The last year, I took hundreds of slides found around the house, in old drawers, in old photograph albums, and had them printed to file at Rockville Centre photo. They were able to transform the negatives into sharp images, and send them to my email. Below is one picked more or less at random. The photo includes, from left to right, my brother Duane, my Uncle Jerry, my brother Joe, my sister Loring (on Jerry's lap) and Aunt Rose. I was not born yet. Duane and Joe are wearing a toy of some sort on their heads, possibly brought by Uncle Jerry and Aunt Rose, who at one point owned a toy store. The two would visit from their home in Stuvuysent town. Aunt Rose was my father's younger sister. She had met Jerry as a child, since Jerry hung around the LaBarbera home in Brooklyn, and was friendly with all. He worked in sales for clothing stores and their own toy and stationary store. He had served in Africa during WWII. He was recalled for his wit. Growing up, I would visit their apart...