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Van's parting shot as Marines prepare
for Vietnam (that's not him)
>> I do need names <<
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Good friend Joan helps Van
celebrate his discharge
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New home
227 1/2 Agate Ave, Balboa Island, CA
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Gille Flemier of France, visiting a neighbor.
A casual friend Van met on the island.
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Good friends, Esther Wellington
David Walden Young |
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The Mark Davidson Trio
Corona Del Mar, CA
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Hobbit the puppy
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Van got Hobbit from his
previous landlady in Laguna
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Elaine Blakely, classmate, pristine voice
.. Rub your belly and pat your head ..
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She went on to sing professionally
with The Doodletown Pipers
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Housemate Pierce Shannon
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Phillips Van Cleve Blakeman
and Gille Flemier |
Van's Opel Rekord and Shannon's Renault
in back of their home at ...
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227 1/2 Agate Ave, Balboa Island, CA
May, 1966
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The Huntington Beach Pier
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The Manhattan Beach Pier
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Carmen Del Valle
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Pierce
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Don't recall her name
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Flying east, July, 1967
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Hobbit
Princeton, NJ
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Sally Morey, Hannah Blakeman, Bob Carrick
and Hobbit
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Sally Morey, Van and Hannah Blakeman,
Hobbit and Hannah's dog Prince
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Antique copper cauldron
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Downpour in Princeton
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Stony Brook
July 1967
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Virginia Blakeman's watercolor of
Melville, Montana's Porcupine Butte |
A rusted vent under the front stoop
Well, why not?
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Beatrice Bruce Blakeman
Trenton, NJ
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Holder Hall, Princeton University
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Princeton High School 1967
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Princeton, NJ graveyard
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Sally Morey
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Cool jazz, maybe near Princeton
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Hannah Blakeman and friend, with Hobbit
August, 1967
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The Bourne Bridge
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Sky over Cataumet, MA
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Lawrence Island in the mist
Cataumet, MA
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Squeteague Harbor
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August, 1967
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10 Squeteague Harbor Rd
Cataumet, MA
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Cleo the Beagle
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Thomas Ledyard Blakeman
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Erich and Elizabeth Leal Giebel,
Virginia Leal Blakeman Giebel,
Tom Blakeman in the garage
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Erich Martin Giebel
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Hobbit the dog
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Leal and Elizabeth Giebel
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Liz and Erich Giebel
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Virginia Davidson Blakeman
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Antique ship's navigation sextant
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Leal and friend, Tom, Virginia,
Van and Hannah Blakeman |
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Antique chain lamp
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The Grasslands in Cataumet
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August 15, 1967
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Erich
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Imitating Grandfarfar
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Grandfarfar, Tom Blakeman
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The annual Cataumet Camp skit
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That may be Liz Giebel on the left
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NEED NAMES!
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??, and Debbie Laurie
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Tappan Zee Bridge. New York.
August, 1967
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One reason Van left NJ - (for Southern CA's smog??)
Actually he never really 'left'; he just went 'towards'
the CA sun, warmth, laid back ethos, etc.
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The NJ Turnpike. New York - Newark stretch
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Ginny and Tom Blakeman
Newark Airport
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Flying west
August, 1967
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The afterburn
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Van's 1958 Plymouth Royal coupe
on Agate Ave. Balboa Island, CA
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The pathway from Agate Ave to
Van's home in back
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Home-made doors to keep Hobbit in
September, 1967
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Van's back patio
Balboa Island, CA
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Van's aquarium; an occasional
moment of peace
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Robin, a lovely 'young' neighbor in love with
Van. He gently kept her at arms length.
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Experimental photograpy
Balboa Island, CA
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Van's candle sculpture; another
occasional moment of peace
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Man fishing from the pier
August, 1967 |
Under the Balboa pier
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Balboa Peninsula
Newport Beach, CA
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Tihuana Hills
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Vietnam protest group outside the
El Toro Marine Corps rifle range
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An aspiring writer and his dog
Balboa Island, CA
September, 1967
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Sending off a manuscript
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A hallway inside Orange Coast College
Costa Mesa, CA
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October, 1967
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New housemate
British transplant Carol Ashworth
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A Dolphin fountain possibly in
Costa Mesa, CA
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Smoke from Paseo Grande fire
hangs over Newport Beach
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October 29, 1967
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Fire in the Paseo Grande hills
Tustin, CA
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Interesting sky somewhere in Orange County, CA
October 30, 1967
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Mildred Hodgeman cleaning the place
in exchange for fixing her appliances
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Moving
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Clowning around on top of Mount San Jacinto
above Palm Springs, CA.
November, 1967 |
Van's Plymouth Royal
in the Laguna hills
Orange County, CA |
Possibly near USMC El Toro
Irvine, CA
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Possibly the San Juan Creek
along the Ortega Highway
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Newport Beach, CA skyline at night
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Virginia Blakeman overlooking
Laguna Beach, CA
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Laguna seas
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Van's favorite daily (come hell or high water)
swimming beach
(where he had almost drowned in rough seas) |
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Virginia Blakeman
Mission San Juan Capistrano
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Loving girlfriend for awhile
Consuelo Wingard
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About 25 years after Steinbeck
Cannery Row, CA
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At Van's new home
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His 'Youve got mail' contraption
240 E. 15th St
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Costa Mesa, CA
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Flying over Newport Harbor in CA
December 09, 1967
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Visiting UCSC Santa Cruz
considering enrollment
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Flying out of LAX
about December 20, 1967
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The Delaware river between
Lambertville, NJ and New Hope, PA
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The Battle Monument
Princeton, NJ
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Diana Berrie and Van
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Erich Martin Giebel clowning around
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Van's uncle John Letchworth Church
Tom Blakeman's half-brother
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Leal Giebel
Van's oldest sister
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Tom Blakeman (center) and friends.
His mother, Charlotte Phillips Van Cleve Church
and Jody at the piano
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Jody Kerssenbrock singing
Pianist's name unknown
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Christmas stocking on Van's bureau
December 25, 1967
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Virginia and Hannah Blakeman, Jody, Tom,
Phillis Blakeman Church and Bebe Blakeman |
Opening Xmas stockings
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Hannah Blakeman
The Christmas tree is off limits until after breakfast |
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Hannah, Virginia and Bebe Blakeman, Jody,
Tom and his mother Phillis
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Gifts Van received
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Bebe, Phillis Church, Tom, Jody,
Van and Hannah Blakeman |
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Snow in the back yard
95 Wilson Rd, Princeton, NJ
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Flying west
December 29, 1967
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