GERMANTOWN
Manheim St. in Germantown, Philadelphia, PA. We were living here in 1960 for sure. It's possible that we moved here sometime in 1959. (Am using Doug's birthday and his 1st-year residence at Germantown to arrive at that conclusion. I still could be off on the estimate.)
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1961 - Find the relative. Mom's graduation from Fitler Elementary School. Now known as Fitler Academy.chool. Now known as Fitler Academy.
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1960 - Christmas
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Tossed planter 5-3-10 before move from Forest Park. Was from house in Germantown.
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Manheim St. church and belltower in the '60s
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Church today 2010 - courtesy Google maps - It looks like the little tree in the middle of the old picture has grown up quite a bit.
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Manheim St. today 2010 - filched from Google maps, of course. I see no indication of a red brick sidewalk. ;)
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Manheim Street - in October 2014 (thanks Google maps) - driveway not looking so good after 50 years, but the arched front doorway is still there.
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1961 - Karolina's Confirmation at 12 yrs. old. - (Living room, entrance to kitchen behind Reinhold through curtain)
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1961 - Confirmation - That was probably my first pair of "heels". They might have been and inch and a half or two inches high. :o) (living room, bay window, and window seat of comic book fame)
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1961 - Christmas Eve. - Carlton Ave, Brooklyn, NY (from Sieglind) - Alfred, Opa Meyer, Brigitte wearing new fad, and Stephan (Al and Steve are Siegmund's brothers) Alfred, Opa Meyer, Brigitte wearing new fad, and Stephan (Al
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1961 - Christmas Eve. - Carlton Ave, Brooklyn, NY (from Sieglind) - Onkel Paul, Alfred, Tante Meta, Oma and Opa Meyer Onkel Paul, Alfred, Tante Meta, Oma and Opa Meyer
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1961 - Christmas Eve. - Carlton Ave, Brooklyn, NY (from Sieglind) - Brigitte, Tante Meta, Siegmund, Sieglind, Douglas Brigitte, Tante Meta, Siegmund, Sieglind, Douglas
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1961 - a crop from the previous picture - Christmas Eve. - Carlton Ave, Brooklyn, NY - Sieglind holding Douglas
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1962 - Germantown - Left to right: Uncle Harry, Lydia, Opa, Karolina, Oma, Erika, Aunt Gretel
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Germantown - Ours is the house on the left but, since houses were identical . . .
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Levick Street - Peter, Douglas. Found this picture of you two. I'd know that happy smile of Peter's anywhere!
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1963 - It looks to be Easter.
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1963 - Germantown back yard. - My best friend, Charlotte, on the right. We're both wearing "pin curls".
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1963 Germantown back yard - We liked to listen to the transistor radio on the blanket. This is the girl of the "cherry-picking" episode and this is about the age we were when it happened.
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1963 - Mom graduates Jay Cooke Junior High School. (School song: "Crimson and gray, crimson and gray, these are the colors that will win the day."
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1964 - Tante Lina, me, Aunt Elisabeth on the East River Drive, Philly.
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1964 - Father's Leica was broken. Walter asked him if he paid to have it fixed, could he have it. Father said yes. Then the picture taking started....
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1964 - back yard with back of house visible
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1964
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1965 - Oma and Opa in Germantown
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My mother loved this print of the painting "The Angelus".
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1965 - Oma and Opa in Germantown
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1966 - Karolina prom. I still have that picture that's hanging on the wall in the background.
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1966 - Your Mom getting ready to go to her prom. She made that dress. I loved those Dutch doors.
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"Whistler's Mother" - This hung in Germany in the living room.
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Walking in Germantown - thanks Google maps
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This hung just to the right of the Dutch door in the last picture. I remember it here, in Germantown, and McKinley Street.
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1966 - Walter at Carol Mellor's sewing machine.
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June, 1966. Graduation. The hair is grown out some since the Prom. Thank goodness, or you'd have to listen to another long story.
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1966 - high school grad
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1966 - high school grad
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Odds 'n Ends High School Friends
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1966 - in the back yard in Germantown. That was a huge old Magnolia.
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1966 - Carol Mellor, Nancy Traum - both good friends.
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Jan. 1966 - Started at PNB. Last semester at Germantown High.
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1966 - Training with Betty Bonsall at PNB.
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July 1967 - The only picture in existence where there are cigarettes and coffee around and I'm not holding either one.
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(1967) Konrad Meyer in Germantown (from Al)
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July 1967 - at the pool with Carol
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July 1967
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1967 Douglas - (my copy of the pic - the next pic has more info in desc) His first musical instrument, the accordion. He still has it and it still works! (as of March 2010)
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1967 - Doug around 7 or 8, playing accordion and Aunt Karolina sings along. (Doug's copy of pic) - he has more to say.
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1968 - PNB - The Philadelphia National Bank - The Chestnut Street office in the Gimbel Bldg. doesn't exist anymore.
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