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JANET
"I was born and lived until 1945 across the street from 3271 N. Lake Dr. at 3232. The neighborhood has new and vibrant life today. Pieces of my remembered walks to school at MUS (now Engelman Hall) are still there. I would appreciate seeing some pictures and history of those buildings. Knowing that you can't stop or change history, I feel the residents of the area have done well by the neighborhood. I now live close to Downer Avenue on Belleview and love it there too."
JANET
"I was born and lived until 1945 across the street from 3271 N. Lake Dr. at 3232. The neighborhood has new and vibrant life today. Pieces of my remembered walks to school at MUS (now Engelman Hall) are still there. I would appreciate seeing some pictures and history of those buildings. Knowing that you can't stop or change history, I feel the residents of the area have done well by the neighborhood. I now live close to Downer Avenue on Belleview and love it there too."
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KATHERINE BOWES "I finally got around to looking for photos of 2118 E. Kenilworth and found two--one of my dad on the porch, and one of me with two of my pals sitting on the front steps. They were taken in 1968. I can tell you with certainty that my Dad wore a turtleneck ONCE in his life--and it was the day that I took his picture on the front porch of 2118 E. Kenilworth. I've also attached 2 other photos and one image for context: One is an essay I wrote in 1968 titled 'My Spring Vacation' -- my Dad saved this and put it in a memory book for me. The note 'Teacher's remark' is in his handwriting. I was in 2nd grade, so my spelling wasn't very good. The other 2 photos are of my Dad -- One taken at Bradford Beach in 1957ish (he used this image for the invitation to his 70th birthday party) and the other is also of my Dad and the car he drove when he lived at 2118 (it was taken while we were on vacation in Trout Lake, WI). He named this behemoth Oldsmobile 'The Green Pig' because it got 7 miles to the gallon. Such was life in the late 1960s, eh?" |
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