We're so fortunate to have photos and negatives from nearly 100 years ago of my mother and her family in New Jersey. Although not cared for very well since 1938, kept loose in a shoebox in a Maine attic with temperatures over 100 degrees in summer and below freezing all winter, the photos and large-size negatives scanned and enhanced perfectly, thanks to Grampy's skill.
Let's take a multi-part look at the vehicles our family have used to get around through the years
In 1920, our parents' lives were just beginning on farms in Maine and New Jersey. World War I had ended, and times were changing. Electricity and the telephone were available to private homes, and soon radio would follow, opening up the world to the children who would 22 years later become our parents.
1919: My mother, Dorothy (Trout) Nickerson (1919-2003) in her baby carriage, in Buffalo, NY, where she was born on an Army Post just before her father was discharged from WW I service.
1921: F. LeRoy Trout (1892-1934) and daughter Dorothy on the Trout family farm, Ringoes, NJ
1922: Lawrence "Larry" Trout (1922-2009), my mother's youngest brother, in baby carriage, Ringoes, NJ, where he was born.
1923: Millie (Hall) Trout (1889-1959), sons Allan and baby Larry, daughter Dottie, husband F. LeRoy "Roy" Trout (1892-1934) at a Trenton, NJ park.
1924: Larry Trout in baby stroller, Trenton, NJ.
Allan Lee Trout (1920-2006), my mother's younger [adopted] brother, on the same day as the previous photo, 1924, Trenton, NJ.
1927: Larry Trout on his tricycle, at 57 Wall St., Trenton, NJ.
1928: Grampy's mother, Frances (Pike) Frost (1920-2005) on her 8th birthday, on the family farm, West Paris, ME.
Great Grammy looks so cute!
ReplyDeleteThe thing I find most fascinating is how much children's fashion has changed throughout the decades!!
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