This weekend is the anniversary of the sinking of the Andrea Doria as she approached Nantucket Light Ship on her way to New York. She collided with the Swedish American Line, MS Stockholm, on a foggy night July 25, 1956. … Read the rest
Slides of My Father: Queen Mary 1956
We went to Europe in 1956 as a family- two kids, 11 and 13, two parents and a Leica.
The slides of my father shall be a new periodic series.
He loved ships. He and my mother had gone on … Read the rest
Goodbye Kodachrome Goddammit
My father’s birthday was June 28, 1907. He died in 1989 at 81.
He loved boats of all shapes and sizes and photography. He took this photo in 1953 of my older brother and pigtailed me on Kodachrome slide film … Read the rest