{"id":12584,"date":"2017-04-30T23:42:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T03:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=12584"},"modified":"2022-01-12T11:39:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T16:39:09","slug":"2021-mompix-politics-parking-tix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=12584","title":{"rendered":"2021 – MomPix: Politics & Parking Tix"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(ignore 4-30-17 publish date – this was published on February 16, 2021)<\/span><\/p>\n

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My mother never really talked about any of this stuff – at least not to me (plus – as the eldest – I was out on my own for a lot of this) – so the revelations uncovered by this dive into bags of family history are eye-opening and welcome – especially to a photographer-offspring. If any of what\u2019s here is news to my siblings, all the better.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fortunately, she did these things sparingly over the course of a couple of decades, so I don\u2019t have to write a book about each thing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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POLITICS<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I knew she (and my father) were involved in local Republican politics – she was a Republican Committeewoman from Teaneck (not sure if Dad held a similar male post) – but I didn\u2019t know about her photographic involvement.<\/span><\/p>\n

I found about two dozen pix – including a couple of musicians and sports figures – at political events, so I\u2019m just going to post them chronologically.<\/span><\/p>\n

1964<\/u> – When Barry Goldwater ran for president, Mom worked at Goldwater HQ on Cedar Lane in Teaneck:<\/span><\/p>\n

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(I remember that when Barry lost, Mom came home VERY late on Election night, but it is NOT known if those hours were spent at the establishment to HQ\u2019s immediate left in the picture.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Though she never photographed Barry, she DID photograph his son, Michael, at what she referred to on the back of the print as \u201cTeaneck\u2019s Cow Palace\u201d – a name\/place that no one I\u2019ve asked in town seems to be able to identify:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Official status!<\/span><\/p>\n

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1966<\/u> – As far as I can tell, this has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with politics, but these are the sports figures I mentioned above, so I\u2019m including it because it\u2019s SO rare that my mother – a Brooklyn Dodger fan – would photograph any NY Yankees (who I shot a TON of, beginning 14 years later), but here is her shot of Steve Hamilton (l) and Clete Boyer (r) onstage at Palisades Amusement Park on July 8, 1966. It\u2019s likely that she was there because my younger brother was a Clete Boyer fan:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The \u201cNext Performance 8pm\u201d sign on the left probably does NOT refer to these guys. Further research shows that the Yankees played a twi-night doubleheader that day against the Washington Senators (they split it) and both men played in the first game – which started at 5:03pm – and Boyer also played in the second game, which started at 8:57pm. Hamilton pitched one inning and Boyer went 2 for 7.<\/span><\/p>\n

Their north-facing shadows indicate that this photo was probably taken between 11am and 1pm.<\/span><\/p>\n

BTW – the Park sat atop the mighty Palisades on the Jersey side of the Hudson River. If you look through the picket fencing, that bluish-looking land on the horizon is Manhattan. Yankee Stadium in the Bronx is only a mile or two beyond that.<\/span><\/p>\n

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1967<\/u> – Similar to me shooting on Tom Snyder\u2019s \u201cTomorrow\u201d show in 1981, Mom shot William F. Buckley\u2019s \u201cFiring Line\u201d show 14 years earlier on April 10, 1967. Mr. Buckley is on the left:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Two guests that day: film director Otto Preminger and psychologist\/writer Timothy Leary:<\/span><\/p>\n

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(From another post on this blog): On October 28, 1967, she photographed George Romney (Mitt’s father), Teaneck\u2019s Max Hasse (who I knew from his involvement at Blue Cab) and others on Cedar Lane. Maybe they were going to the Imperial Diner? George looks ready to shake Mom’s hand:<\/span><\/p>\n

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(George ran for the Republican Party nomination in the 1968 presidential election.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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1968<\/u> – The Neptune Inn – on Route 4 in Paramus, NJ – hosted a pre-election event on September 6, 1968, featuring Governor of Maryland and Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Spiro T. Agnew. Republican photographer Eunice K. Leafe did not have the best seat in the house from which to take pictures:<\/span><\/p>\n

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On October 12, 1968, Bergen County Sheriff Joe Job, Eunice Leafe and Teaneck councilman Max Hasse posed in front of Nixon HQ in Teaneck. Mom apparently had Joe sign the pic later, \u201cTo Eunice with best wishes Joe\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\n

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October 26, 1968 – Big day for Eunice: Richard Nixon\u2019s presidential campaign came to the steps of Fort Lee, NJ, high school and she\u2019s a program official, according to this:<\/span><\/p>\n

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On the nixonlibrary.gov<\/span> site, I found a detailed schedule for the day. Nixon had an apartment in NYC (810 Fifth Avenue, corner of E. 62nd St), where he (RN), wife Pat (PN), daughters Tricia and Julie and Julie\u2019s husband, David Eisenhower – Ike\u2019s grandson – stayed the night before the Fort Lee rally.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Platform Committee list, you\u2019ll see the name \u201cNelson Gross\u201d – the Nixon state chairman, who will pop up in a 1969 picture. A more-familiar surname just below that list is EHRLICHMAN. John was the advance man for this campaign and, of course, a key figure during Watergate:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I found two photos that Mom took of Nixon:<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the second photo, the man on the left may be familiar to some older NJ residents. He\u2019s Congressman William B. Widnall, who was in the House of Representatives for 24 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The rally lasted a little over an hour and then headed for the next stop (Bloomfield, NJ).<\/span><\/p>\n

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1969<\/u> – I have no information where this event took place or why, but Lionel Hampton was the entertainment and the man next to the girl in the second picture is the aforementioned Nelson Gross. Next to him is Lionel Hampton and the gentleman on the far right is Anthony Statile – a GOP county chairman (sorry, un-ID\u2019d man in tan):<\/span><\/p>\n

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December 30, 1969 – This is another no-info (where, why) pic except for the names. Yankees announcer Frank Messer is on the left and Yankees star catcher, Elston Howard – who lived in Teaneck – is on the right:<\/span><\/p>\n

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1970<\/u> – March 11: At some unknown event, NJ Governor William Cahill signs a picture for Mom (I don\u2019t know what caused that black blotch below his shoulder). Below that, she poses with Gov. Cahill and others\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.and that signed picture (as if anyone could see the signature):<\/span><\/p>\n

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September 13, 1970: Another event at the Neptune Inn, whose sign says:<\/span><\/p>\n

Bergen County Republican Organization<\/span><\/p>\n

Nelson Gross Day<\/span><\/p>\n

Sen. John Tower<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know what \u201cNelson Gross Day\u201d is all about, but he doesn\u2019t show up in any of the pictures. I wonder what attracted Texas Senator John Tower to the event (and I have no idea what\u2019s up with his eye in the middle pic):<\/span><\/p>\n

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1972<\/u> – To me, the guy with the light-colored tie is a very young-looking version of the man I knew as Jack Terhune (inset), when he was a Teaneck police lieutenant in the \u201880s. He became the County Sheriff and then the state corrections commissioner, Leonia borough administrator and\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..I don\u2019t know what else, but he was always very nice to me – probably because of his friendship with Mom:<\/span><\/p>\n

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That\u2019s probably why I still have this refrigerator magnet:<\/span><\/p>\n

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1973<\/u> – (Mom horning in on my territory in the year I shot my first concert – I\u2019ll take Led Zeppelin over Lou Monte ANY day.)<\/span><\/p>\n

March 24, 1973 – I don\u2019t know where or why, but this IS the great Lou Monte. According to Wikipedia, \u201c<\/em>Lou Monte<\/em> was an Italian American singer best known for a number of best-selling, Italian-themed novelty records which he recorded for both RCA Victor and Reprise Records in the late 1950s and early 1960s<\/em>\u201d<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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May 4, 1973 – Again, no info other than Mom is shown with US Senator James L. Buckley of New York. James was the brother of previously-shown William F. Buckley:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jumping ahead a decade\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

1983<\/u> – (Sometime in September) This is Pope John Paul II and it may be the best shot my mother ever took:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Is the Pope a politician? (https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Is-the-Pope-a-politician<\/a><\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sometimes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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PARKING TIX<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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So I found this little (5.5\u201d x 7.5\u201d) Fotomax book with plastic spiral binding and 10 plastic pages that were made for inserting two 5\u201d x 3.5\u201d in each page, which was actually about 5.25\u201d long to accommodate a similar-sized piece of white paper on which you could write the where and when info on the edge:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I thought I would just scan each page, but scanning through the wrinkly plastic proved to be problematic. Besides, the pix were out of sequence and needed a good amount of editing (some were beyond hope, as you\u2019ll see), so I\u2019m presenting them in order and cleaned up to the best of my ability.<\/span><\/p>\n

My parents traveled all over the world and I know I\u2019ve got a manila envelope somewhere that\u2019s filled with Mom\u2019s global photos, but I haven\u2019t uncovered that yet.<\/span><\/p>\n

This little book isn\u2019t about the sites\/sights of the world. This is a niche subject that I\u2019ve never seen displayed before, but it\u2019s one Mom had some familiarity with.<\/span><\/p>\n

I think this item from my site – especially the last sentence – will make sense of all this when you see the pictures:<\/span><\/p>\n

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In order, they are:<\/span><\/p>\n

2-21-72, Hilo Airport, Hawaii:<\/span><\/p>\n

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2-8-73, Madrid, Spain:<\/span><\/p>\n

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2-18-74, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:<\/span><\/p>\n

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4-12-75, London, England:<\/span><\/p>\n

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8-12-79, Greece:<\/span><\/p>\n

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9-8-82, Oslo, Norway:<\/span><\/p>\n

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9-19-83, Florence, Italy:<\/span><\/p>\n

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9-12-84, London, England (is that Lovely Rita?):<\/span><\/p>\n

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I just noticed something in the background: The Dog & Trumpet pub. The illustration under the ampersand looks familiar, so I found a more recent closeup – courtesy of Alamy.com:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I wonder if the pub is aware of RCA’s ownership of that image. I would imagine so, given that “His Master’s Voice” is too well-known an image to NOT be aware of it:<\/span><\/p>\n

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9-21-84, Paris, France:<\/span><\/p>\n

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11-12-95, Australia (no idea why this pic is included in the Fototmax book\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026part of the business, I guess):<\/span><\/p>\n

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November, 1995, Australia, NZ: The Aussie meter person is probably smiling because it\u2019s the first time anyone – a crazy Yank, no less – ever asked to take his picture while writing a ticket:<\/span><\/p>\n

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And so ends Eunice\u2019s World Ticket Tour 1972-1995. Has anyone ever before seen so much dedication to such an obscure photo niche for so long a period of time on a global basis?<\/span><\/p>\n

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The I-May-Be-Related-To-This-Person Department:<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Three days before I wrote this, I took this picture from my living room window of two Hackensack Parking Enforcement personnel chatting in the municipal lot behind my building:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The standing officer is the older brother of someone I went to grammar school with two blocks away. He once gave me a $57 parking ticket (we\u2019ve since become friends).<\/span><\/p>\n

At least I didn\u2019t have to pay the fine to my mother.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maybe I should take a picture of HIM tossing papers into the air?<\/span><\/p>\n

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