1943
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Virginia Davidson Blakeman and
Phillips Van Cleve Blakeman
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Kingston, NJ
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Shortly after August 21, 1943
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1944
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Virginia Leal Blakeman, Van
and Beatrice Bruce Blakeman
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with Thomas Ledyard Blakeman
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and Virginia D Blakeman.
And in Bebe's hand to the right ...
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"The Children Who Went To New Jersey"
Author might have been our mother
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Princeton, NJ
June, 1944
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June, 1945
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In Stony Brook
July, 1946
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Dad and I
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1946
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65 Westcott Rd
September, 1946
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On a Cape Cod sand dune
July, 1947
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1947
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Tucker, mom, Bebe, Leal, Hannah
Me, dad and Penny the dog
Birmingham, MI, December 25, 1948 |
Van and Hannah Hall Blakeman
Bloomfield Hills, MI
December, 1952
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Mom, Hannah and I
April 05, 1953 |
1953
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With Don Dohoney, camp counselor and
MI football pro. Camp Charlevoix, MI
August 12, 1953 |
I burnt my face off weeks prior holding a match
over a shellac can to clean the goop out.
Bloomfield Hills, MI, April 18, 1954 |
About when they bought
the Cape house.
Cataumet, MA, August, 1954 |
5905 Wing Lake Rd, Bloomfield Hills, MI
April, 1955
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1955
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Me with Art and Pete Rowe
camping in Northern MI.
Dad taking the picture. September, 1955
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Cissy Sloan
J D Martin Sloan |
Bloomfield Hills, MI
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1956
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Our new home for a year on
West Mountain Rd, West Simsbury, CN
May, 1957
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Tucker the Springer Spaniel
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1957
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Me and my pet parakeets
Cataumet, MA
June, 1957
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Janey Douglass on
the Megansett pier
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Freddie Douglass and Hobbit II
Cataumet, MA
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Janey and Freddie
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J D Martin Sloan
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My foot.
Dropped a sofa leg on it.
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Christmas with our paternal grandmother
Charlotte Phillips Van Cleve Church
Princeton, NJ, December 25, 1957 |
Uncle Frederic Birdsey Blakeman and his new
wife, Virginia "Jill" Sherwood Blakeman
June, 1958 |
1958
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Princeton, NJ
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Cleopatra, the Christmas puppy
December 25, 1958
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1959
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My aquarium
March, 1959
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Cleo and Hobbit II
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Hobbit and Tom Blakeman
March, 1959
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My bedroom
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at 95 Wilson Rd, Princeton, NJ
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March, 1959
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Hannah Hall Blakeman
March 29, 1959
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Bebe Blakeman
June, 1959
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Leal Blakeman
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Virginia Davidson Blakeman
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Marty Sloan, Mt Rushmore, SD
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Mom
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Yellowstone National Park, WY
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The Sweetgrass Ranch
Melville, MT
July, 1959
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Phillis and Tom Blakeman
Mother and son
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Mom and dad watching a rodeo clown
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Marty
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Van
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The Sweetgrass ranch house
Melville, MT
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Janey Douglass on the Megansett pier
in North Falmouth, MA
August, 1959 |
Beach party on Lawrence Island
Cataumet, MA
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Freddie Douglass on the bow of our boat
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Squeteague harbor
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Cataumet Beetle Cat sailboats
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On the ferry boat to Marthas Vineyard
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Edgartown Harbor
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Gay Head
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Marty and I
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Staying at a
Marthas Vineyard hostel
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Old Silver Beach
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in Falmouth, MA
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I took her to her prom
in Birmingham, MI
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September, 1959
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Marty
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The Sloan's new home
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Back at the Wilson Rd house
Princeton, NJ
June, 1960 |
Leal
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Prince
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1960
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Hannah Blakeman
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Elli Donald (Hawks) and Ann Donald
Bill Donald III and Bill Donald II
August, 1960 |
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Elli Donald (Hawks) and Ann Donald
Bill Donald III and Bill Donald II
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Ranch hand, Sarge Hoem
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Ranch hand, Van
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A roll-over on the way home from the
ranch put my left leg in a full cast
and a dent in my head
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I made this target for my sister
Princeton, NJ
December 25, 1960 |
1961
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September, 1961
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near Princeton
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Diana Berrie
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My 1939 Packard
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Jody Kerssenbrock
December, 1961
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Hubert W Giebel and Leal Blakeman
engaged
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95 Wilson Rd
Princeton, NJ
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Carole Farley with George Wood
and Ruthie Seyfarth
December 09, 1961
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David Johnson
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December 09, 1961
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Diana Berrie
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Nick Long and friend
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1962
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'Beaver' Johnson and brothers, NYC
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Thomas Ledyard Blakeman
Beatrice Bruce Blakeman
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Jody Kerssenbrock
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After walking out of the principal's office, never
to return, I am on my way to a friend of a
friend's farm in Nebraska. March, 1962 |
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Between Lyons and Bancroft, NE
April, 1962
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Me on my way to the basement shower
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Larry Kjeldgaard
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Dehorning the cattle ...
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... before they poke each
other's eyes out
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Nona Kjeldgaard
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Their babysitter
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December 25, 1962
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One year later
December 25, 1963
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