Well, that’s it. It has been a labor of love. I scanned the first magazine on Nov. 26, 2011 and the last one on March 23, 2012. There were a total of 92 magazines and 2987 images for an average of 32.5 images per magazine. The graph below shows the number of magazines per year.
Over the course of the 25 years (1958-1982) that are represented by these magazines the year 1968 stands out as having twice as many magazines as any other year and represents greater than15% of the total. This should not be surprising given the number of events that took place that year (my Bar Mitzvah, Florrie’s wedding, hank’s graduation & prom, plus a plethora of minor parties like New Year’s Eve, etc.
I thought it might be fun to select a few of the pictures that have not appeared elsewhere from a variety of the magazines as a fitting conclusion. Cars have played an important part of family reminiscences over the years. Far be it from me to ignore this vital influence in our lives, so here goes.
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- 1957? Chevy Bel Air w/Melissa. This was a hand-me-down from Grandpa H. Shot in 1961.
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- 1968 Volvo w/Florie & Henry aka ‘The Green Volvo’, great car until I blew the rings out pulling a trailer from DC to Boston in 1978. Shot in 1970.
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- 1973? Peugot 504 w/Dad. My father had a couple of these cars. I am not sure if this is the one I side-slipped into a curve near Roselle Catholic High School one day. Shot in 1974.
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- 1958? Chrysler Windsor wagon w/Florrie. This car was legendary for not being to get out of reverse on cold mornings. My father would drive backwards for the first 0.5 miles or so. Shot in 1958.
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- 1963 Buick Wildcat w/me. The car had the worst ratio of power to suspension or brakes on any production car ever but boy was it fun. Shot in 1965.
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- 1955? Plymouth w/running bases game. This was Uncle Abe’s car. Every time he came to ‘the country’ he would take it to the Gulf station on Wood Ave. for a lube job. Shot in 1964.
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- 1961? TR3 and 1965 Buick Electra w/Hank & mom. The Triumph was hank’s first car and had a yellow nose. The Electra was my Dad’s car after the Wildcat, it was much bigger and not nearly as fun. Shot in 1968.
Lege Feliciter
Thanks for sharing these wonderful photographs, Fred.
It really is/was my pleasure. I am not sure what I am going to do with my free time now.
I second the thanks. Really terrific. I have many many Bell and Howell cubes filled with slides that I can send right up to you for scanning . . . . . — Hank.
So do I….I think our kids are supposed to do it.
Thank you so much Fred for scanning all those photos. It brought back a lot for me. Good, sweet, poignant stuff. Now I know why I pretty much act like my smart, over sensitive, funny, mildly (I hope) obnoxious self with all of you.
You are family! Xxxxx meg
Meg- It was a truly a fun project. You should see some of the images I left out:)
Fred