Christmas Family Pictures Album by George Agnew. Photos by George Agnew. 1 - 23 of 23 Total. 362 Visits.
1 1955 Hahn AFB Germany. We welcomed George, a wonderful little baby boy. Malcolm celebrated the event with his new Roliflex camera.
2 1956 Bittburg Germany, Malcolm is Gen. Lee's aid. But we still found time to do Christmas pictures.
3 1957 back stateside. George AFB, Victorville California, 214 Nevada front patio.
4 1958 Agnew's arid acres, Victorville California. We had just purchased the trailer and camped out here whenever time permitted - after we dispossed a huge rattlesnake. The coyote well that collected water down deep in the rocks is just behind us.
5 1959, the children are growing up, Malcolm sprouts mustache, we're still at George.
6 1960, big change, Another wonderful little boy baby, Malcolm Alexander, born in California had joined our family, For the first time, we are living on the economy in South Euclid Ohio. Malcolm is attending Case Institute to get a Masters degree in Operations Research. Marian is pounding silver at the Cleveland Art Institute.
7 1961 and 1962 were tumultuous years for our family and evidently the Christmas picture was one of the casualties. Malcolm finally got his degree and was posted to the Pentagon in Washington DC. Mother persuaded me to buy a house and offered to front the money for it. Malcolm and I went shopping and bought the McLean house.
8 1963, in July, after Mother and Dad left on 2 month bucket trip around the world, the Agnew family assembled in Swarthmore at their house in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, Charlotte arrived with Charles and Jamie and for a while Peter and Kate stayed with us.
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10 1964, the Dumbarton brats gather for the Christmas picture in the side yard. The tree behind them was a great climbing challenge.
11 1965, Marian finally found a way to keep everybody busy and family fights to a minimum: music lessons. Frank Fisher loaned us his piano and everyone else had something to tootle or twang on. Pimienta, our Dalmatian had arrived.
12 1966 everyone is growing up and Pimi had 8 puppies and we kept one and named her Samantha. From this time on, Pimi and Sam where the neighborhood guard dogs. Pimi accompanied Charles on his paper route every morning. We paid a lot of vet bills.
13 The Family Xmas tree gathering expedition - Richard Petree and his little brother came with us.
14 1967 Here’s the Christmas tree that we just cut raised in the new room, a 25’ X 28’ addition added to the rear of the house to accommodate expanded family gatherings. Marian designed it and everyone was drafted to learn rudimentary carpentry. Finally had space for a dining room table and a huge workbench. Stone floor, exterior siding and cathedral ceiling made it bulletproof land washable with a garden hose. Glass walls looked out on the 18 acres of woods behind us. Anna Marie Fisher, C&J’s great aunt chipped in to help pay for it. That's Charles sitting on his unicycle that he rode in Malcolm’s Barbershop Show that year.
15 1968 We’re still looking very conventional. Everyone was doing as well as could be expected at school and busy with music lessons and outside activities. Leslie was starring at sports. Marian had gone to work as a substitute teacher.
16 1969 The family in front of the huge fireplace in the new room, finally finished. Samantha has a litter of two puppies. When Pimi tried to mother them, we had the dog fight of the century. Marian finally threw Pimi over the back fence. Charles still has the scars. More vet bills.
17 1969 same year - children and puppies.
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19 19?? In the woods behind the house.
20 19?? Peter has died and Kate moved to Distaff Hall in Washington. She visited frequently and became an integral part of the family. She had been born at Letterman Army hospital in San Fransisco, lived through the 1906 earthquake. She had a great sense of humor and entertained us with wild stories about the Old Days as an Army brat, living in the Philippines. I wish I had had the good sense to tape her stories.
21 retake behind the new room. Everyone is growing hair and George has gone full hippie.
22 19?? summer - Full family gathering at Distaff Hall just before Charles leaves for Harvard. My family is starting to scatter.
