Hazel & Charles

Oh, is this ever a great photo. On a lake (maybe?) near Schwenksville (where's that?). I think the "928" in the upper right stands for 1928, as that would make my Dad 13 years old in the photo. I'm guessing his glasses are in fact a pair of Hazel's. They're both quite well-dressed for an afternoon of rowing. I wonder who took the pic. Charlie Brownmiller, perhaps?

Doris and John

Another nice photo. Doris & John at a church somewhere. Janet's guess that this is at their 1947 wedding seems likely.

New Hamburg High School

This is a great aerial (I presume) photo from 1962. Janet notes that the old Hamburg High School is in the background. Alas, I have no recollection of either high school, so I can't orientate myself in this photo. Would Washington Street be somewhere in the background?

BTW, I sorely miss a forest covering a whole mountainside, as is seen way in the background here. After being in Arizona for almost 40 years, I really would like to go traipsing through the woods again.

Joe Reading To Chris

Janet lists this as being December 1964. Bill's high school picture is in the background, and this is at 234 Washington.

Now my question is - exactly wherer do those two windows look out to? My guess is that the right-hand one looks out onto the fron part of Grammy's back porch. But then the left-hand window would look out onto the narrow way between 234 and the big red brick wall of the next house down, and I don't remember any windows facing that direction.

Grammy - Christmas 1962

Here's a cool picture that I've never seen before. I'm not sure where this photo was taken. There's not a lot in the background to key on. Maybe the chair to Grammy's left will help.

There's some backwards writing along the top of the picture. I'd try to tell you this is some satanic incantation (similar to the alleged backwards masking "seen" by some in rock and roll records), but I doubt you'd believe me. Instead, it's simply the ink from the notation on the back of the photo bleeding through to the front. Another good reason to get your photos converted to digital.

Halloween - 1960

I'm assuming this is at the King Frost Parade. The kid behind the chipmunks has a number on his sleeve (102), and that looks like a majorette on the left fringe of the photo. Kudos to anyone who can name the un-costumed boy just behind the "We Want Alvin" sign.

Hazel & Bill (1947)

Finally, a picture where I'm sure of the baby's identity! It looks like Bill's pinky finger is sticking straight out. Wasn't that a sign of an alien being in some old TV sci-fi series? "The Invaders" maybe. I can't remember anything about that show, except that it was in b&w, and the hero always figured out who the aliens were by their little fingers.

Where was this picture taken? It looks like a wall behind Hazel and Bill; then a house (or houses) "up the hill".

Hazel & Charlie

Hey, I recognize that fireplace! This is in the front room at the Brownmiller house. To the right of this (IIRC) was a floor lamp and a long sofa. To the right of that was the entrance to the room from the front hallway. Maybe.

To the left of this fireplace was... um... well, the entrance to the dining room where there was always either good food or a rousing pinochle game. There was probably more to the left than that, but hey, food and cards are the things I remember.

I really like this photo. Two people who not only love each other, but also like each other's company. And it looks like someone also really enjoyed "doing up" the house for Christmas.

Aunt Sallie Newspaper Clip

Sorry for the lapse; I've been working on two slideshow side-projects. Here's a newspaper clipping, courtesy of Janet.

I love this pic. This is the way I remember Aunt Sallie - feisty, and with a sense of humor. I hope to be this way when I'm 94.

Bungalow

Here's a nice shot of the bungalow from a distance. Not sure where the Maiden Creek is relative to this shot.

Esther Ludwig

Hmmm. I'm drawing a blank on this lady. This was taken in 1979, so in theory, I should've crossed paths with her at one or more Ludwig get-togethers in my youth. So where does she fit into the family tree?

Grammy & Grandpa

I think I remember this photo from Janet's bungalow write-up. I know there was at least one picture of Grandpa in there, cuz that's when it hit me that I had absolutely no mental image of him. I've developed quite a relationship since then, not only with him, but with a whole bunch of kin from the early 20th century.