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Kodachrome Crowd: 1952

Everybody in the colorful kitchen has come through the door to join the rest of the gang in the more subdued dining room. Other shots indicate this was a going-away party for a son who had joined the Navy and was leaving for the East Coast. Pyrex fans will note the missing yellow bowl. View full size.

Everybody in the colorful kitchen has come through the door to join the rest of the gang in the more subdued dining room. Other shots indicate this was a going-away party for a son who had joined the Navy and was leaving for the East Coast. Pyrex fans will note the missing yellow bowl. View full size.

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Pyrex Bowls

Usually 4 bowls in the set. I remember blue, orange, green and yellow-yellow being biggest. Mom still had these until 67-ish, the yellow was biggest and held the Friday night popcorn snack for mom, my brother and I. Pops was busy smoking and watching Friday night fights sponsored by Gillette in glorious 21" of black and white on the old Zenith.

Rebel with a cause

The grumpy boy on the left of the bench seems disgruntled and stubbornly refused to smile. One of my sons also used to take on a similar persona if he was uncomfortable in his clothing, most especially his pants if they didn't fit perfectly, and his footwear. This kid seems annoyed with both those items also. In many of our family pictures he shows the same kind of annoyance, so similar to this boy that it made me laugh.

A family affair

Looks like three sets of parents here, and the women are all the siblings, based on resemblance to each other. It's fun trying to match the kids to their parents - I can't figure out who Brother and Sister Crosspatch in the front row belong to, though.

It's funny, the yellow Pyrex bowl was the only one I had for a long time - I found it in a cabinet in an apartment I moved into many years ago. The previous tenants must have left it behind. Now I've amassed a rather large collection.

Oops

I was close, but no cigar. Those were sandwiches being made in yesterday's picture, but not pinwheels. Just crust trimmed finger sandwiches. Maybe that's why the two kids on the left are so upset... they wanted pinwheels. LOL.

Gadzooks!

Look at angry boot boy, he and his sister look fit to be tied. Everyone else is happy to be there -- even the ghost Grandma mustered up a faint smile.

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