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Fire Island and Lake Ronkonkoma

Marian and Ken. Remember a few albums back? I think he looks like a real He Man. He looks like he can do handstands on the beach. He's got me thinking Ken and Barbie.

They are on the ferry.

Swimming in the Sound

We have left Fire Island and are now at Lake Ronkonkoma.  I think we traveled through time too, because it looks colder.

But the brave swim in the cold.

Marian and Ray

Marian, Chet, Unknown, Ray and Helen

Al Hearn, I presume

Marian has labeled the next three pictures as being taken at the "Bread Channel".  I haven't been able to figure out what the Bread Channel is.

The chocolate chip cookie was invented in 1930.  Can imagine a world with no chocolate chip cookie?  I never thought about that before.

We're spending Columbus Day Weekend in Connecticut with Claire, Irma, Chet and Beth

Apparently, this is where they stayed.

Hillmanns albums come out on Tuesday, next week we join Rose and Herman on their trip to Washington DC and Kentucky.

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Marian and Rose aboard El Oriente 1930

Marian's young cousin, Henry Siegele

Henry Siegele worked for Borden Foods

We saw our first picture of Henry in 1907.  He is on the left.

Back to Henry Jr. in 1930

Harry in Florida in 1930. I don't know where he was in Florida, but I know the Henry Siegeles later lived in Delray Beach, Florida. Henry's sister, Angelica and her husband later followed them to Delray, to the same development.

From Wikipedia.  The Walker House. A historic community settled in 1686 (then known as “Fourth Neck”) East Quogue has always been rich with natural resources such as salt marshes, creeks, bays and fertile soil. With the arrival of the railroad in the late 1800s East Quogue became a summer resort with several hotels and inns, the grandest of which was the Walker House on Shinnecock Bay. Many of the homes and shops from that era have been preserved. Downtown is charming with antique replica street lights and clock, the Hamlet Green bandstand, wishing pool and playground. Main Street’s modern shops include a children’s clothing store, boutiques, a Pilates studio, a bagel shop and a sushi restaurant.

Hillmanns albums come out on Tuesdays, next week travel with them to Fire Island and Lake Ronkonkoma 

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Ya know how you can be a blonde when you're a kid but for some reason become a brunette as an adult? I hate that. Marian was 20 years old for most of 1930.  My father still has this desk.

Remember Marian's first boyfriend, Billy Staab? If not, he was introduced in Hillmanns #26, you can go back. Here he is in the top row, second from right.

The market crashed and Marian included a photo of The New York Stock Exchange in her album. 

As well as a picture of St. Paul's Cathedral.  

I think Billy Staab is a friend of the past, but Marian has a new friend named Billie, Billie Mueller.

Billie with her cat.

Billie with a boyfriend.

How much fun does that look like?

Is this a new Billie or did Billy Staab grow up to be this handsome?.

Tennis with the twins, Helen and Claire, and apparently you wear industrial-strength nylons to play tennis in 1930.

Marian wants to know if we think this looks like a He Man? It's Ray who appears in so many Hillmanns albums.  He had to have been close to Marian. I wonder if he was a boyfriend or just a friend.  Personally, the shortness of the shorts does not make me think He man, but that may have been different in 1930.

That's Al Hearn.  Keep watching.  We will see more of him.

Marian dressed for a masquerade.

Helen dressed for the masquerade.

Marian pegged this photo as Dutch Candy Kitchen. I don't know if that was a play or a party. Hillmanns albums come out on Tuesday. Next week we take a tour on the El Oriente and later go to East Quoque, Long Island.

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