
A portrait of my father and his brothers, taken in Toledo, OH in the early 1920's. View full image.

Lyman Ferry Farm, Mentor, Ohio. Glass plate negative taken by B. H. Carpenter, c. 1914. View full image.

My Dad (Butch) in Da Nang, Vietnam circa 1968. He was a radioman on a US Navy hospital ship. Luv u Dad! View full image.

Smackover, Arkansas, in the 1930's. Velma Reynolds, probably a cousin of Ruth Williams, and Suzanne Byrd. View full image.

November or December 1966 at Shepherd Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, TX. The aircraft is a C-97 and used for training Reciprocating (Recips) Aircraft Mechanics. I never saw any of these guys after that. Some of the names on the back are: Greg Hofelich, Buffalo, NY; Mark Beam, Beaverton, OR; Tommy Kreih, St. Paul, MN; John DeVeitio (or DeVeitlo) who signed as 'John Henry' Portland, OR; and me, John Murphy, Meridian, MS. View full image.

Unknown relatives or friends of the family from grandma's photo album. She looks a little too dressed up to go camping and not too thrilled either. Taken late 20's or early 30's. View full image.

Earlier in the decade, Julius Shulman showed us life in the Hollywood Hills. Here's how real people lived 32 miles away in Diamond Bar in 1967. Step 1: haul TV set out to the patio. Step 2: kids follow automatically. My nephews, niece and brother-in-law in a section of a 2-1/4 square Kodacolor negative shot by my sister.