Brewer family Christmas from the 1950s. Center is Katharine “Pat” Brewer and George S Brewer, my grandparents. Surrounding them are family from the Erie, PA area. I just love how Gram is holding a doll and makes it look like she’s just part of the family. That sort of captures Gram’s spirit. This photograph was …
The top photo was dated as Christmas Eve 1955. The bottom photo was not dated, but the presence of a Christmas tree behind the diners suggests the time frame none the less. I can’t believe we are winding down the year already!
Here we have Billy on the left, Shelley on the right and Big Sister in the middle who rebelled and did not wear her personalized pajamas. The children all have teeth growing in at some stage – Billy is missing his lower tooth, Big Sister has her upper incisors growing in, and baby Shelley only …
Here’s Ozzy, Harriet, Wally, and….nope, not *those* Nelsons, sorry! A winter scene replete with Santa Claus greets us along side a happy family looking off toward Santa to check up on what he is doing. The children look like a boy and a girl to me. I love love love Mr Nelson’s funky tie!
From time to time, I am asked by people to help identify photographs, even by finding a general date range. I am happy to do this when possible, although I cannot stress enough that I am not an expert and am simply sharing my general knowledge based on the research I do for this site. …
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