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Blog entry 'Elephants, and Giraffes in Tarangire National Park - Day 1 - Continued'- greatgrandma
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Where's Nifty? in Amsterdam (2013)Charles, you are IN that post. Actually it is a blog. Just scroll to the top and look under “Blog entry information”.- Levina de Ruijter
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Happy Birthday to BobExtra photos Another old photo of the Westport track I graduated from THS in the spring of 1955 F9rst cruise - to England\ Envelope of my...- greatgrandma
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Germany in 1950- Eagle's Nest - Post 7
Daddy was fascinated by the way the traffic was directed - policemen with white gloves who were almost dancing. He took movies of them. German traffic cop German children old couple Mannheim street American GIs with a German girl - the GIs had access to many things unavailable to the...- greatgrandma
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Happy Birthday to Bob
Happy Birthday Bob I didn't know when I met you 74 years ago that we would eventually have such a long and loving relationship. I met you in 1951, a week or so before I started my freshman year at Towson High School. Towson High School I was13 almost 14 and you were a 15 year old...- greatgrandma
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Where's Nifty? in Amsterdam (2013)
Before I start you need to know that I received Nifty from POTN member Tessa (in Estonia), who was a great host. She sent me the lens and packed it with a little Estonian doll and a fridge magnet. When I mentioned it in the Nifty thread at POTN the crowd of course immediately demanded to see...- Levina de Ruijter
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My Parent's Trips Before I was Born - 1932 to 1937
My mother learned to drive in 1923 in North Carolina. She was 14 and she learned on a Model T. The Model T had a different transmission from what you see today. Part of shifting gears was done with your feet. Mother She was taught by her uncles - her mother's younger brothers Willard and...- greatgrandma
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Murals in 'Mural Town' Katikati, New Zealand
Right. We'll actually make this a little bit interactive. On some of the Murals, you'll see a black number on an oval shaped plaque in the corner. If you take note of the number, and look here, you'll get a bit of a description of the painting :) https://katikatiopenairart.co.nz/ourmurals/ Oh...- Markuswelder
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Manneken Pis 1950
My dad was an Anatomist -he taught human anatomy to first year medical students. And he was interested in photographing human anatomy whether real, or artistic. So of course he took photos of the Manneken Pis statue. Manneken Pis is the name of the statue of a little boy who is urinating - he...- greatgrandma
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Happy Birthday to Bob
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Wild Animals With a New Camera - 1959 and After
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Like my dad, I mostly photographed buildings and people in the beginning. And after I had my first child, I took a lot of photos of her, and... -
Birds and Bears - Wild Animals We Saw Before 1949
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Most of the photos that my dad took were of people or things. But there were a couple of 'wild' animals - like the pigeons in Atlantic City... -
Elephants, and Giraffes in Tarangire National Park - Day 1 - Continued
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We also saw Elephants Elephant from behind When we were in the Netherlands on the way here, my granddaughter was using her cell phone... -
Chasing Cheetahs in Tarangire National Park - Day 1
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My youngest grandchild's trip was to Tanzania. We landed at night at Kilimanjaro airport on 2 June 2018 Our First Day's Experiences - 3 June... -
Galapagos Adventure - part 1
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I have wanted to visit the Galapagos ever since I read "The Voyage of the Beagle" in college when I was taking Evolution class in 1957. And I... -
Taking the Southern Route - Miami to Key West - The End of the Trip
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When we got to Miami we went to the house of my dad's former student, Dr. Joe Scott. Car and Joe's boat from the pool Bob and Dad looking at... -
Taking the Southern Route - Colorado to Miami - After Day 9
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From Brighton, we drove to Miami - For this part of the trip, I have few photos and no memory of exactly where we stopped each night. I think... -
Taking the Southern Route- Sand Dunes to Silver Cliff to Uncle Harry's house - Day 8 & 9
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The Great Sand Dunes is right across the Sangre de Cristo mountains from were my dad was brought up in the Wet Mountain Valley. But there's no... -
Taking the Southern Route in 1966 - Great Sand Dunes - Day 8
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Day 8 As usual, we had breakfast, and left Durango (or where ever we spent the night)... ...and crossed Wolf Creek Pass... Wolf Creek Pass... -
Taking the Southern Route in 1966 - Mesa Verde - Day 7
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Day 7 After breakfast at the motel, we drove to Mesa Verde Cortez to Mesa Verde - 10 miles First view Bob has finally gotten out his overcoat... -
Taking the Southern Route in 1966 - Going to All Four Corners - Day 6
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Day 6 Because this is such a long stretch with not much infrastructure on it (especially back then in the off-season), I originally thought we... -
Taking the Southern Route in 1966 - A Cold Sunrise at the Grand Canyon - Day 5
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Day 5 We got up before dawn to take photos of the sunrise. It was really COLD. A lot of people warn about heat and dehydration. Because this is... -
Taking the Southern Route - Grand Canyon - Day 4
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Day 4 From Kingman, we went up US 180 to the Grand Canyon National Park. We entered at the South Entrance. Kingman to Grand Canyon - 170... -
Taking the Southern Route - Calico CA to Kingman AZ on Route 66 - Day 3
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Day 3 When I map our trip on a modern map with Interstates, this is they way it comes out. But there were no interstates back then. I am pretty... -
Taking the Southern Route -The Ghost Mining Town of Calico - 1966 - Day 2
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Day 2 The first place where I took any photos was when we stopped in Calico for the night. In 1881, the silver mining town of Calico was... -
Taking the Southern Route- Monterey to Key West in 1966 - post 1 - Packing up and Leaving Monterey
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At the end of the Christmas letter for 1966, my mother wrote But earlier in the letter she talked about the trip in April, and said that Dad... -
POTN Where's Nifty? In Amsterdam (2013), part 5
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Originally posted on POTN on March 21, 2013: I had a bit of fun today with Nifty. Took him with me when I went to get some groceries. My...