Occasion: Christmas.
Date: 1969.
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Photographer: Joseph Frank Forrai.
Relationship to me: Brothers.
For the first four weeks in December, I decided to post the Christmas cards that my parents started sending in 1960. I think almost everyone is familiar with the photo holiday cards that some folks choose to send.
You may wonder where my father had these cards made? My dad had a dark room in the house where we lived. Photography was my dad's hobby since the 1940's. Each one of these cards were hand made.
How was the photograph taken? In the early years my dad used a portrait camera. There was a long cable attached to the camera. He routed it so it would not appear in the photograph. He would squeeze the button to take the photograph. In later years, he had a 35mm camera with a built in timer. My father aways used a tripod, and it would take him a good deal of time for the set up for these annual photographs.
This photograph was taken at a Christmas tree lot that was close to our home. I do not remember if this was the actual picture used on the holiday greeting card, but I do know it was from the photographic shoot.
It amazes me, how many of my relatives and friends of our family have hung onto these photographs. I am not the only one with a collection!
Greetings Forrai's 1968
Seasons Greetings 1966
Seasons Greetings 1965
Greetings Forrai's 1964
Season's Greetings Forrai's 1963
Season's Greetings 1962
Merry Christmas 1961
Best Wishes 1960
Love it!!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea, perhaps I can do that next year.
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