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Does anyone have a clue who this couple is? Also, that is the longest veil I have ever seen. Click on "comments" above to share your thoughts/memories.
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Roberta's Birthday party at Double Beach in Branford, CT.
I especially love that first long shot at the table with Roberta's cake, and the grill shot with the brothers. Enjoy! I stole this beautiful profile portrait of Ida from George - thank you George! He had it on his ancestry.com tree. Just lovely. I'm guessing this is from the 1940's.
Click on "comments" above to share your thoughts/memories. We've got a lot of the gang here! Can anyone confirm that this is the backyard at Shelter Street? Or is it somewhere else? Please let me know if I've misidentified anyone. Enjoy! Any of us who have been in dance class, or had a little one in dance class know this pose very well!
Here's Roberta in what I can only assume is a dance recital costume. Adorable. Does anyone know if Roberta continued to dance when she got older? Click on "comments" above to share your thoughts/memories. John in 1948 with Armand & Carmel after his Christening, and below that in June 1949 at 5 months old. These sweet photos were taken at the house on Clay Street. I am assuming Betty and Mrs. Murphy were neighbors? John, any memories of them? Make sure you also scroll down to the bottom for a lovely photo of Olga. Click on "comments" above to add your thoughts and/or memories. 1948 CLAY STREET PHOTOS & JOHN'S CHRISTENING 1949 BACKYARD PHOTOS
In 1955 from May 15 to May 30, Rose took a European tour with the employees of the Southern New England Telephone Company to England, Switzerland, France & Italy. Idie has provided us with some wonderful photos documenting her travel. Below, you'll see Rose in her smart travel suit with her sister Ida pinning on a "travel corsage", as Idie mentions below in the first caption. Back then people weren't showing up in their sweats for flights like they do today (like I do today!). Flying was a different ball game. As mentioned in a recent article entitled "When luxury ruled the skies: Flying in the 1950s and ’60s", "This era, roughly from 1958 to 1978, saw airlines vying, almost begging, for your business, outfitting their planes with festive colors and their stewardesses (no “flight attendants” back then) in provocative uniforms, promising an “experience,” not just a trip. Passengers, too, dressed up. No cargo shorts and flip-flops; men wore suits, women dresses, sometimes accessorized with corsages." Rose was flying in style! Enjoy these shots of Rose in the mountains of Switzerland, the English countryside, standing in front of the monuments of Paris, and enjoying the beauty of Venice and Rome. My particular favorite is one of the last photos - Rose looking out over the Roman Colosseum in profile. Just lovely. Click on "comments" above to add your thoughts and/or memories! Thanks Vincent, by way of Idie, for this picture!
Ida's rockin' a beautiful white suit and hat, and I love the way Antonetta is smiling. Looks like she has a secret. Enjoy! Click on "comments" above to add your thoughts and/or memories! Armand & Carmel's wedding and honeymoon! These shots are lovely, and I especially love my grandmother Carmel's veil headpiece (so pretty!). I've been told that she made her own dress and the dresses of her bridesmaids as she was a seamstress by trade, but loveliness aside, what I really get a kick out of are the honeymoon photos. It harkens back to a time that many of us remember, before the smartphone, when "selfies" were a lot less predictably on target. You could try to point the camera on yourself, but there was no guarantee that you'd get yourself in the shot. More likely, you'll get some guy and his dog on the sidewalk behind you! Honeymoon photos are so often of one partner- then the other in similar poses. I mean, who else is going to take your picture? A stranger? What if they run away with your camera? Carmel and Armand managed to get a couple of wonderful shots of the two of them together, but mostly you'll see Armand, then Carmel, happily posing in the same position independent of one another. Click on "comments" above to add your thoughts and/or memories! WEDDING HONEYMOON
I love wedding photos, and this one is so beautiful! Thank you Idie, for sharing this with us!
Left to right Giovanni Santomasso, Albert Sinicrope (George's nephew), Hugo Santomasso, John Gentile (another nephew of George), Ida & George, Rose Santomasso, Olga Santomasso, Josephine Sinicrope (Albert's wife), flower girl Ida's cousin Adele. Click on "comments" above to add your thoughts and/or memories! |