“April 1956 – Playground at Barrie, 70 miles north of Toronto. Neil plays with casual acquaintance in playground beside Lake Simcoe. We went up here for a drive one Sunday.” Album: O’Donovan Family // Toronto, Ontario Categories: Canada Tags: #1950s...
Neighbours Anne Kelly and Mike Dwyer on the Dwyers’ donkey, while Marie Kelly and Mike’s sister Eileen stand to attention for the camera. Taken in front of the “Klondike House” family home. Album: Dwyer Family // Boston & Beara Categories: USA Tags: #1950s #Beara...
My mother, Gwendolyn Estelle Brooks Waters,photographed during the war, probably while working in Winnipeg, c. 1942. Born in 1916, she would have been 26 in 1942. She met her first husband at this time, an RAF ace from the Battle of Britain who had been sent to...
My Irish grandaunt, Kitty Walsh, on her marriage in 1928 to Marten Cumberland. The other people in the party are unknown to us. The photo is taken at the British Consulate General, probably in Monaco. It was Kitty who sent the matching sailor suits and fancy clothes...
My grandmother, Annie Walsh,from a Paris photo studio, c. 1913. Album: Davis Family // Bowen Island, B.C. Categories: Canada Tags: #1910s #black and white #Paris #portrait #Studio...
