Posted: January 5th, 2009 | Author: Mark | Filed under: Childhood Memories, Fort Worth, Vintage Postcards | Tags: christmas | No Comments »
I know, it’s a little late to be talking about Christmas, but I’ve just acquired this swell postcard and had to share it. The card, postmarked 1964, caught my attention because of the illuminated Santa, an image that sparked a long-dormant memory. It had been decades since I had thought of those Santas floating majestically over the downtown streets, and I was reminded of our annual pilgrimage to see the department store window displays.
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Posted: December 14th, 2008 | Author: Mark | Filed under: Childhood Memories | Tags: christmas, cordone | No Comments »
Besides contributing photographs of my great-grandparents Henry and Emily Parker, my aunt Dorothy Jean also came up with this surprising shot, surprising because I hadn’t seen it before! Dad seems to have been more interested in 8mm home movies during this period, so not many photos exist. It’s odd that mom and dad didn’t have this one in their archive of family snapshots, and it makes me wonder if there’s a yet to be discovered stash somewhere.
This photograph, obviously taken by my dad, shows my mom, my sisters Carol and Gail, and myself at the age of 7 months. Yep, this was 1957, my first Christmas. This house, on Cordone St. in Fort Worth, had a perfect window for displaying a Christmas tree, angled ninety degrees. My memory of the entire family celebrating Christmas together like this is dim at best, as my sisters were out of the house and starting families of their own just a few years later. But over the years we’ve always tried to reunite at Christmas time, a tradition that continues today, even now that it’s just us kids.
I know, it’s a little late to be talking about Christmas, but I’ve just acquired this swell postcard and had to share it. The card, postmarked 1964, caught my attention because of the illuminated Santa, an image that sparked a long-dormant memory. It had been decades since I had thought of those Santas floating majestically over the downtown streets, and I was reminded of our annual pilgrimage to see the department store window displays.
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