Pieces of the Past: Birthday Party from Long Ago

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Birthday Party from Long Ago

On this day back in 1953, our family gathered to celebrate two birthdays - one turning 2 and one turning 82. Our daughter, Sherry Kay, was born on my maternal grandmother's, Maggie, 80th birthday so Maggie was turning 82. We were in our backyard in the little house we lived in that was right across the road from the Illinois River. Posing for a picture are my sister, Jo, Ray's mom, Clemie, my mom, Nan, my dad, Charlie, birthday girl Maggie, and my dear aunt, Leah.

The new wagon holds the other birthday girl and on one side is Ray and the other side is me. I am just starting to wear maternity clothes since there will be a new little sibling for Sher by years end. Happy Birthday, my dear daughter!! I'm so glad we had you! Mom

3 comments:

MrCachetJune 15, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Is that a Radio Super wagon for the daughter?
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FunoldhagJune 15, 2010 at 8:12 PM
By golly, I think it is!
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Tattered and LostJune 15, 2010 at 8:36 PM
I always wanted a wagon like that. A pretty little red wagon. I see the now at antique stores and think "Yeah, but where do I put it?"

Nice there are such memories attached to this little shot. Good times.
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Old Pictures of the People in My Life

In this blog, I will post pictures from the past of the many people in my life who I love and have loved. The initial post and any that are labeled Pearce Family refer to my mother's family. Dan and Maggie Pearce had five children, Nelle, Nan, my mother, Harry (Ham), Leah and Ed. They took a lot of pictures and I plan to post many of them. My brother has sent me many pictures over the internet this past week - some of which I haven't seen - and this has prompted me to set up this blog to display those wonderful old photos.

I will also be posting pictures of my family, my husband's family, and our family. Those posts will be labeled by the family's name in the list on the sidebar. I hope this is something that will be enjoyed by anyone who looks in on

my blog.

I will try and tell as much as I can remember about people and places and events and of course much of it will be inaccurate but really just having the great old photographs to look at is fun in itself. And I do know who lots of the folks are.

Enjoy.