Believe it or not, we are still not near the end of the photographs and captions that never found space in the daily-newsprint Bulletin Board.
Onward!
Contributor: Phyllis Bernards
Date of picture: September 21, 2010
Date of contribution: October 7, 2010
Caption: “Sept. 9th saw a mushroom picture [in Bulletin Board]. My husband and I walked around Bennett Lake not long after and happened to look in the wooded area near County Road C and Victoria, and there were two large mushrooms.
“Next day I brought my camera and had my husband go in and take a picture of them. Showed his foot so you can get an idea of their size. I am a little slow getting prints made and getting them sent to you.
“Love Bulletin Board!”
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Contributor: Carmell (we think)
Date of picture: February 1947
Date of contribution: February 10, 2004
Caption: “I have enjoyed the Ice Palace pictures — and thanks to the BB, I now have the 1942 Ice Palace picture that I didn’t have. (I was living in Dallas, Texas, and had given birth on November 1st.) The little girl in the picture is Nancy.”
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Contributor: Dick Littfin of West St. Paul
Date of picture: January 1982
Date of contribution: January 20, 2012
Caption: “Lately, TV and newspaper media have blitzed us with information regarding the lack of snowfall this winter.
“This photo illustrates the aftermath of a January 1982 (30 years ago) blizzard. Note the headline ‘Blizzard blitzes state.’ After much shoveling, I took a respite and enjoyed a brewski, which was so refreshing.”
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Contributor: Julia Drabczak of Maplewood
Date of picture: July 1943
Date of contribution: Unknown
Caption: “Daughter Sharon Kay Drabczak was born September 9, 1942, at 9 o’clock p.m., Wednesday, at 9 pounds.
“July 1943: Sharon Kay is tasting ice cream for the first time. Looks like she is enjoying it.”
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Contributor: Phyllis Kavanagh of Shoreview
Date of picture: 1921
Date of contribution: Unknown
Caption: “The Shanleys: Hattie, 4 years, and Frank, 3 years.
“From the East Side of St. Paul, on Reaney Avenue.
“Men came around house-to-house with props to get people to have family pictures taken.
“Looks like Frank loved it. Hattie’s not so sure about the whole thing.”
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Contributor: Shirley Thom of Roseville
Date of picture: May 25, 2009
Date of contribution: May 28, 2009
Caption: “I had a surprise in my iris garden Memorial Day, May 25th. After taking flowers and attending the services at Elmhurst Cemetery, I came home and decided to water the flower gardens. All of a sudden in the iris garden, this darling little face looked up at me! Apparently, the doe had decided to drop her fawn by the fence, where it was safely hidden by the iris leaves. Hunters in my family told me the doe will leave the fawn alone for perhaps 12 hours. Because the fawn has no scent, it is safe from predators. In the early evening, the doe returned and Baby Iris (I call her that) followed her mother way back into my yard, where she stopped by my husband’s little memorial garden and had her first ‘meal’ from mom. All I could think of was: ‘God’s in His Heaven, and all’s right with the world’ — at least for one perfect day.”
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