2 years old and striking a bargain with the ice cream vendor

8th birthday party with my friends Kitty and Joan. The white tubes we are holding were parachute launchers. We would put a flimsy silk parachute with an attached cardboard soldier into the tube and aim it skyward and BLOW! It worked real well until the tube got soggy from saliva...

2 years old

8 yrs. old and an aspiring ballerina

 

3 years old on Central Park West dressed in the height of fashion. Note the awnings on the building

 (no air-conditioning)

 

8 yrs. old

I had the complete cowboy outfit with 2 guns, hat, shirt vest, and chaps!

Note from Don: my parents wouldn't let me play with guns and I had to "make believe" with bent sticks. It's just not fair!!

3 yrs. old with cousin Gloria

My mom in her nursing uniform

 

3 years old and accepted my first Naval Commission

9 year old birthday trip to Asbury Park NJ

4 years old with my cousin Steve. Can you BELIEVE those outfits!

 

10 yrs. old with my friend Carol

7 years old and checking out the girls

10 yrs. old at Easter with my mom & Chad

10 years old. That floating thing never worked right. It was a WWII life preserver meant to wrap around you and the ends buckled together - it formed a triangle that would pinch you to death!

 

11 years old with mom

My Mom 1943

1947 - My baby sister Florence (Rusty)

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