Throwback Thursday Family Photo 1974
Category: Throwback Thursday
November 13,2017 Berlin
1985 Cake Decorating Class
Throwback Thursday
So last Monday I took cookie decorating class at the Fox Chapel High School and it was a lot of fun.
She is a true Cookie Artist.
Childhood c.1915 Durand Illinois
Four Generations
On my mother’s side.
I realized I posted this photograph five years ago. But they were still looking at me in my living room today
Melburn Clark Potter (1906-1940), my mother’s grandmother Mary Smith Rowley (1857-1917) in the middle and my mother’s Great Grandmother Charlotte Ann Clark Smith (1834-1926)
Absent Friends
Throwback Thursday. This tiny China box was a gift from a friend in 1981.
Inside I have some old earrings and my HS class ring from 1970.
Don’t open it often but did today.
My Parents in Winter c.1940
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My Father was Born in 1912
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Unknown Portrait
Not an ancestor. An unknown. For Throwback Thursday.
When the neighbors moved last year, we inherited some artwork.
I looked at it today and this face was looking back at me. There are no identifying marks on the back . I don’t even have a wild guess.
You can make up whatever story you can think of about the subject staring out.
The Sunny-Sulky Book
Throwback Thursday.
This is a volume of my mother’s childhood along with her brothers John and Robert. This is a copy of the book they were read to, not the actual one that belonged to them. I was able to find a copy online and gave it to my mom years ago.
My mother Marian was born in 1912 , John in 1910 and Robert in 1914 so that will give you a reference to the time period.
The story lines wouldn’t be acceptable in today’s world. “In “The sunny side,” children behave well and are rewarded for their virtues. In “The sulky side,” children misbehave and are punished by either their parents or their peers”
I guess the objective of the book was to keep kids in line!
When I was little I enjoyed hearing tales of the naughty children. 😂 my mother recounted a few of the tales but I only had my imagination to envision them at the time. The book is still available online with different illustrations.
The book opens in two directions. Half are stories of Sunny children who exhibit desirable virtues, do good deeds and show excellent deportment.
The other half are stories of Sulky children who get into their mischief, show poor manners or are naughty.
I remember the story of Fairy -Eat -it -All.
Turn the book over and the Sunny stories begin
And here is a good girl feeding the birds on Christmas
