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Yosemite: 1950s
Submitted by Tony W. on Mon, 05/23/2011 - 10:40am.
Here again we see our Yosemite travelers Bill and Gloria. View full size.
Saddle shoes
Submitted by tterrace on Mon, 05/23/2011 - 2:08pm.
Gloria has her shoes on this time, and echt-50s ones they are indeed. She looks like she stepped out of one of my sister's high school photos. Love Bill's belt buckle; another sign that we were kindred spirits.
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