Author: Janet McKee
In Memory Of Kim
Kim was a dog I looked after when her owners went on vacation. This was 70 years ago when Kim and I were young.
A beautiful postcard from Russia.
Collie Puppies Postcard
Sweet!
Start of the Revolutionary War
Postcard The Hancock Clark House in Lexington Mass. Built in 1738 John Hancock and Samuel Adams were staying here on April 18 1775 Paul Revere called here to warn them of the approaching British army.
Judging by the stamp. this card was posted in the early 1900’s
Postcards and Oil Fields
Midwest oil fields Wyoming
My sense of economic geography is thrown here. I somehow don’t think of Wyoming and oil fields. This is an “old” postcard in a style dating from the 40’s and 50’s. But I think again and recently there was so much in the news about the routing of the oil pipelines.
North and South Dakota yes but Wyoming? Think again!
Postcard For My Mother’s Travel Diary
Liverpool England
Can You Identify This Postcard Image?
The small print tells us “Zurich Tonhalle” Somehow this doesn’t leap out to me Zurich (Switzerland. I love the small figures in the foreground. And the ornate lamp posts. Really the more I look at the image. the more pleasing it becomes.
The Beginning (49) – Childhood Memories of Trumbull – Memories of the Island
I’m doing a somewhat similar project with my mother’s travel diaries.
"Greatest Generation" Life Lessons
These are the memories of my Father and his siblings, recorded over several years. When my Uncle Dan passed away, I realized that I had better get started recording the memories of Dan’s siblings before they were also gone. I was able to have two recording sessions with my Father, Lad in California; two with Uncle Ced in New Hampshire, a three-day cruise in our boat with Aunt Biss; one session with Uncle Dave in Stratford, CT and one hand-written session (I forgot my tape recorder going up to the Island in New Hampshire, where Uncle Dick lived) with Uncle Dick. I transcribed them once exactly as they were spoken, again removing the ums, ahs, half sentences started over, etc. I then produced a final copy that was easier to read, but it still needs work getting the chronological order correct. Memories are not recorded with a date stamp. I…
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Remembering my father on his birthdate July 16
My father and mother, 1937
Postcard Memories

