Sadly, there aren't many baby pictures of me. The few that were taken with a Kodak Instamatic Camera are black and white and blurry.
One color 8 x 10 still hangs in my mom's bedroom in Fair Grove, Missouri. A professional portrait by Fred Fox or some other Chicago area photographer of the time. Someday I'll snatch that up with the rest of the photo albums, but for now I'll let it remain on her wall so she can pretend she likes me.
Of the photos I have in my possession, this family shot at the zoo, circa 1963. No exact date, but judging from my size and those shoes, it must have been close to my 1st birthday in October.
Introducing, my dad Jan, my mother Lillian and me, Megryansmom in a Friday Flashback.
p.s. I have no idea what all the fuss was about Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing in 1972. Clearly we had pandas at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago in 1963!
p.p.s. Go visit TMI for more Friday Flashbacks!
AAAAHHHH! So many memories!
ReplyDeleteadorable picture! Oh my, I do remember those cameras! Truly agree about the panda hype!
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OMG I remember that exact camera!! My parents used to own one when I was little. I remember those nightlight flash bulbs... and then later on the cube bulbs... WOW memories!!!
ReplyDeleteAdorable photo. Are you sitting on the ACTUAL panda bear in that photo or a statue of one? Looks real to me...
Sis had one of those camera's. I loved the rotating flash cube... how handy was that!
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The Blue Ridge Gal
OMGosh my ena still has a camera like that...i remember those darn flash bulb thingys
ReplyDeleteLove the photo Rita!
OMG My sister has a very similar picture of her when my parents took her to Lincoln Park Zoo. My wife and I went there this past Sunday— too bad many of the animals were "Off Exhibit".
ReplyDeleteDude, I did not even notice the panda until you said something about Ling Ling and then I had to look back up @ the picture and I totally see a panda under your butt. I am still kind of groggy this morning I think...yeah, that's it.
ReplyDeleteSOOOOO had that same camera too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great shot. :)
I found your site from the Mr. Linky at Tara's site.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize that Panda Bears could be so tame. That's a really neat picture.
I only have one baby picture all the rest got burned up in a fire. It would be so nice to be able to look back at photos and reminisce. I also remember those cameras.
ReplyDeleteGreat picture! I love older photos.
ReplyDeleteLove the pics. Happy weekends
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness. That is a serious flashback. I LOVE it! What a priceless photo! Thanks for playing along! =)
ReplyDeleteYep...my parents had that same camera!! I remember it well!
ReplyDeletewell this camera looks like a dinosaur - a lovely dinosaur...Happy blogging
ReplyDeleteOMG! I remember my parents having a camera like that. What a flash back!
ReplyDeleteI love the pictures! :)
I love old pics like that! I have some on my Facebook, but not on my blog! Don't forget about Freak Magnet Friday!
ReplyDeleteThat is really cool...most of my pictures burned in a house fire my mom had when I was growing up. :(
ReplyDeleteHEHE! I bet that camera is worth something though...sadly I don't have many baby pictures either...I was the thrid daughter. :(
ReplyDeleteTOO adorable! And Redd Foxx took your picture? I had no idea he was a photographer!!!
ReplyDeleteMy parents had a camera like that and they'd blow on the bulb to cool it off.
ReplyDeleteWas that panda safe??? I'm not sure I'd be sitting my little bottom on it unless I was sure he wasn't going to eat me!
That is a GREAT picture!
ReplyDeleteClearly you did have Pandas! What an adorable picture...you look like a baby doll!
ReplyDeletePlease check out my Flashback Friday:
http://eightymphmom.blogspot.com/2009/02/flashback-fridays.html
I kept thinking..is that a real Panda? Wow, what a great photo!!!
ReplyDeleteVisiting from Tara's flashback Friday linky love fest.
I love that photo! And I think my Dad had a camera like that.
ReplyDeleteP.S. My mom is also named Lillian!
Awesome picture! Shame the Lincoln Park Zoo doesn't have stuff like that anymore, but to this day, it's still one of the best zoos in the country -- and it's FREE!
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