Family Friends Friday today is about the Del Carlo family of Readington Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. I love this photograph taken in 1933 on the Mirota farm showing the girlfriends having fun together with arms interlocking. It looks like Al has just stopped over to visit sisters, Gen and Mary. I love their bright … Continue reading Family Friends Friday – Del Carlo Family of Readington Township, New Jersey
North America
William John Doran (1893 – 1961)
This last August my brother, John, and I had the great good fortune of meeting two of William John Doran's children, and their spouses, in New Jersey. William John's brother, Bernard, was our grandfather. This is one of the photographs they had saved of their father. William John Doran was born in Belfast, County Antrim, … Continue reading William John Doran (1893 – 1961)
Back Home From Vacation
"National Public Lands Day keeps the promise of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the "tree army" that worked from 1933-1942 to preserve and protect America's natural heritage." ~http://www.publiclandsday.org/about Saturday was National Public Lands Day, a day dear to my heart. I've been away in Colorado and Wyoming for the last two weeks, enjoying the great outdoors. … Continue reading Back Home From Vacation