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Lots of streets in New York City had block parties to celebrate the end of World War II. This picture was taken on 46th Street between 10th and 11th Avenue in the old area known as Hell's Kitchen. That was one street away from the piers where the soldiers and sailors used to land when they came home from the war.

This was my grampa's business in Yakima, Wash. He sold coal and wood for heating. He was in business until about 1968. On the side of the truck is the conveyor belt to unload coal into underground bins.

Eight men and seven deer about 1895 in Hanover, Michigan.

Back Row Left to Right
1.Wells W. Dew (b.1848, d.1933)
2.Bill Preston
3.Barney Ramsdell
4.George Buell
5.A.B.Sanderson (Albert Edwin Thompson Sanderson, b.1867, d.1921)

Front Row Left to Right
1.Ralph Sanderson (b.1874, d.1957)
2.Will H. Sanderson, Jr. (b.1852, d.1933)
3.Doc. Hathaway (medical doctor in Hanover, Michigan)

Ralph and A.B Sanderson are cousins. Will Sanderson is the father of Ralph and uncle to A.B. Sanderson.

The photograph was made about 1920 in Fairfield County, Connecticut. I would like to have comments about the picture and its possible origin. I found it with my family photographs, without any identification as to the name of the group. It does not seem to be a picnic as there is no food shown. People of all ages shown. Brownie held camera shown in right front row. Men generally have shirts and ties. Church group? Maybe. - Robert Edward McKenna

Royal Ernest Bibbins of Bridgeport, Connecticut, ready to hunt with heavy clothing, derby, boots, dog and rifle circa 1890. I never realized my grandfather was a hunter, but here he is all set to go. - Robert Edward McKenna

One of the only photographs of my grandmother, who died at the age of 30 in 1930. She was in her teens when she was married. My grandfather, seated on her right, is about 23. Notice the medals on the women. We do not know what they are for, perhaps a Polish custom of the time.

After a baseball game the Raybestos Company employee team is shown relaxing at the Brooklawn Country Club in Fairfield, Connecticut. My father, James Edward McKenna, fourth from the left in the back row, is leaning against a tree. Picture was taken about 1917. From the several smiles on their faces, I imagine that they won the game that day. - Robert Edward McKenna View full size.

Dad being held by my grandmother in the early fall of 1943 in my great-grandfather's front yard on West Main Street in Charlottesville, Virginia. Grandmother's brother and his wife are also pictured. Great-Granddad's business - the Model Steam Laundry - is in the background across the street.

This photograph is undated and the kids are unknown. It came to us from my mother-in-law and is likely some of the Dighero Family who came from Italy in the 1880s and ultimately settled in western Missouri, near Liberal.

Dad- 1924 or 1925

Miss Toronto 1923...yeah, yeah, yeah. BUT WHo is she hanging onto? I'm told she was really tight with the Disney family and made a movie with Rudolph Valentino (ok it was a long commercial, but I digress) Did anyone in the Disney family look like anyone in this picture? She wouldn't flirt with just ANYBODY you know! That woman had an EGO until she was 90! I had to call her 'Aunt Marjory'...she was 70...I was 11.

Grandma was Miss Toronto 1923. She later became a hand model. I'm told my dad, Jerry, was the Philip Morris call boy in Canada. I have three photos of him in his uniform and hat, but they look like proofs. He has performed his "call" a million times over the years. Has anyone ever seen Jerry as the Philip Morris call boy?

Miss Los Angeles is pointing to Grandma (Miss Toronto 1923). They sure look like they could cause some trouble!

The original photo is about 24 inches long. Only half the line up is in this scan. Grandma cut out one of the contestants on the far left (not pictured here) I'd LOVE to know what ticked her off so much! Grandma Marjory is the lady to the right of the center crease.

Grandma was Miss Toronto 1923.