u/BlackbirdSage

The subreddit r/thewaywewere requires photos to be at least 40 years old. Welp, this was only 38yrs ago.

(WOG Day 1988 aboard USS Midway enroute Freemantle, Aus to home port in Yokosuka, Jap. with a brief pause in the Philippines for Operation Classic Resolve. Before nearly capsizing when she did a 24° combined pitch/roll to port. If it had been to starboard, I wouldn't be posting this)

Enjoy.

An acquaintance posted a pic with this shotgun... Save me the agony sleuths of Reddit. 🙏

D&S # 482 leaving Durango Terminal for Silverton.

My family moved to Tucson from the Northeast. We had many friends & family come visit.

There were many places we took them to, but Old Tucson Studios was my favorite.

(me in the bowtie with a musket, on the left.)

Went camping with three generations of my paternal family. We went to the beach during the day, and at night we ate and sat around the fire and bonded. *(not a smart phone to be found)*

My Aunt Nora and I believe her sister Peg, around 1940-42 (based on other photos of her that are dated).

In front of... the original Bowman's department store, a small chain in the Harrisburg area (they also had stores in Kline Village and Camp Hill). Closed by 1979; currently offices. Their main competition would have been Pomeroy's, which was at 3rd & Market Sts. in Harrisburg, PA.

c.1974

USS Midway anchored in Hong Kong Harbor (c.1990)