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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

1920s Wedding Portraits

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The Coot Hill Family Historical Preservation Society has by no means come to the end of its archival material relating to early Zdrojewskis...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

September 1946, St. Luke's Monthly Newsletter - "Troop 352 A-Camping"

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So Clara Matynka (our grandmother, CHM) was a Girl Scout Troop Leader!  And she took the girls camping!  Never in a million year...
Sunday, July 22, 2012

June 1946, St. Luke's Monthly Newsletter - Life and Death; Cliques and Kindness

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Mom - our CAMZ -  saved several issues of this Parish youth newsletter from her high-school years.  We have two left to look over. ...
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

John Peter Zdrojewski Cabinetry

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My Dad, our EJZ, on a visit to Argyle in the 1980s, brought along this pretty little cubbyhole shelf as a gift. He mentioned that ...
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Summer Camp and City Lights

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  The summer camp operated by St. Luke's Parish was called "Merrie Mill."  In the forties, saddle oxfords were the thi...
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Sunday, July 15, 2012

Buffalo Gals

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These are the right sort of photographs to have at hand on a ninety-degree day like today. Click to enlarge to QuickView, or do Alt +...
Saturday, July 14, 2012

Iconic Postwar Photo, with bonus Identity Crisis

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Here is a scene that replayed many times in 1946: The men who survived came home.  Understandably, they sought normality, and went...

The Ladies of Clara's Drapery Shop

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Clara Matynka, our CHM, was an entrepreneurial sort.  Her shop for the custom manufacture of draperies and slipcovers was quite successful...