{"id":15037,"date":"2017-04-30T22:53:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T02:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=15037"},"modified":"2021-12-18T00:13:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T05:13:23","slug":"2021-mom-shoots-the-world-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=15037","title":{"rendered":"2021 \u2013 Mom Shoots the World \u2013 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mom would have turned 99 today, so this is an appropriate day to make this post.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Well, you were warned there’d be a Part 2.<\/span><\/p>\n

I just finished weeks of on-and-off scanning\/editing 68 color slides. I figured I would have edited a bunch of them out, but there were only 3 or 4 slides in the two Kodak boxes that I didn\u2019t scan.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s a very good percentage, given the critical photographer who did the editing and didn\u2019t let anything \u201cslide\u201d by just because we\u2019re related. Did I embellish anything? I prefer the word \u201cimproved\u201d – exactly what I do when I edit my own photos.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the exception of 1980, these images cover every year from 1974 through 1990 and at least 17 countries are represented, including the US. Most of the slides had no identification on them, so I had to use her trip notebooks to try to figure out where the photos were taken.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why the inexact number of countries? Some images were identified as being taken on a Scandinavian trip, but without stating in which of the three countries each one was shot.<\/span><\/p>\n

The slides that I identify as \u201cArizona\u201d were taken on a trip to that state and Nevada. Both states have canyons, but when you see canyon-type images, which state do YOU think of? And is Hoover Dam in Nevada or Arizona? (both). And don\u2019t get me started on the Orient trip (I know the itinerary, but not necessarily in which country each photo was taken).<\/span><\/p>\n

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As usual, these will be shown sequentially, starting with two photos taken in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1974:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Next up is England in 1975. Big on signage, Mom was (and, boy, do I…um… relate<\/em>!):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Acapulco, Mexico in 1976 (with an explanation at the bottom of the first image of what the \u201cCNOP\u201d – shown in the top part – stands for):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Russia, 1977:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Somewhere in California and inside Hoover Dam, 1978 (very similar shots):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Greece, 1979:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Scandinavia, 1981:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Toalett” – in Swedish – means “toilet”. I wonder if Mom thought that might be some sort of toilet in front of the pole (and maybe it IS):
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All Google translations indicate that the language is Norwegian, but “Lagprisland” doesn’t translate to anything other than “Lagprisland” (however, many non-Google translations say it means “low-cost country”):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bj\u00f6rn Borg is Swedish, so we know where this was probably taken:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I can only guess what this is supposed to be: Mom’s representation of herself? (The nose and skin color are a little off……):<\/span><\/p>\n

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This innocent-looking kid has some serious enemies:<\/span><\/p>\n

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There’s a town in Scandinavia called Ork? (No – but there IS one in Germany):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tennessee (World\u2019s Fair), Colorado (Air Force Academy & Pike\u2019s Peak railroad tracks), NYC (the Cloisters), 1982:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Italy, 1983:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Holland, Paris, 1984<\/span><\/p>\n

What a great shot! I think this is Amsterdam (the Madame Tussaud signs say “In Amsterdam”), but I really like the Wall Drug sign…………who thought of that and who allowed that? (and how much business did they get as a result?):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mom (and the clouds) made a nice shot:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Orient, 1985<\/span><\/p>\n

Hong Kong?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Looks like Thailand (and Thailand does<\/em> follow Hong Kong in the itinerary):<\/span><\/p>\n

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I know this is Macau because there’s a very similar shot in Part 1 (print film):<\/span><\/p>\n

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San Francisco (1), CA or NV (2), AZ or NV (8, including 1 Hoover Dam), 1986:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Note: By coincidence, I happened to take a similar-subject-matter shot in Manhattan the year before (I guess I was a bad influence on my mother):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Spain (1), Portugal (1) in 1987:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Vasco de Gama statue in Lisbon, Portugal:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mississippi (first one is in Natchez, MS), 1988:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ireland, 1989:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Canada, 1990:<\/span><\/p>\n

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That’s it!<\/span><\/p>\n

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If family members want any of these images to make a print, let me know and I\u2019ll send you the original file(s).<\/span><\/p>\n

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And a Happy\/Merry Whatever-It-Is-You-Celebrate to everyone!<\/span><\/p>\n

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