Furnished Reunion

Urbana, Illinois, June 1981. This was the living room of my furnished apartment.

Saturday Mail Delivery

Urbana, Illinois, June 1981. I lived here for two years.

Related by Marriage: The Serious Shot

Marquette Park, Chicago, Illinois, June 27, 1959. Here's another image from Martha's wedding.

Suburban Dream Home

Chicago, Illinois, 1958. A friend of Mr. Irene's Mom moves into her new home.

Related by Marriage: Full-service fill up.

Skokie, Illinois, probably January 1978. Mr. Irene's friend leads Mr. Irene to the pump.

"Why Do TV Characters All Own the Same Weird Old Blanket?"

It's that granny-square afghan.

"I don`t use models. Almost always the model is me."

Sculptor Yulia Ustinova.

(Yes, the interview is two years old, but I stumbled on the images today.)

A Closer Look (Part 36)

Bridgeport, Chicago, Illinois, 1924. This is Mr. Irene's maternal Aunt, Martha, at the wake of her sister.

Here's the original post.

Review the subject.

Rockford, Illinois, Summer 1957. My Dad considers the Rockford German Shepherd before he photographs the dog.

Related by Marriage: Off to Work

Chicago, Illinois, 1949. Mr. Irene's maternal Grandfather, Stanley, drives the new 1949 Plymouth.

Travel the Tri-State

Suburban Chicago, October 1961. Dad may have driven the tollway to reach O'Hare. At the end of the clip, he exits the Eisenhower Expressway in Maywood, at the First Avenue ramp.

Forty-Five Years Ago

Suburban Chicago, July 20, 1969. Here's another "screen shot" Dad took during the broadcast of the moon landing.

Let's stage a scene in the kitchen.

Suburban Chicago, March 1959. We have a phone, and we keep a basket of wax fruit on the table.

"So … one of the most significant works in the history of architecture is the prototype for America's architectural Anti-Christ?"

PrairieMod mocks a headline calling Frank Lloyd Wright's Winslow House the first "McMansion."

(Here's why I am interested.)

UPDATE: I've revised this entry to reflect the edits posted at PrairieMod.

Related by Marriage: Thanks for the Bear.

Suburban Chicago, October 28, 1962. Mr. Irene's Mom sends a photographic thank-you note to Mr. Irene's paternal Uncle, Ignas, and Ignas's wife, Ellie.

Thanks to the daughter of Ignas and Ellie—Mr. Irene's Los Angeles Cousin—for making this photo available to us.

"Please do not flush toilet paper down the toilet! Put it in the bin provided."

Have the visitors to Sochi never lived on a property serviced by a septic system?

Watch your step.

Suburban Chicago, January 1959. My Mom and my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana, return from a shopping trip. Back then, people thought sixty-year-olds were "old," and stores sent you home with "brown paper packages tied up with string."

Tastes change.

When I finished my first year of grad school, I left Sherman Hall and moved into an apartment. The apartment was a few miles from campus, and I most often biked or walked to classes. I chose the unit primarily because it was furnished. Back then, I didn't think the furniture was nice.

 

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Urbana, Illinois, June 1981. Now, I wouldn't mind having that dinette set.

We were behind the grocery store.

Suburban Chicago, June 1962. The Jewel Food Store at Winston Plaza occasionally sponsored pony rides. Mr. Irene had a more interesting experience there.

Let's get a shot in the living room.

Suburban Chicago, Winter 1957. My Parents and my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana, have moved into the new house. 

There's a bit more about the painting here. I think I may create a housecoat tag.)