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Posted: 17 Dec 2017

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South Dakota, December, 1962

South Dakota, December, 1962
At my grandparents' ranch. From left: my twin brothers, Mom, Dad, me, my uncle, another brother and my aunt. The two kiddies in red are cousins. Does anyone else remember those "circle pins?" I've got one on my collar.

The back rooms of the house were built into a bank for additional warmth in winter, cooling in summer. It was demolished by new owners about 25 years ago. I've placed the photo where the house used to be.

AA225 December customs

Don Barrett (aka DBs travels), Rosalyn Hilborne, , and 5 other people have particularly liked this photo

28 comments - The latest ones
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
A wonderful family shot!! You were very pretty, Diane. I'm sure you still are!!!!
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Andy Rodker club
Well, I'm old, Andy, so let's just say I've changed a lot. ;-o
Thanks, Andy!
7 years ago.
 Erika Akire
Erika Akire
...a wonderful memory...
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Erika Akire
Yes, it is! Thank you, Erika.
7 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Very nice memories ! Timetravelling is always a great thing !
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Ulrich John club
Danke, Ulrich! It is a lot of fun, I agree!
7 years ago.
 Smiley Derleth
Smiley Derleth club
Very special.
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Smiley Derleth club
Thank you, Smiley!
7 years ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
A treasure !
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Pam J club
Yes, it is! Thanks, Pam.
7 years ago.
 Sylvain Wiart
Sylvain Wiart
do you remember the gifts you received ?
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Sylvain Wiart
No, but I do remember a few from other Christmases. We were not a lavish-gift family, and still aren't!
7 years ago.
 Ernest CH
Ernest CH club
I nice thing memorize this !
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Ernest CH club
Yes, it is a lot of fun to remember those times! Thank you, Ernest.
7 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
This is a wonderful photo Diane. You and your Mum are so alike....................like peas in a pod.
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Keith Burton club
I guess we are - in that photo, anyway. Everyone tells us that, but neither one of us thinks we look alike. Oddly, Mom isn't smiling in that one, she almost always is, and not just in photos. I, on the other hand, have a somber look as my default expression. Lol!
7 years ago.
 Peggy C
Peggy C club
Still have one! Think many of us have these wonderful photos; thanks, Diane.

7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Peggy C club
Yes, I'm sure. Why not scan it and upload it here?
7 years ago.
 Rosalyn Hilborne
Rosalyn Hilborne
How lovely Diane. You look lovely :)
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Rosalyn Hilborne
Oh, thank you, Rosa. My vacant stare seems like a typical oldest-child's-boredom expression.
7 years ago.
 Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)
Don Barrett (aka DBs…
It's always surprising to me to realize that almost anywhere in the U.S. can look pretty much like anywhere else. Somehow I'd expect interior shots in a ranch in rural South Dakota to look different, but this could easily pass for a holiday family photo in my hometown in north Florida.
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Don Barrett (aka DBs…
Don, that's an interesting observation and you're right! The bland beige of everything at that time helps to keep everything undifferentiated, too.
7 years ago.
Don Barrett (aka DBs… has replied to Diane Putnam club
I was once at a party in a house in the Yukon, and the setting felt like I could have been 'anywhere USA/Canada'. To some extent I blame 'Hollywood' for creating a notion in our brains that different places are, well, going to be 'different'.
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Don Barrett (aka DBs…
I blame Hollywood for giving the impression that all of the USA will look exciting and sparkly, like New York and L.A. Most of it looks like Terre Haute, Joplin or Turlock.
7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.
Don Barrett (aka DBs… has replied to Diane Putnam club
More evidence that we often think alike..... "Terre Haute" is the one I always use for describing 'ordinary America'
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Don Barrett (aka DBs…
Oh, really? Haha! I've never even been there, it's just something about the sound of it...
7 years ago.
Don Barrett (aka DBs… has replied to Diane Putnam club
I've been through there twice, there's a faded old downtown and lots of truck stops..
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Don Barrett (aka DBs…
Really? Amazing, Leopold has been there and you, too! It's the definition of the middle of nowhere. There was a hardware/general store, grocery store and a cafe downtown. I don't know how long they lasted after the '60s. Also two bars. I worked at Cedar Pass after I graduated from h.s. and my friends and I walked to town at night to drink beer at the Cowboy Bar - the drinking age was 18, but we were 17 and the owner never asked us how old we were.
7 years ago.

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