Coiffed

Kaunas, Lithuania, 1943. Here's another image from Mom's photo shoot.

"Remembering you ... we are always together."

Kaunas, Lithuania, November 30, 1995. My Mom's friend Joy cherishes an image from the portrait sitting.

Profile

Kaunas, Lithuania, 1943. The photographer chose several angles.

A Familiar Expression

Kaunas, Lithuania, 1943. Here's another image from Mom's photo sitting.

Uncertain

 
Kaunas, Lithuania, 1943. One of the Facebook groups I follow is "Lietuva senose fotografijose"—"Lithuania in old photographs." The group recently published this photo. We were tickled to see it because we think the woman in the plaid skirt may be my Mom. The women are walking on "Laisvės Alėja," or "Liberty Boulevard."

Thanks to "Lietuva senose fotografijose" for giving me permission to post the photo here.

Indirect

Kaunas, Lithuania, 1943. Here's another image from Mom's photo sitting.

Saturday on Michigan Avenue

Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, Summer 1943. The woman in the center is Louise, my Best Friend's mother. Two of her sisters, Annie (left) and Rose (right), walk alongside Louise. Louise's third sister, Mame, must have taken the photo.

Thanks to my Best Friend for making this photo available to us.

Still

Kaunas, Lithuania, 1943. Mom has a number of images from a photo sitting.

Babysitting

Kaunas, Lithuania, 1943. My Dad's twin sister, Jonė, and a friend look after a little one.

Early Winter Walk

Near Kaunas, Lithuania, about 1943. My Dad snapped this photo of a friend.

"Time passes, but our friendship won't."

That's what my Dad's friend wrote on the back of this photo:

 

Tartu, Estonia, 1943. This woman gave my Dad the snapshot on August 17, 1944. Her inscription reminds me of what another friend said.

Canvas

Near Kaunas, Lithuania, about 1943. My Mom visits with her painter friend.

Aproned

Kaunas, Lithuania, about 1943. This is my Mom as a medical student. She sat for this photo around the time Vytautas Magnus University reopened after the first Soviet occupation.

Unpredictable

Kaunas, Lithuania, 1943. Mom sat for this portrait less than one year before she and her father, Jake, fled Lithuania.

Soon, the school year will begin.

Kaunas, Lithuania, about 1943. One of my Mom's medical-school classmates prepares her lessons.

Another Mystery Location

Lithuania, about 1943. My Dad popped this snapshot of his friend, Casey, into an envelope marked "Lietuva," or "Lithuania." If you know the location at which Dad took this photo, then please leave a comment.

Another Study Break

Kaunas, Lithuania, 1942 or 1943. Some of my Mom's medical-school classmates at Vytautas Magnus University share a laugh.

Related by Marriage: The Graduates

St. George's Parish Elementary School, Bridgeport, Chicago, June 1943. This is Mr. Irene's Mom's eighth-grade class. She stands in the third row, fourth from right.

Related by Marriage: Bring a candle.

Panevėžys, Lithuania, about 1943. Mr. Irene's Dad pays his respects at the wake of his maternal Grandfather, Michael. The woman holding the candle is Veronica, Michael's daughter.

I wrote about photography at funerals here.

Stamped

Kaunas, Lithuania, 1943. This is the passport photo of Ron's Dad. You may have seen Ron's Dad earlier here; he's the fellow on the left, wearing the eye glasses.

Thanks to my friend Ron for making this photo available to us.