We were…waiting on a miracle Tryna find ourselves in the winter snow –Ed Sheeran, 2020 Everest 78 In 1978, Pierre Mazeaud became the first Frenchman to climb Mount Everest. The event was widely celebrated throughout France and Western Europe, evidenced by the branded sweater on the little girl in these pictures. Her sweater features an […]
Yamboree 1988
Every October since 1935, thousands of people have flocked to East Texas for the annual Yamboree Festival. Originally a celebration of the sweet potato ?, the event is one of the longest-held festivals in the Lone Star State. It includes a magnificent ? queen coronation and pageant, a ? carnival, two parades, a barn dance, […]
Lifetouch Declares National School Picture Day. Post your best #GenX school picture
Today, Lifetouch, a national school photography provider, celebrates the second annual National School Picture Day, an opportunity to relive and celebrate school pictures, from bowl cuts to mohawks, neon to flannel. (Especially the neon and flannel, Xers.) This commemoration is all the reason I need to share this school picture of me from the fall […]
Kids Play on the Beach in Bicentennial Bathing Suits, 1976
Photo Essay: A Family vacations on an undisclosed beach during the summer of 1976. Two of the siblings are wearing matching Bicentennial-themed bathing suits. (Source: Thomas Payne with CC License)
Two Young Gen-Xers on A Scary Carnival Ride, 1971 (Daily Photo)
Toddlers on a Giant Swing at a Texas County Fair When I first saw this 35mm slide image for sale I knew I had to buy it. It features two Gen-Xers on a scary carnival ride known as the giant swing. It was taken in East Texas in 1971. It is a glorious visual representation […]
Lost Generation Pictures in Rare World War I Era Photo Album
In 2018, I found a rare World War I, Lost Generation photo album at a flea market in Oklahoma City. It cost me $50. World War II albums are not that uncommon, but a World War 1 album of this caliber is quite an amazing find. Similar albums with fewer photographs and fewer human subjects […]
Girls in Swim Caps at the City Pool, 1976
In 1976, my entire 3rd-grade class went on a field trip to a YMCA swimming pool in Colorado Springs. I was so excited! It was going to be the best field trip ever. I didn’t have a swimming suit so the night before the big day my older sister Becky altered her bright blue check […]
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