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Buddy L: 1961
Submitted by Foy on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 12:34am.
Christmas Clean Sweep: 1961
Submitted by tterrace on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 1:54pm.
Little boys in the 60s seemed to have an obsession with floor sweeping implements, if recent Shorpy submissions are any indication. This is my nephew Jimmy, on a Christmas 1961 visit to our home in Larkspur, California. 127 Ektachrome slide.
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G.I. Joe Christmas 1964
Submitted by tterrace on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 1:11pm.
Diamond Bar, California, Christmas Day 1964. My nephew Jimmy got a G.I. Joe. I got almost all of him in the frame. Not Kodachrome, unfortunately, but some cheap department store off-brand slide film. View full size.
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Barbie Christmas: 1964
Submitted by delworthio on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 2:46am.
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Christmas 1964
Submitted by delworthio on Wed, 06/25/2008 - 11:49pm.
Christmas 1964 in Rochester, Indiana. Kodachrome slide. View full size. [It's Christmas in June (for me, especially) with an exceptional selection of member-submitted color slides. There are even more here. Thanks, Santa! - Dave]
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All Dressed Up In Valparaiso
Submitted by delworthio on Wed, 06/25/2008 - 11:00pm.
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