My father sorted out piles of old family photographs before he died. Going through these old folders I found photos of some family members I had never seen before.
This is my great-great-grandfather, Owen E. Harper I and my great-great-grandmother Roselya Harper. The note on the back asked "Homer?" referring to my grandfather Homer Harper III, the rest I do not know . . there was no mention on the back. This photo is from around 1900-1910 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
This is my great-great grandmother Roselya Harper, circa 1900-1910, St. Louise, Missouri, USA. This photo, and the one above, are the only photos I have ever seen of her.
My father was in the U.S. Army stationed in Berlin, Germany after the war. The caption on the back of this photo said, "Berlin before The Blockade (Amy in the middle)," That is my father, Owen E. Harper II, on the left.
I came along on 1950. Here I am at 2 1/2 years old in Monterey, California, USA.
We moved to Frankfurt, Germany in 1953 and lived in a very big house of a former Nazi. My father "saved" these two good Italian people (seen with my brother Allan and I), Johnny and Lydia Bossi, from the destitution of post war Germany. They became very successful later in life.
We travelled all over Europe between 1953 and 1956 in our 1953 Studebaker. Here we are at Lago Maggeore in the Italian Lake Country in 1955. (L to R: me,my brothers Dennis and Allen).
Those were the days: me at 10 in 1960 in Calimesa, California. I scanned the last 50 old photos (of about 350) today, but will not put them all on line. Go to my Old Family Photos page for more of these.
Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 6:23PM
Reader Comments (2)
It is quite hard to find such vintage pictures, and they look quite good, Thanks for posting with a lots of effort.
Wow, these are fascinating. Who knew I had such quintessentially American ancestors? You look like you had a fantastic childhood.