Archive for April, 2009
Friday, April 17th, 2009
Lebanon State Park
Mom was pregnant with Joan, so this was the Summer of 1957. Just look at all that stuff on the table! Canned lunch meat with the key to open it. Soda cans opened with a can opener. A cardboard box used as a picnic basket. Oh and the tall narrow bottle of 7 Up! A [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Dittrich,Recipes and food by Barb
Friday, April 17th, 2009
Pleasure Machines
What a game arcade on the Jersey Shore looked like in the early 1960s. Virginia Warner playing a bowling game, June 1960 Now the greasers they tramp the streets or get busted for trying to sleep on the beach all night Them boys in their spiked high heels ah Sandy their skins are so white [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Historical Trenton,Warner by Tracy
Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Easter Portrait
Back row: Howard Warner, Fritz Dittrich, Joseph Dittrich, Janine Warner, Henry Karpinski, Jackson DeBolt, Kurt Warner. Front row: Nan Dittrich, Jeanne Lembach (in front of Nan) Joan Dittrich, Viola Karpinski, Helen Dittrich, Tracy Warner, Hans (John) Dittrich. This must have been an Easter portrait because Jeanne and I are wearing our new spring coats with [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Dittrich,Karpinski,Warner by Tracy
Saturday, April 11th, 2009
Hands off my Easter basket.
Tracy Warner, Easter 1972 I used to love dying Easter eggs. I would always soak them extra-long to get the most intense color.
1 Comment » - Posted in Warner by Tracy
Friday, April 10th, 2009
Towers A-Plenty
Somewhere in Germany or Switzerland. The cartridge was labeled Lucerne/ Pilatus. But I love that tower. Is it the top of some underwater castle ? A missile silo in disguise?
1 Comment » - Posted in Art by Barb
Friday, April 10th, 2009
Lamb Cake Versatility
In the Polish community it was always a big deal to have either a lamb-shaped butter pat or a lamb-shaped cake at Easter time. They would have raisin or peppercorn eyes, and be presented in an Easter basket for a blessing at the church. But for the makers of this cookbook (Good Houskeeping’s Cake Book) [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Recipes and food,Vintage Publications by Tracy
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Talk About Bangs!
This is Helen and Reggie in Hancock NY. It seems the further back in time we go, the shorter the bangs get.
1 Comment » - Posted in Dittrich,Karpinski by Barb
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Images of Childhood
Janine and Kurt Warner just being kids. Don’t you remember when you had your “gang” of neighborhood friends you hung around with?
3 Comments » - Posted in Warner by Tracy
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Space Patrol Orion
This was Germany’s answer to “Star Trek.” This is how the producers thought people would dance in the future. I wonder if my parents tuned into this in some German hotel room?
4 Comments » - Posted in Amusing timewaster by Tracy
Monday, April 6th, 2009
Easter!
It’s Spring and Easter is in the air! This was my 2nd Easter, so it was 1953. I was just a little over a year old. I guess it was a family tradition to go out and take Easter pictures somewhere in a park or out in the country. You just gotta love those big [...]
