water-wheel was just for show, cuz here's the pond (in Arizona, we'd call this a lake) that its on. If the water isn't running, the wheel doesn't go round & round.

Smithville (e)

There were also some slides right next to these with a tab labeled "Peddler's Village", and there might be some intermingling of the two sets. For example, there are two different "General Store" pictures, neither of which look familiar to me. So I'll post one here, and the other with the Peddler's Village pics (to be posted soon).

Cannon (a)

Let's see. I have no clue as to who these people are. And I have no clue as to where this cannon is at. I'd guess something like Gettysburg or Valley Forge, but it's almost as if this cannon is all there is to the Historical Site. So maybe its somewhere close to Hamburg?

It appears my dad was also evaluating some settings on his camera, so he noted the F-stop, shutter speed, time, and weather.

Cannon (b)

Same cannon; different people. Friends of my dad's from the 30's. I wonder if these are Bill and Ethel Wolfinger? The facial features seem right to me, but if so; he's a lot thinner here than in the Christmas card picture posted on this blog a couple months ago.

The cannon and cannon balls still look like they're overlooking just an ordinary road somewhere. It doesn't have the feel of a Historical Park.

Couple (a)

Same couple; same day; different setting. Kewl auto. Did people really dress up in suits and dresses just to go see a cannon in those days? Or maybe this was after church one Sunday morning.

Grammy Ludwig

This is probably taken at John & Doris' house in Camp Hill (see next pic). Bonus points to anyone who can remember whether Grammy Ludwig drank her coffee with/without milk and with/without sugar.

Dessert

Mmmmmm. Chocolate and coffee; a wonderful dessert. Funny thing about the milk carton that Aunt Doris is holding. If this had been 234 Washington Street, that carton wouldn't end up on the table - Grammy always insisted that the milk be put in a pitcher.

Around the Table

I'm guessing this is from the same visit, as Grammy's and Mom's clothing are the same. First chocolate cake, now watermelon. Can it get any better than this? My guess is that this is in the mid-1960's.

Ellen & Jim

I'll let others guess the year and place for this photo.

Dad & Tweety

This is from our house in Riverview Park. The photos in the background are of Mark & Sheila, so I'm guessing this is from the eatly- to mid-1960's. The parakeet is either "Tweety" or "George". We had at least two parakeets, one of which died of natural causes, and one of which flew off to freedom thru an inadvertently-open door one day.