Archive for August, 2008
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
Sunday Best
According to what was written on this cartridge of slides, this was the Summer of ’63. It may have been Montreal. It was probably Sunday, because we are all wearing dresses or skirts and something on our heads. We all look so happy. Or maybe we just visited a cathedral or some other place of [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Dittrich by Barb
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Susan’s Posies
I am not sure who Susan was, but she was certainly the Martha Stewart of her day, going by this interior spread in Good Housekeeping’s Cake Book, published in 1958. A whole series of these little recipe books was produced back then, with topics ranging from sandwiches to fish to barbecues. The recipes were not gourmet [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Recipes and food,Vintage Publications by Tracy
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Nautiloids and Kitchen Counters
The neighbor of a friend gave me this nautiloid fossil, which came from part of a countertop he cut. Somewhere out there the rest of the school is floating through someone’s kitchen, preserved in time forever. This type of stone is pretty solid, but I found out the the white marble counters so beloved by Europeans [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Personal news by Tracy
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Shelbourne VT 1963
This is from one of our family vacations. There was a rustic sort of early colonial village here. My Dad is standing up by me. Joan looks like she’s cheating!
1 Comment » - Posted in Dittrich by Barb
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Herrenchiemsee
Well the slides are kind of mixed up, but this picture of a picture I believe was taken in Germany. I like looking at the elaborate clothing, and wonder how much time it took to make something like that. But then, if you were rich and royal, you would have underlings making things like this [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Art by Barb
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
New York! New York!
Well it’s not Trenton, but it is historical. New York City from the Empire State Building circa 1960. Ah those were the days!
1 Comment » - Posted in Historical Trenton by Barb
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Arty Friends
This slide was taken in 1972 at Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania, inside one of the large tropical greenhouses. Helen Dittrich is sitting and her husband Hans standing behind her. Next to them, a couple who seem familiar but I can’t place them. The man looks very arty with his grizzled Van Dyke beard, Hawaiian shirt, and straw hat [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Dittrich by Tracy
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Born to Cheesecake
It seems I was always a little poser. Although I do not remember that red and black plaid bathing suit at all. I guess we tend to forget the painful things of our childhood..
1 Comment » - Posted in Dittrich by Barb
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Jackson Howard DeBolt
A nice portrait of Jackson Howard DeBolt as a wee one. He’s about one year old and is propped up on the sofa cushions of the Warner house. I visited him last year and the funny thing is at age 36 he does still evince this same facial expression from time to time — direct, intellectual, [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Warner by Tracy
Monday, August 18th, 2008
Politically Incorrect
Way back in the middle of the last century, at Holy Angels School, we used to donate our pennies and nickels as “mission money.” After you had donated a certain amount, I think $5, which was a LOT back then, you got to adopt a pagan baby. Apparently, said baby was named after you. I [...]
