With the schools closed, and almost everything thinking of nothing but health:
Contributor: Doris Walima (“one of the Johnson girls”)
Date of picture: 1943-44
Date of contribution: Unknown
Caption: “I have been enjoying looking at all the old pictures you have put in your paper about the Old Days.
As the schools of Minnesota prepare to close for a while . . . we look backward to simpler (if not always happier) times:
Contributor: Jay Kuehn of Oakdale
Date of picture: May 1941
Date of contribution: Unknown Continue reading “The little treasures (Volume 12)”
From the days when we could stand closer than six feet apart:
Contributor: V.A. of Maplewood
Date of picture: 1929 or 1930
Date of contribution: March 2008
Caption: “I’m sure this is a classic picture of all time.
The Permanent Sisterly Record
The Gram With a Thousand Rules: “Subject: The Bell Ringer’s Blue Light Special
“My middle sister, Edith, was the rambunctious kid in our family. Oh, she was kind and she was generous and she was full of ideas about how to have a good time, but she tested the patience of all of us on a daily basis.
“She was basically a healthy kid, except for being prone to a lot of ear infections when she was a teenager. I remember one long siege when the doctor suggested Edith be isolated to her bed. She wasn’t quarantined; he just wanted her to get complete rest, and he figured that this was the only way this boundless bottle of energy was going to get better.
Continue reading ““Poor little kid”? “Little darling”? Yumpin Yeezuz, she was a pain in the neck!”
Contributor: Loren Neubauer of South St. Paul
Date of picture: ca. 1930
Date of contribution: January 16, 2009
Caption: “Looking through some old photos, I came across this one of me and my dog Bozo. I was told the dog was born the same day I was, March 7, 1928, and that my father had brought him home in a shoe box.
Bulletin Board 