Never miss an opportunity.

 

Suburban Chicago, January 1975. Gigi knows Mom's later dinner creates another chance to mooch.

Alert

Brookfield Zoo, 1975. The Arctic Fox considers the zoo visitors.

Tucked

Brookfield Zoo, January 1975. They're paying attention.

Woodpecker's Work

Door County, Wisconsin, June 1976. It's hard to find the right spot.

Workday

Suburban Chicago, January 1975. Gigi daydreams as Dad concentrates.

Soviet Square

Lukiškės Square, Vilnius, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1975. See Photo 17 here.

Still at the Party

Chicago, Illinois, August 1975. Mom enjoys some time with one of the celebrants.

Reception

Chicago, Illinois, August 1975. Mom attends an anniversary party.

Some dance in the modern style.

Chicago, Illinois, August 1975. Guests at an anniversary party hit the dance floor. I believe this event took place at "JC's."

This was a time when women often wore wigs and floor-length dresses to parties.

November Dusting

Door County, Wisconsin, November 1975. It's a clear view to the lake.

Grading

River Forest, Illinois, November 1975. A teacher at my high school uses the time between classes to review a few papers.

Hello, Jack

Door County, Wisconsin, 1975. Dad meets his subject on the dirt road.

"Bonjour!"

River Forest, Illinois, November 1975. Here's another snapshot from my stint as a high-school yearbook photographer. The woman on the right is the Dominican sister who taught French. I enrolled in French-language classes after I completed my two years of Latin study. She was an amazing teacher: she never allowed us to speak English in her classroom. I felt nearly fluent in French after I completed the coursework.

This teacher's training was so good that when I enrolled in college, I tested out of the foreign-language requirement and earned the equivalent of four years' credit in French. I was so excited when I learned the news that I called her from my dorm room telephone to thank her.

(Does anyone still install terrazzo floors [distinguishable from "terrazzo tiles"]? The Venetian apartment in which I lived had them, too. I just love them.)

Exploration, in Three Takes

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Door County, Wisconsin, August 1975. Gigi looks for crayfish.

Matched Reunion

Door County, Wisconsin, 1975. It's a pair of slippers.

Think Big.

River Forest, Illinois, November 1975. Here's another image from my stint as a high-school yearbook photographer. I took this in the office of the school's library. You likely notice the card catalog and typewriter. Did you see the film-strip canisters?

Frozen Shore

Door County, Wisconsin, March 1975. It's "Spring Break," and we're visiting the cottage.

Poised

Brookfield Zoo, 1975. The Arctic Fox cracks a smile.

December-Thaw Reunion

Thatcher Woods, Suburban Chicago, December 1975. Dad selected this image from Thatcher Woods for one of his Christmas cards.

Gray-Wolf Reunion

Brookfield Zoo, December 1975. The Endangered Species Act protected gray wolves; then, the zoo was one of the few places to see them.