She's 19 in this photo. All women curled their hair in pincurls with bobbie pins. Her hair naturally was stick straight.

To match my post about French Canadian students, here is the other side of my fam. Students from Chatham-Kent. Very first page is QEII which would never happen in a French year book haha

Historical Background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tubman

Frederick Sommer used a double exposure to create this effect. Max Ernst considered this portait his favorite

Per NPR:

For a while, there were other players in the mix; but ultimately, Andrew Love and his partner, trumpeter Wayne Jackson, were the Memphis Horns. The duo put the muscle in dozens of great soul hits from the 1960s and '70s: Otis Redding's "Try A Little Tenderness," Al Green's "Let's Stay Together," Aretha Franklin's "Think," Dusty Springfield's "Son of a Preacher Man." The list goes on and on.

Jackson was a short white guy, the son of an insurance salesman. Love was a tall black guy whose father was a preacher. Despite the racial tension in the 1960s and '70s, Love and Jackson's partnership thrived. In 2003, Love told NPR, "Musicians are musicians. ... If you can play, you're alright with me."

Love's career began as a session musician for Willie Mitchell's Hi Records. According to Robert Gordon, author of It Came From Memphis, Love was Mitchell's favorite sax player. Gordon says that because Love couldn't afford a phone, he moved his wife and child to a small apartment across the street from the studio, "so that when Willie Mitchell would need him for a session, Willie could come knock on the door and say, 'Andrew, c'mon and play.'"

Meanwhile, Jackson was a session musician for Stax, the rival studio across town. The two met playing gigs in nightclubs. Jackson says the first time he heard Love, he was hooked. "When I heard him it just knocked my socks off," says Jackson. "He had such a big, wonderful sound. I knew he would be my perfect partner." Eventually, Love left Hi Records for Stax, and he and Jackson started working with artists like Sam & Dave, Redding and Isaac Hayes.

The Memphis Horns, as they began to call themselves, were so hot in the '60s, other studios and artists came calling. But Stax wanted exclusivity. So Love and Jackson did something most musicians at the time were too afraid to do: They left and started freelancing. "We needed to be making money every day with those horns," says Jackson. From Al Green to U2, their discography is astonishing.

For nearly 50 years, Love and Jackson played together, at times, every single day. "He was the coolest guy I ever knew," says Jackson. "And by cool I mean smooth. Smooth with life. Smooth with his kids. Smooth with me."

He was Brad Whitford from Aerosmith’s guitar tech.

Left to right, Earl Warren, Eaton David, and, my father, Robert Jay, probably taken in Colorado. His other two brothers would be born over the next 10 years.

Yes, the dates are correct, my father was in his late 50s when I was born and I am pretty ancient myself.

The Cammareri bakery on Henry St in Brooklyn was most famous for being featured in the movie Moonstruck. This sign was above the basement entrance where the oven scene was filmed. A friend of mine lived on the top floor of their building.

8mm film purchased online; unknown owner and year; audio added for atmosphere.

In 1993, Dolly Parton gave every graduating senior $500. It was an attempt to raise graduation rates and it worked.

She hosted a ceremonial dinner for us at Dollywood, then awarded us. She took a picture with us as well.

I wear glasses. During the photo shoot the photographer asked me to tilt my chin. I knew it was to reduce lens flare, but Dolly must have thought it hurt my feelings. She told me several times I had a “beautiful” chin.

So there I was, absolutely starstruck, not having a clue what to say. It was a rather surreal moment.