THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL PHOTO ARCHIVE • FRAMED PRINTS • STOCK IMAGES

My grandparents lived in Le Havre (France) in 1952. Here they are happy to have an aperitif with a friend (the one who takes the photo). My grandmother Antoinette was born in Corsica in 1917. My grandfather Armand, who was born in Paris in 1921, was director of a cinema in Le Havre, a port city in the North of France.

My father Robert was born in Toulon (South of France). Here he is walking in a street in Toulon in 1962 looking like a movie actor.

Two of my uncles and maybe a cousin entertaining themselves in late 1950s in Hickman County, Tennessee. From a degrading slide that belonged to my father.

Date unknown. Back side of this image.

Date Unknown. Purchased on eBay 10-15 years ago. Back is advertisement for photographer in Colorado.

Date unknown. Purchased on eBay 10-15 years ago. Not a postcard, there is nothing on the back.

Unknown. Postcard purchased on eBay 10-15 years ago.

I believe these are brand new 1936 Ford Model 51 trucks parked in front of the Yosemite Machine Shop (National Park Service) in the Yosemite Valley. Appears to be Department of the Interior license plates. This side of building is still in use by maintenance personnel. The other side of the building, which is out of sight on the right, houses the fire station and jail.

This photo of my Dad was taken at the Elbow Room Bar in Lantana, Florida. Early 1960s

This photo was taken at the Howard Johnson's in Palm Beach, Florida in the early 1960s. This is the waitresses day crew. My mom is on the far right, the lady to her right went on to own her own successful restaurant in Lake Worth called the TuTu.

The origin of this photo is unknown but was in with all my old family photos.

My Mother and her parents on the Nebraska farm.

Grandmother Watkins in her Nebraska farmhouse kitchen. My Mother grew up in that house. It still stands and has been kept up beautifully.

My grandparents bought this drugstore in 1957 from Mr. Adams (pictured). The back of the photograph reads: We're unsure- but this may have been Adams Drug Co in the 30's, 40's? We bought it in 1957 and fixtures like these + the tin ceiling were in it then. Ralph + Daphne Ashworth July 1997

My grandfather still works here, along with my uncle who now runs the business. My father, brother, and myself work upstairs of the drugstore (former Mason Lodge) running a chain of retail stores.

Location: Ashworth Drugs 105 W. Chatham St. Cary, NC 27511

My brother (front) and I are "horseback riding" our father at Christmastime 1958, in Connecticut. We are armed with decidedly urban-looking weapons despite my brother's rustic cowboy hat. One of my uncles (seated) may have been consulting the TV Guide in the lower right corner, for the week of December 20-26, 1958, to decide what to watch on the gigantic--for its time--television set.

Photograph by my grandfather, Edward Butler, whose work has previously been featured on Shorpy. Scanned February 2021 from a 35mm Kodachrome slide.