I am running low on readers’ wildlife and so am conserving pictures. PLEASE send in your good wildlife photos—pronto. If you’ve sent some already, never fear, as I think I have them all. It’s simply that the tank is running low, and I don’t want to run out of pictures.
Today, then, I’ll feature pictures of yours truly as a child, probably four to six years old. These were taken in the early to mid 1950s—before most of you were born. I don’t have many of these, but yesterday got a surprise email from a playmate I had when I was living in Indianapolis at that age. He’s in his 70s now, and I haven’t heard from him in over six decades. He also sent some photographs that he found in a box stashed a closet at his parents’ old house. Some of them included me, my sister, and my mom, and I’ll put them up them here in lieu of wildlife. The quality is low as they’re scans of old photos, but the rarity of images of Professor Ceiling Cat in statu nascendi makes up for it:
My sister Susan and I. She is 2.5 years younger, and we weren’t usually this friendly!:
My mother and I. I was a dapper young fellow, and Mom was wearing clothes fashionable about 60 years ago:
Mom, Susan, and I. As I recall, this is the passport photo that we had when we moved to Greece in 1955 or so:
A birthday party with my friends. I have suspenders and a bow tie, two items I’d never wear now:
Beefcake photo with my friends; I’m at left. That’s our neighborhood: 1950s ranch houses. There were no photos of my Dad, but he was an army officer working for the Finance Corps (what do you expect? He was Jewish) at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis.
Love that 50’s style/flavor/oeuvre (?.. what a photo looks like?)
TIL “in statu”
I guess now PCC(E) is domesticated
ambience, perhaps?
Thanks for sharing your family with us, Dr. C. The photos are adorable!
Lovely snaps. Your young mother was a good looking woman, you must take after your father.
So funny I forgot to laugh.
My apologies.
“So funny I forgot to laugh.”
No need to be sorry. I think he is joking. It is what kids said in the day (I am 70)
If you called him a name, he would say “I know you are but what am I?”
Jerry, thanks for these photos of you and your family. It’s nice to see them and you!!
These photos remind me of all the fashion changes since my youth (born in ’56). I remember women wearing gloves as part of their everyday outdoor attire. I have no idea what that was about, or what the rules were for when one should or shouldn’t.
Suspenders and a bowtie is still a good look, though. I do that occasionally.
I agree! If I were allowed to wear a bow tie on formal occasions, I would.
When of his Kiddo Self’s age, very many of us
then — and now — adore this game. Likely
appropriate would be Second – Base Young
Jerry within thus then: the Best Double Play
Ever.
Carry on through to its end. As in:
Never.Give.Up. ! GO A g g i e s !
For certain: Mama’s watching !
http://www.twitter.com/MLBMeme/status/952038967091875841
Blue
I swear I have the exact same photos from my childhood. Except the people are different.
Agreed! Spooky.
I like you mom’s outfit. I think that the skirt-jacket look is the real deal.
Your Mom has beautiful eyes.
+1 You and your sister are so cute. So cute.
What a nice surprise for you to get these pictures from when you were a child. The last one is especially adorable. You and the neighbourhood kids posing for the camera in all your childhood, 50’s era innocence.
What a little cutie you were. Love it.
Ah, this is a period movie. I like the way you have the appropriate cars in the picture.
That kid you are standing next to in the last shot looks like a future juvenile deliquent.
So cute!
How do i send them? Can you take them directly from my blog? I have so my there
Great shots. I love old pictures. They really take you back. I feel fortunate that I have pictures dating back to around 1900 and an heirloom clock that connects me to my roots.
My dad and mom were born in ’46, ’47 respectively and these remind me immensely of their childhood photos.
In the first photo it looks like you’re scratching your sisters head. 🙂
What a cute little fellow you were!
I love this post. We are, or nearly are, the same age. Your family is lovely. You look so much like your little self.
Thanks for sharing, Jerry! I love looking at photos from the 1950’s (who’d have thought, LOL) I love the curtains in your living room and your Mom’s outfit and hair. Still fashionable as far as I’m concerned. 😀
A most enjoyable post (with nary a smartphone in sight). Looking forward to more snapshots from the past.
What lovely pics Jerry, and how nice to get them after all this time! What a sweet wee fellow you were.
Would love to send you some nature photos. Where do I send them?
If the photos are good ones (i.e., comparable in quality to what is usually posted), click on “research interests” at upper right, which takes you to my university website and email. Use that one.
Wild? Yes. Life? Also yes.
Fabulous Indiana ranch wildlife!
I love seeing photos from when people were sproglets! How nice that you were able to reconnect with a childhood friend and rediscover these great images. 🙂
-Emma
P.S. I have just sent you an email with some wildlife images. Hopefully they’ll help re-fill your tank!