It was an ordinary day. Searching through the old photo albums for a photo of my Nannan's house on Pine Street in Lancaster. Then, I came upon an envelope that was in with my mom's documents that I keep in a filing cabinet in my office. Wow, neat stuff! Old photos of the family. Photos of LDub when he was an infant. And more photos of him as he was growing up. These are photos of me if you haven't figured that out yet. Dare I share them with you? Hey, you know my history by now so why not. Just a few though, since too many would have to be dreadfully boring. Don't want to stop you from coming back for more stories. Here they are with a little bit of info on each one; a history lesson of sorts:
Photo of my Grandpap and me in 1944 at his home at 617 S. Prince St. Mom and I lived there for a few years while dad finished his Army time.
Photo taken in 1945 in the back yard at 617 S. Prince St. My Aunt Lois, my mom's sister (yes, she was a surprise), is on the right, in the playpen with me.
Photo of my Nannan, Grace Woods, and me on the couch of her living room at 145 N. Pine St. Photo of my dad, her son, and my mom is on the piano behind her. Date on the rear of the photo is 1945.
Photo taken at Watt and Shand Department Store, downtown Lancaster. Dated on the rear 1946.
Taken in the rear of 145 N. Pine St. I was 2 years and three months old. Bet the weather was 70 degrees, since my mom dressed me like this year round.
This is when I was still living at my Nannan's house on Pine Street. I was between 2 and 3 years of age. My dad was shoveling snow from the walk. Circa 1947.
My mom encouraging me to get into the pool at the rear of 145 N. Pine Street!
Another pool shot. This time at the local YWCA where my mom took me for lessons. I look like a child from a third world country! And .... the hat!!
Standing on the steps at 145 N. Pine. Check out the short pants and the black socks. And, how about the nice hat!
Standing in the corner of the yard at 145 N. Pine St. Looks like my Sunday Best! Hope so, since it looks like I have no pants on! My mom loved those fancy hats though.
Pix of me at the beach in Atlantic City, NJ. I the girl holding hands with me is Bonnie P., the daughter of my mom's friend Dot. My mom is on the left in the semi-bikini!
One of my first Christmas mornings at 929 N. Queen St. Have those shorts on that have suspenders to hold them up.
Pretty neat with my bow tie! Anyone dress their kids like this today?
Five years old at the time. People loved to dress their kids in black socks and black shoes.
I was in MJ Brecht Elementary School when this photo was taken
As you can see, I was a shy boy. Not many exciting memories from my childhood to share. My teenage years weren't much better as far as shyness goes, but I have more memories from those years since I have more photos to examine and remember the good times. I was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
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