The Gallery, "Photos Over the Years" is dead. A new Gallery, "PaulR's Photos of Interest," has sprung up in its place. The current project involves four old photo albums that a scattered among us. They are: my childhood album, an album of my Mother's ranging from her early childhood until about 1941, an album of my Dad's childhood ranging from about the time he was four, or so, until about the time he graduated from High School and an album of Dad's ranging from around 1928-29 to the late 1940s. The first edition consists of selected photos from Dad's childhood album. I'll leave these up for a month, or so, and then post another selection from on of the other albums. I hope you all enjoy them.
3 comments:
Wow! It's hard to believe the image of that robust woman, Minnie Mershon Fisher, is the same Grandmother Fisher that lived in the big bedroom at the top of the stairs in the Park Blvd house. She came to live with us from Chanute, Kansas after a stroke, or something, and was so frail. She was amazingly patient and played Checkers and Fish for hours with me. Do you remember Reed, when Mom and Dad put her on a mattress to slide down the stairs because she couldn't manage them on her own?
I don't remember any conflict or difficulty between the adults after Grandmother joined our family, but Mother told me more than once that she would never-ever live with one of her children. Grandmother was a game old spirit and Mom was ever gracious.
No, I don't remember the mattress incident but it's not hard to imagine. If I remember correctly, she came to live with us around 1951. You my not remember, but the summer I was 12 or 13, I took a train back to Kansas and spent 6 weeks, or so, with her. She was a grand lady.
Dad,
Thanks so much for posting these! Love the vision of the mattress on the stairs Mary. Much love....
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