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Birthday Party
Submitted by rubysshoes on Fri, 01/25/2013 - 10:07pm.
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This is a photo of my sister Becky (the little girl far left) at her birthday party; I'm unsure of the year. I love how Mom is either spying on the goings on, or hiding from the camera! A note about the artwork on the wall: my Dad was a graphic designer, and that piece is an example of his work. Sadly, it was lost in a move many years ago. View full size.
Beauty
Submitted by alexm on Sat, 01/26/2013 - 9:26pm.
Your Mom & Sister were beautiful women (or girl in one case). Thanks for the photos.
She was outnumbered!
Submitted by rubysshoes on Sat, 01/26/2013 - 10:36am.
Two of the boys were my brothers...I wasn't born until 1963. They were living at Edwards AFB at the time...my dad was in the Air Force, and most of the neighbor kids were boys.
[So the year this was taken was probably . . . - tterrace]
Sure it was Becky's BD?
Submitted by Isaak on Fri, 01/25/2013 - 10:41pm.
It's a little girl's birthday party, and all nine of the guests are boys?
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