mikeonmaui t1_jebw7u9 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:53 PM

Reply to My mom in 1943, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas by Merujo

She was an American Hero!!

mikeonmaui t1_je6033r wrote on March 29, 2023 at 5:36 PM

Reply to comment by crazythinker76 in A 1938 photograph taken during a screen test for one of the Flying Monkeys from "The Wizard of Oz" by MulciberTenebras

I had a ready ability to suspend disbelief with movies, plays and such entertainment. My parents did a good job of balancing my fears by explaining the nature of entertainment. This left my sense of wonder intact and this has served me well in life.

mikeonmaui t1_je5ce6m wrote on March 29, 2023 at 3:05 PM

Reply to A 1938 photograph taken during a screen test for one of the Flying Monkeys from "The Wizard of Oz" by MulciberTenebras

The stuff of boyhood nightmares!! Flying monkeys!!! Mother’s explanation that it was all make-believe didn’t help much.

If I could imagine flying monkeys what else could I imagine??

mikeonmaui t1_j9der88 wrote on February 21, 2023 at 2:36 AM

Reply to Found this atop an hvac duct when I moved into my new home. I wish I knew more about it, although I assume it's circa mid 1940s by Dramatic-Scratch5410

A mix of officers and enlisted men. This is likely the personnel of a fighter squadron.

mikeonmaui t1_j9c6sh1 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 9:17 PM

Reply to comment by turdferguson3891 in What do you do with photos that you don’t know who people are? More information in comments. 1940? by cosplayernerdgirl

Here the the opportunity for you to have interesting and illustrious ancestors. As suggested here, make detailed and wild stories about who they are. Connect them with other photos of unknown people.