Mansell New Years Party
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in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois USA
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Mansell New Years Party
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Jane Petz
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01/02/2012
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Daniel Pinna
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01/04/2012
This is a great 1950's New Year's Party photo! Thank you for sharing this.
Filipe Medeiros
3 followers 212 favorites
01/04/2012
Is that the Mansell family home?
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I look across photos as this and I find myself doing the math...are any of them still with us? Would love to see their smiles today....life seems fleeting when looking back. Great pics....
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I just did the exact same thing.. looked at it and thought * how many are still alive*
Kathy Pinna
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01/01/2015
Yes, but many of us from 1951 are still alive - including our parents! My Mom still is . . . and many of her friends.
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Thanks Kathy Pinna .....good to hear! I was thinking 64 years plus whatever their age in photo...to me many looked as if in 30 ' s or older.... would b nice to get a new pic and place them side by side!!
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My mom was in her prime in the 50's, she's still going strong at 88!
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Ooma, I just had to tell you that I like your name. Here in TN Ooma is just not a name you hear - but I like it. But the McGleason you would probably hear in this area since the Scots settled quite abit of this territory.
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Back then photos really had meaning. I think that was because you had to 'wait' to see them and more thought was put into the action. It takes a special photo taken in this time that will catch my eye. I hate selfies.
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I know there will still be some alive but the majority must be pushing their nineties, if not the century and to ME there's both a fascination & sadness that inevitably "we're looking at a few ghosts on these" as my parents used to say, especially on the old Kodak cine-camera films. I always wonder what they did right next after these photos were taken, where did they go home to, conversations etc. It fascinates me completely.
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I love that they're obviously in somebody's basement but the women are all fixed up in pretty dresses & jewelry & most of the men are wearing suits & ties! Looks like a fun bunch! What is the guy in the very back with the glasses holding up in his hand?
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Here's a crop: It looks to me like it's just a pipe for water or gas.
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Basement parties (aka rec room parties) were big during that time. Young married couples could bring their children and put them to bed in the bedrooms, dressing up made it a festive event, and a good time was had by all!! I remember being put to bed with several little friends upstairs while the adults partied !!
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Cathy Zamzow Estabrook: I believe the gentleman in the back is not holding something up; rather, he his gripping a pipe. You can see another pipe next to it and right above the man's head.
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John Jack Thomas Mcalinden was born in 1926. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Jack Thomas McAlinden.
Sam Scimeca was born in 1919. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sam Scimeca.
Patricia Crinnion Scimeca was born on July 26, 1922. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Patricia Crinnion Scimeca.
Lillian Mansell was born on March 6, 1897. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lillian Mansell.
Dorothy Mansell Read was born on January 19, 1912. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Dorothy Mansell Read.
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