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These Boots. . .

On December 26, 2024 By nanasworldwebIn family history14 Comments

. . .were made for tying (or buttoning) . . . I've been looking at vintage photos on the Swedish Roots website and other sites such as Pinterest, this time taking special notice of the shoes on little kids. Since my stepchildren were 15 and 17 years old when I "got them" in 1992, I've …

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What the Doctor Ordered

On June 30, 2021March 3, 2023 By nanasworldwebIn Uncategorized17 Comments

My father was a man of many talents, as well as many interests. Recently, his antique bottle collection has found its way to me. What you are looking at here is a very small sampling of the bottles I now have at my house. When I was little, my dad and my uncles used to …

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Dainty Refreshments

On June 18, 2021March 3, 2023 By nanasworldwebIn family history9 Comments

Newspapers From the Past, Part 2 This is Stengrim and Charlotte Detlie, in a photo I can only guess is from the 1920s. You've seen their wedding photo in "Daddy and Some Babies" and "The Rest is History". Charlotte was my Grandma Edla Johnson's mother, and Stengrim was her stepfather. Edla's father Nels Nelson was …

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