My Mom’s Gymnastics Team – c1930

May 22, 2018May 22, 2018Chris and Carol 1 Comment

Wonderful photograph of my mom and her high school gymnastics team taken in New York City around 1930 or so.

My mom, Mary Whelan (Kusnier) is the 6th girl standing from the left.

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Ida and Thomas Whelan

May 22, 2018May 22, 2018Chris and Carol Leave a comment

I recently found the time to scan some wonderful photographs of my family. This one of my father’s parents is one of my favorites. This is a direct scan of the print that was made back in the early 1930s. I haven’t touched up the image in any way except to add a touch more brightness. The tones are original. The image was taken in Brooklyn, New York c1932.

Chris’ grandparents – Ida and Thomas c1932

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Wonderful memories…

April 26, 2018May 4, 2018Chris and Carol 2 Comments

Carol and I in the early 1980s. Less gray but still plenty of smiles.

So happy together then and now.

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C&C

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My “Dad”

March 26, 2018March 26, 2018Chris and Carol 1 Comment

My father-in-law Frank at work (Pratt & Whitney Aircraft) in 1993. He worked for “Pratt” for 40 years and was a top-flight welder of jet engines. Frank’s still going strong at 85! Here’s to you dad!

Frank was a foremost J58 engine welder for nearly his entire career at P&W

This logo (above) is known as the “Florida” eagle which is installed on the J58 turbojet engines used in the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft and on the RL10 liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen engine used in the Centaur rocket.

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A flock of Blackbirds

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Gladys E. Tifft

March 13, 2018March 13, 2018Chris and Carol 6 Comments

With great sadness, we announce the passing of Gladys – loving mother to Carol and awesome mother-in-law to me. A wife to Frank, a mom, a grandma, and a great grandma. She is missed.

Frank and Gladys Tifft – 65 years married.

Gladys E. Tifft – May 31, 1935 to March 8, 2018

No Longer ‘YashicaChris’ – now Chris and Carol

January 6, 2018January 6, 2018Chris and Carol 6 Comments

We’ve decided to change the names on our blog to better represent ourselves ^.^

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We are Chris and Carol and we thank our many followers and the many visitors to our little blog – we had nearly 28,000 views in 2017 and that just blows our minds! Yes, we’re die-hard Mets fans. If you’re gonna root for a team you better be in it for the long haul – through the ups and downs, good times and bad.

We’re about to celebrate 44 years of marriage! Woo Hoo us!

Thanks for sticking with our blog and showing us some love!

All the best to our great readers!

C&C ^.^

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Great-Aunts, Vermont 1930s

December 27, 2017December 27, 2017Chris and Carol Leave a comment

Carol’s great-aunts on her mother’s side in a found photograph from the 1930s (we believe). I like this photograph because it’s rather well taken – not particularly well scanned, but for the time period, it’s a rather good picture.

I don’t know what format the camera was that took this but I enjoy the wider view given by the photographer’s perspective. The ladies are well centered (side to side and top to bottom) and in focus. The wider view allows the viewer a chance to take in the surroundings and appreciate the era in which it was taken.