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My uncle ready to travel the country. He did that often on that bike of his. Kodachrome slide.

My uncle's new lawn tractor. 1965 Kodachrome.

"Put down that camera and help me lift your ma off the dang steps!" View full size.

My Grandma and Grandpa arriving in Chicago, maybe? Late 40's Kodachrome. View full size.

Nice shot, Dad!

Just look at her, wouldja? 1963 in Gary, Indiana. View full size.

This wise old dead creature hit Dad's windshield one night on Indiana State Road 25 from Logansport to Rochester. I believe he gave it to a taxidermy hobbyist. 1964, Kodachrome slide.

American service station. Don't know where, but it's 1965. View full size.

Spring of 1969. Maybe one of my siblings can chime in on where this was. Jefferson Street in Rochester, Indiana. Kodachrome slide.

Yes, my backyard was a corn field. That was a heck of a lot of fun to play in. Rochester, Indiana. Kodachrome slide.

It's ladies night and business is brisk! Three generations of them, no less. It's around 1960, probably at Christmas, again in Crown Point, Indiana. This is from a squareish slide so I think it might be from some sort of medium format camera. Since I can't quite figure out how to get my scanner to change its format, you're missing the lower part of the bodies: one sitting on a bar stool, one kneeling on a bar stool, and one pregnant. View full size.

Aphrodite sets out the styrofoam cups. Kodachrome slide.

September 1957 on Adams Street in Gary, Indiana. Anscochrome slide.

Unknown subjects, apparently shot by my dad's brother on his boat, perhaps on Bass Lake, Indiana. Kodachrome slide. The hair in the upper right was not on the slide.

From a negative. I believe my dad's brother shot this for practice or perhaps some sort of photography assignment. Maybe just out of boredom. That seems to be his usual motivation.