"S" is for shipmates. My wife's father's Subchaser crew, 1943.

Tarpley-Parkes Family History

Taking candy from a baby?

Taking candy from a baby?

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Submitted to the Vintage Photos Theme Park for the theme, ONE SITTING, ONE STANDING. Mary and Scott, Oct., 1954,
"S" is for shipmates. My wife's father's Subchaser crew, 1943.

"S" is for shipmates. My wife's father's Subchaser…

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SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH S in the Vintage Photos Theme Park
Mary with her brother and grandmother at a roadside animal park in Florida, c. 1958.

Mary with her brother and grandmother at a roadsid…

20 Sep 2007 1 54
Submitted to the Vintage Photos Theme Park for the theme, "roadside attractions." Mary told me that this establishment was selling small rhesus monkeys for $50 each. She had brought her life savings with her on this trip, a bit more than the cost of a monkey, and begged her grandparents to let her take one home. They declined her wish.
Mary's 2nd Birthday, June, 1949

Mary's 2nd Birthday, June, 1949

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Mary's 2nd Birthday, June, 1949
Mary and Sibs

Mary and Sibs

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Mary, about 1952
They also serve who only stand and wait, or sit and look cute, as the case may be.

They also serve who only stand and wait, or sit an…

09 Jul 2012 179
My mother-in-law, center, with other wives of the USS Catamount's crew.
Betty's Photos from The War Years

Betty's Photos from The War Years

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Betty
Two potential Bonnies without a Clyde. Circa 1942.

Two potential Bonnies without a Clyde. Circa 1942.

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Submitted to the Vintage Photos Theme Park for the theme " CAR PLUS WOMAN OR MAN.
Betty's Photos from The War Years

Betty's Photos from The War Years

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Mary's Mom, Betty
Young girl relishing the last bit of a lollypop, c. a long, long, time ago.

Young girl relishing the last bit of a lollypop, c…

10 Jul 2012 95
Submitted to the Vintage Photos Theme Park for the theme LOLLYPOP LOLLYPOP - Featuring a lollypop, candy cane, or other confection
Frontier couple poses for itinerant photographer, 1951

Frontier couple poses for itinerant photographer,…

10 Jul 2012 1 169
Submitted to the Vintage Photos Theme Park for the theme, "Holding a Doll."
Mary and Sibs, 1950/1951 Grand Rapids

Mary and Sibs, 1950/1951 Grand Rapids

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The big 04
Mary, 1959

Mary, 1959

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Mary, 1959

Mary, 1959

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Mary, 1959
Mary, 1959

Mary, 1959

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Mary, 1959
Ouch! The empty well of the USS Catamount, sometime 1945

Ouch! The empty well of the USS Catamount, sometim…

17 Jun 2012 2 1 273
It appears a sailor is running a gauntlet of fellow crewmen for some unknown reason. Some of the sticks/clubs being employed look lethal. Submitted to the Vintage Photos Theme Park for the monthly theme, TRAINS, PLANES, SHIPS, AND BUSES (people photographed traveling inside one of these modes of transport--preferably shot from the inside).
Taken aboard USS Catamount, LSD 17, sometime 1945 in the Pacific

Taken aboard USS Catamount, LSD 17, sometime 1945…

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Landing craft ferrying supplies prepare to depart USS Catamount, LSD 17, sometime 1945 in the Pacific

Landing craft ferrying supplies prepare to depart…

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Aft ramp lowered and well flooded,
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