Finally, a return to the Family Slides

I finally managed to fire up the slide scanner again. It’s been a while. Still, the boxes of slides seem to mostly be from the 70s and early 80s so that there’s a large numbers of photos of me as a kid in these batches and few, or none, of my siblings (since they weren’t [...]

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Mt. Washington

It looks like my parents took a trip to Mt. Washington in 1970. Here are a few photos from the journey. It seems that the road up to the top wasn’t paved yet.

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Philadelphia, miscellaneous

Here’s a batch of random shots from the Philadelphia / Pennsylvania trip in 1982. Above is looking at Art, Maryann, Eric, Lisa and Arthur as they travel on the road ahead of us in their yellow station wagon.
The group of vacationers visit a fountain.
Mom in front of some building.
Some historic boat.

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Liberty Bell

During the trip to Pennsylvania in 1982, we stopped in Philadelphia to see the Liberty Bell.
From Left to Right: Mary-Ann, Lisa, Kate, Jer (legs only), Eric, Josh, Arthur, Art.
From Wikipedia:
“The Liberty Bell is one of the most prominent symbols associated with the American Revolutionary War. It is one of the most familiar symbols of independence [...]

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Depth of Field

I got this picture of Jer printed and framed for his birthday last week. It came out really nice as an 8 x 10. In among the same set are a couple other shots from the field in front of the house.
These slides were processed in September 1982, so Jer was 3 1/2 and I [...]

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Ball Pit Madness

Mom waving from a ballpit. I’m thinking this must also be from Sesame Place. I can remember it smelling like feet.
Or maybe I just imagine that it must have smelled like feet.
Below is Lance, Lee and Kate.
Fun time’s over as Jer gets hauled from out of the pit.

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A Smile is a Frown Turned Upside Down

Mom and Jer at some theme park in Pennsylvania, slide processed September 1982.
The slide below seems to make it pretty clear that it’s Sesame Place.
Below: Jer, Ernie, Kate W, Me, and Bert. On Jer’s shirt: “A Smile is a Frown Turned Upside Down.” On my shirt: “Lousville Kentucky,” and a picture of a horse. I [...]

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Hancock Shaker Village

In this same batch of slides with the photos of the house are a big set of pictures from a visit to Hancock Shaker Village. The slides are dated July 1975 on them, which is when they were processed.
Above is the main barn on the grounds of the village.
This one is housing. Very dormitory-like.

Big ole’ [...]

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Smorgasbord

Here are a few random slides from July 1975. Above, a nice shot of a rose bush.
Below, the exterior of the house and yard. Some of those trees have been chopped down and replaced with others by now. The big tree peeking up above the roofline is the apple tree that used to live in [...]

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Choo-choo!

As I’ve said before, the problem with grabbing this first batch of slides is that most of them pre-date the births of my brother and sister. As a result, it’s going to seem like I’m just here to post pictures of myself being cute as a kid. I swear I’m trying to put up stuff [...]

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