Mount Rushmore, 1961
Indian Hogan or house, New Mexico August 1961
Yosemite Park August 1961
Yosemite Park Aug 1961
Wild Antelope Edgerton Wyoming 1961
Wedding Chapel, Reno, Nevada 1961
Our house, August 1961. Grandpa’s new Dodge in the driveway, David, Mark, Pat with Dad.
Unlabeled, summer 1961. Maybe an alien space cruiser…
Unlabeled, summer 1961. Looks like a large rock.
Unlabeled Aug 1961
Knott’s Berry Farm 1961
The family farm, Fall 1961
The family farm, Fall 1961
Texas Cap Rock, Amarillo Texas, summer 1961
Tecate Rock Baja California, Aug1961
Teapot Dome Caspar Wyoming 1961
Stage Coach Old Town Kansas Aug 1961
Pat on old Charlie, who was owned by Grandpa Hockersmith. Summer, 1961
Petrified Gardens, Black Hills, South Dakota 1961
Radar installation, near Amarillo, Texas. Summer 1961
Grandpa, Salt River Canyon, Arizona Aug 1961
A rainbow near Bloomington, Indiana, July 1961
San Francisco bay bridge, 1961
Sharon And Ed McConnell Nov 1961
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SomewhereOutWest Aug 1961
Palomar Observatory (stock photo slide, I think) 1961
Painted Rock Aztec Arizona Aug 1961
The old farm house, July 1961. You can see their car (49 DeSoto Deluxe) in the driveway.
Another shot of the old farmhouse, apparent from the same day in July, 1961. The front of the 1949 DeSoto DeLuxe is clearly visible, between the pecan tree and the pear tree.
Grandma and Grandpa Crum (Oren and Margaret) visited us on Dad’s (Walter’s) 35th birthday, June 20, 1961. Mom (Joyce) is with Dad. In front are all 4 siblings: Pat, Mark, David, and Joe (with trusty Daisy BB rifle). The beagle is Lucky.
Grandpa (Oren) with Elizabeth Peden At Emma Robbins, Upland, Ca Aug 1961
Emma Gurley Peden Robbins (http://www.padenfamily.org/getperson.php?personID=I36096&tree=peden1) was Oren’s aunt. Clara Peden was Grandpa’s mother’s maiden name. Emma would have been his mother’s sister. And Elizabeth would have been their half-sister, born to her father’s (John Clark Peden’s) second wife, after her mother (Oren’s grandmother) had died. Emma was born May 4, 1874, and her mother (Cynthia Elizabeth Mathes) died April 4, 1875, before Emma was 1 year old. John Clark Peden married Anna Catherine Beuhler (from Switzerland) soon afterward, so Elizabeth (b. 1884) was raised with her half-siblings. Emma would have been 10 years older than Elizabeth, her younger sister. I’m pretty sure that Grandpa had not seen these relatives in many years, possibly this was the first time.
Grandpa with a cactus, Mojave, Arizona. Summer 1961
8-year old Joey with Grandma and Grandpa Crum and his trusty Daisy BB Rifle. July, 1961
David with Grandpa and Grandma Crum, July 1961
Monterrey Beach, CA. August 1961
A train load of new cars, November 1961.
Our new house, December 25, 1961.
Storm in Oklahoma, Aug 1961
“Old town”, Kansas, Aug 1961
Grandpa and a new friend. Custer Park, SD 1961
66-year-old Grandpa in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Aug 1961.
“Mining Tunnel” Silver City NM Aug1961
Our cousins Martha and Cindy Peyton, Christmas 1961
Mark and David in the tree, Joe and his BB gun on the ground, by the old cherry tree in the yard of the farm house. Fall 1961.
“Louisville locks from the K&I bridge” 1961
LakeTahoe California / Nevada Aug1961
Knotts Berry Farm Entrance Aug1961
Knotts Berry Farm Covered Wagons Aug1961
Kennedy Bridge over the Ohio River (under construction), Nov 1961
Joe, Mark, and David in Grandma Crum’s yard. Fall of 1961.
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“IndianHoganOrHouse New Mexico Aug1961”
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Cousins Cindy and Martha Peyton, with dog trophies. JamesPeytonDogTrophiesDec25_1961
Another shot of the McConnell family. Nov 1961
Another pic of the McConnell family in November 1961. The lady and girl in the back must have been relatives; I don’t recall their names.
Ocie, Sharon, Jim, and Ed McConnell, Nov 1961
November, 1961. Ocie, Sharon, Jim, and Ed McConnell. I think this was taken at their home, when they lived near us.
Summer of 1961. Taken at my Great Grandpa Hockersmith’s home in Indiana. He’s on the left. Grandpa Crum is helping Pat get on Charlie, the horse. Joe and David are on him already. Dad is on the other side holding the reins, and Mom is watching.
This is a hummingbird’s nest. 1961.
Summer 1961 – a big hornets’ nest down at the creek.
Closer shot of the hornets’ nest at the creek, summer 1961. In a beech tree.
David on Charlie, with Mark, Pat, and Joe watching along with Dad and Great Grandpa Hockersmith. Summer, 1961 on my great grandparent’s farm.
Summer 1961 – Joe, David, and Mark with Great Grandpa Hockersmith and Great Grandma Hockersmith., at their Indiana house. We didn’t visit them very often, sad to say. They were my Grandma Offutt’s (Daisy’s) parents.
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July 1961. My great grandparents Crum. Mable C. Schlosser Crum and Benjamin Oren Crum (92). I think this was taken at their home in Brownsburg, IN. Mable was his second wife. His first wife, Clara Peden Crum, was my grandpa Crum’s mother, who died July 7, 1908. Grandpa (Oren) would have been about 13 years old when his mom died.
Great Grandpa Hockersmith. summer / fall 1961
July 1961. My great grandparents Crum. Mable C. Schlosser Crum and Benjamin Oren Crum (92). I think this was taken at their home in Brownsburg, IN. Mable was his second wife. His first wife, Clara Peden Crum, was my grandpa Crum’s mother, who died July 7, 1908. Grandpa (Oren) would have been about 13 years old when his mom died.
Grandma Crum, 1961. Not sure who took this, it’s a little blurry. Her house is the background.
Grandpa At BuenaPark Calif Aug1961
This may be at Knott’s Berry Farm.
Grandpa At Emma Robbins Upland, Ca Aug1961
Emma Gurley Peden Robbins (http://www.padenfamily.org/getperson.php?personID=I36096&tree=peden1) was Oren’s aunt. Clara Peden was Grandpa’s mother’s maiden name. Emma would have been his mother’s sister. And Elizabeth would have been their half-sister, born to her father’s (John Clark Peden’s) second wife, after her mother (Oren’s grandmother) had died. Emma was born May 4, 1874, and her mother (Cynthia Elizabeth Mathes) died April 4, 1875, before Emma was 1 year old. John Clark Peden married Anna Catherine Beuhler (from Switzerland) soon afterward, so Elizabeth (b. 1884) and his mother Clara were raised with their half-siblings. Emma would have been 10 years older than Elizabeth, her younger sister. I’m pretty sure that Grandpa had not seen these relatives in many years, possibly this was the first time.
Grandpa Crum in front of a big clock somewhere in Kentucky. Fall 1961
Grandpa Crum driving “the machine” as he called it, on their trip out west. Summer of 1961
Double exposure… on the Left is Grandpa Crum on the beach at San Simeon, CA Aug 1961. I think the other part of the pic is another of the same beach..
Grandpa (Oren) shoveling snow from the steps of his home. December 12, 1961
Grandma Crum with the 61 Dodge, fall of 1961. Didn’t often see her with a hat on…
Grandma Crum, Novembner 1961
Grandma at Bernheim Forest, Ky. July 1961
Summer 1961. Two pictures for the price of one. David, Pat, Joe, and Mark standing in our back yard on St. Joe Rd East.
July 1961 – the 4 of us on the picnic table behind our house. So overexposed that I didn’t take the time to clean it up.
Fall 1961 – Pat, Joe, David, and Mark with Great-Grandparents Hockersmith.
Joe, David, and Mark with Great Grandparents Hockersmith. Fall of 1961
The farm house in July 1961.
Disneyland Aug 1961
Disneyland Aug 1961
Disneyland Aug 1961
Disneyland Aug 1961
This slide is labeled “DisneylandAug1961_MatterhornWeRodeThruOnATrain”
El Capitan, August 1961
This slide was labeled “ExtinctVolcanoNewMexicoAug1961”
The family in the front yard of our house on St. Joe Rd East, but not a great picture…
Disneyland Aug 1961
Disneyland Aug 1961
Disneyland Aug 1961
Disneyland Aug 1961
I must have been hot here in August. The slide is labeled “DesertYumaArizona120DegsAug1961”
We 3 under the pear tree. Summer 1961. And I’m armed as usual.
June 1961. David and Joe. Shooting at cows? Maybe.
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Another shot of the Corn Palace, 1961.
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“The world’s only corn palace”.
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October 1961. Another picture of the hornet’s nest over the creek.
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Dad finally got Pat on Charlie’s back. Summer 1961 at the Hockersmiths.
Summer 1961. Another shot of the boys on old Charlie, with Dad, Pat, and Great Grandpa Hockersmith. Just realized that Dad is 35 in this picture. My youngest son, Andy, was 35 this year.
Christmas at home. 1961. Mark appears to be armed in this picture. Dad has that “Christmas morning after the presents are opened” look… 🙂
1961, Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa Crum’s.
Another picture from Grandma Crum’s, 1961. Mark, David, Pat (with doll) and Joe. From the earbud stuck in my ear, I would guess this is the year that we received Windsor transistor radios for Christmas. I still have mine.
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Buffalo in Custer State Park, SD Aug1961
Another shot of we boys on old Charlie, with Great Grandpa Hockersmith, and Dad holding Pat. Fall 1961
Joe, Mark, and David hanging around (and on) the cherry tree. October 1961
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August 1961. Slide was labeled “Christian home of aunt Alice Peden”. Lucy and Alice Peden were two of my Grandpa’s (Oren) aunts. They were his mother’s sisters, and they apparently lived together in California, and never married. Lucy died in 1951. Alice apparently died June 26, 1962, less than a year after this was taken, at the age of 101.
I think this must have been the nursing home where Alice spent her last days. I’m working on getting a little more information about this place; I have been told that it is still there.
Here’s an image of the grave stone for both Lucy and Alice: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26185950/mary-alice-peden
AnaheimParkAug1961
ApacheMtsShowLowArizonaAug1961
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Badlands SD 1961
Badlands of SD 1961
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A Big Clock in Kentucky. Fall 1961
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Great Grandpa looks excited to be posing for another picture.
The 3 amigos ride off into the sunset…