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Guide Dog Puppy – 6 November 1998

February 7, 2013
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6 November 1998, Luna Park, St Kilda, Melbourne

This is Hawkeye, my first trainee guide dog puppy. He was offered to me when I was a volunteer puppy-raiser, after he had made an “escape bid” from the Guide Dog Association’s kennels where he was born. It was such a drama that the fire brigade had to be called, resulting in a news article in The Sunday Age newspaper, below.

He was a precious little pup who worked very hard towards his goal of becoming a working guide dog but unfortunately that was not to be. More of his story to come.

This strip is part of the series Photobooth 41 Year Project. You can see all the posts that document the series by clicking here.

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The newspaper article from August 1998.

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The original photo from the news article.

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An unpublished photo of the escape drama.

Becky and Friends – Part Five

February 6, 2013
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Undated. With unidentified friend or sibling. Could this be Robin?

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Same unidentified child.

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Same unidentified friend and a new one.

In part one I mentioned Robin, who could be a sibling or friend of Becky’s. The shots where he was named were missing from the archive of photos. This group of shots, all of the same, unnamed boy, suggest a younger brother or cousin, possibly named Robin.

In the strip with Becky, our happy, gap-toothed lad seems to be recovering from a fall or fight, having a large scab on his top lip. Fully healed in the second strip, his tousled hair and face-making skills are featured.

Finally, in the third strip he is joined by a little girl, who could also be a cousin to Becky, but I don’t think she is likely to be her sister. They are trying their best to pull faces, but seem unable to match their efforts to the timing of the flashes.

All undated photos, the top ones of Becky are probably from 1972 when she was about 17 years old, making the other strips more or less of the same date.

The Truman Show – 2 October 1998

February 5, 2013
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2 October 1998, Chadstone, Melbourne

My sister Sue and I after seeing the wonderful movie, The Truman Show. I love this strip of photos due to the great expressions on my Subie’s face.

It must have been too hot for me in the theatre, as unusually for me, I have my hair tied back.

This strip is part of the series Photobooth 41 Year Project. You can see all the posts that document the series by clicking here.

Becky and Friends – Part Four

February 4, 2013
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Undated. With unidentified friend.

Here is Becky and a new friend, once again having fun showing off in a photobooth, bless ’em.

I am guessing that this photo was taken quite soon after the picture, dated April 1969, from the previous post in this series. Becky would therefore be around 14 years old in this strip.

Becky’s pal either has bad teeth or braces. It is too hard to tell which, even with the ability to enlarge pictures with the scanner. I am going for bad teeth, as when I had braces, chewing-gum, (seen being chomped with gusto in the second frame of this strip), was an utter nightmare if it became attached to the wires.

Ziggy’s Letter And A Photobooth Elf

February 2, 2013
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photoboothZiggy'sLetter02 Ziggy's letter with an elfed-up Katherine. There is many a challenge that bloggers have taken on over the years - a photo a day, a poem a day, a recipe cooked per day; all needing to be snapped, composed or cooked and then blogged about.  But there is no task quite so ambitious as that set by a young woman from the UK, who goes by the pen name, Ziggy Shortcrust. She has committed to composing a handwritten letter everyday throughout 2013. Not only will she be writing and sending the letters all over the world, she is illustrating each and every one of them. Early on, I joined the list of hopefuls who wanted to get into the spirit of reviving the lost art of snail mailing. Last week I received a letter with a wonderful photobooth elf of yours truly with a giraffe envelope to boot. If you would like to help Ziggy in completing her mammoth task, just click here. Her contact details can be found in a link at the bottom of each post. photoboothZiggyenvelopeEdited The decorated envelope.

Profiles – 7 August 1998

February 1, 2013
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7 August 1998, Luna Park, Melbourne

We all agreed to pose in the same position, facing right. The fourth snap shows my anarchic brother-in-law, Timo. I love him. He makes me laugh.

This strip is part of the series Photobooth 41 Year Project. You can see all the posts that document the series by clicking here.

Becky and Friends – Part Three

January 31, 2013
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April 1969

Here we find Becky and her friend or possibly sister, Tina. The notes on the back indicate that Becky was in eighth grade when this was taken and Tina was in the seventh.

Tina rivals Becky in the stupid face pulling schenanigans. Quasimodo comes to mind in the last two photos!

Becky and Friends – Part Two

January 29, 2013
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“Me and Part of Pam Meadow. 7th Grade.”

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“Me and Part of Pam Meadow. 7th Grade.”

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“Pam Meadow. 7th Grade.”

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“Pam Meadow. 7th Grade.”

Here is Becky again, a little older. This time she is on a day out with her friend, Pam Meadow. In her posing style, Pam is a little more serious and less creative than Becky. Maybe she is just less willing to make herself look like a complete fool. She has gorgeous Becks to do that job for her.

These were all taken on the same day. They are undated, but from the dates on other strips, they were probably taken in 1968.

Cousins Love Music – 7 July 1998

January 28, 2013
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7 July 1998, Museum Station, Melbourne

This is my cousin Rachel, from Hamilton, New Zealand. She was visiting Melbourne at the same time as her mum, who was here for a conference of The Australian String Teachers Association, which my mum was organising. Rachel and I were volunteers at the event.  We took this photo on our way to the conference venue in North Melbourne.

This strip is part of the series Photobooth 41 Year Project. You can see all the posts that document the series by clicking here.

Becky and Friends – Part One

January 25, 2013
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Undated. Possibly 1966.

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Undated. With unidentified friend or sibling.

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1968.

These are the first three strips of photos from 14 strips that came from the USA as one lot. They document the changing face and life of a girl called Becky over a period of 10 or more years.

Becky loves to pull a face and muck about in photobooths with her friends and family. In some pictures her hair is straightened; in others wild and curly. You will enjoy getting to know her and watching her growth into adulthood.

The top two strips are undated but the lower has written on the back “Me and Robin, probably in the summer of 1968. I can’t remember exactly when.” The photos of Robin are missing. Robin, being the male spelling of the name, is possibly a younger brother who appears in future photos.

From information on other photos in the series I have worked out that Becky was about 13 years old when the third strip of pictures was taken. I guess she was two years younger in the first set and a year or so younger in the second.

More coming soon.