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A Golden Arborvitae, mailbox and lamp on a
hollow wood post, and a tiered timber wall
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1 Richard Rd, Monmouth Junction, NJ
July, 1973 |
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Blue the white cat
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Van is rebuilding his box trailer
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He found it in a vacant lot near his home
on Balboa Island around 1967
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He bought this trailer for $35 worth of labor from a
respected and liked friend Harvey D Pease
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Harvey was also the realtor that collected his rent
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Squeteague Harbor
Cataumet, MA
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Lawrence Island
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Thomas Ledyard Blakeman and
Virginia Davidson Blakeman
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Hobbit the dog
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Van Blakeman driving the motorboat
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Debra J Blakeman
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John Letchworth Church, Van and Tom
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Serving at tennis on the clay court
Cataumet, MA
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Deb sailing Win Kellogg's boat through
Long Island Sound
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August, 1973
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Winston Kellogg
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Win Kellogg sailing the Kittiwake
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Where is this?
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Coast Guard Lighthouse
Buzzards Bay
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Doing the books
Monmouth Junction, NJ
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August, 1973
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Blue the white cat
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"Think Shaklee" on their corner lot. They
were really into selling it at the time.
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December, 1973
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Their bedroom cottage
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A Cardinal in the new snow
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Left here on a bus heading west. It
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Under the rear deck of their home
on Santa Rosa Drive
South Laguna, CA |
January, 1974
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Ocean view from the rear deck
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Had bought it 8/16/1973 sight unseen on
David and Cici Young's recommendation |
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They decided to stay
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Some of these pics were actually taken
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Adjacent to Bill and
Bernice Bailey's home
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His Willy's Jeep had been in storage at Mesa
Automotive, near where they got off the bus |
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The hills above their new home
in South Laguna |
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The back neighbor's roof was close enough
to walk across and take pictures |
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Van flew east to gather their posessions. This
began the overuse of their credit card which would
eventually lead to their having to sell the place
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Their Monmouth Junction basement holds the stuff
he couldn't fit into the stationwagon and trailer |
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Monmouth Junction, NJ
February, 1974 |
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Everything is packed.
Heading west!
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Snow and a small stream in the back yard
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On the road to California
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A Shaklee Basic-H sign is
discovered along the way. |
Deb and Hobbit sitting on a bluff
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above Thousand Steps Beach
South Laguna, CA
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May, 1974
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A Need_Name Pier and the Laguna Lido on
Thousand Steps Beach below Mission Hospital |
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Where was this concrete
pier-wall with deck?
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Red flowered Aloe cryptopoda and California
Iceplant succulents protect the bluff |
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What is this in the hills possibly above South
Laguna? A pink fiberglass helicopter cabin? |
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A trash dump in the hills above
South Laguna or maybe El Toro
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Aliso Canyon
May, 1974
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Yellow flowers on a Prickly Pear cactus
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A white Hedge Morning Glory
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What is this orange-pink flower
on a vine or long stem?
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Above Aliso Canyon
May, 1974
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A deck of box gardens
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A Bird Of Paradise
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Next door neighbor, Bernice Bailey
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Bill Bailey and Hobbit
at driveway gate under construction |
A neighbor's kitten
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An old canvased mission door
Van found in a wreaking yard |
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A roof alcove bench Van rebuilt for Don and
Jane Estep across the street |
-in-her-Laguna-NiguelQMK-condo__Negs_23_065__.jpg "A shelving unit Van built for Carole (Need Name) in her Laguna Niguel? condo. South Laguna, CA. Maybe July, 1974")
A shelving unit Van built for Carole (Need Name)
in her new Laguna Niguel? condo |
-in-her-Laguna-NiguelQMK-condo__Negs_23_066__.jpg "A shelving unit Van built for Carole (Need Name) in her Laguna Niguel? condo. South Laguna, CA. Maybe July, 1974")
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-in-her-Laguna-NiguelQMK-condo__Negs_23_067__.jpg "A shelving unit Van built for Carole (Need Name) in her Laguna Niguel? condo. South Laguna, CA. Maybe July, 1974")
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-in-her-Laguna-NiguelQMK-condo__Negs_23_068__.jpg "A shelving unit Van built for Carole (Need Name) in her Laguna Niguel? condo. South Laguna, CA. Maybe July, 1974")
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Barbara and Red Hildebrand, Deb's folks,
on the beach at South Laguna
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August, 1974
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The former Aliso Beach Pier
is in the background
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Disneyland
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Maybe Wild Animal Kingdom?
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__126_NS_Film_08_019__.jpg "(Need Name of woman and location) with Barbara Hildebrand. Maybe August, 1974")
(Need Name of woman and location)
with Barbara Hildebrand |
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__126_NS_Film_16_001__.jpg "Need Name of boy and location. Maybe August, 1974")
Need Name of boy and location
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Robinson's at Fashion Island
Newport Beach, CA
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Could be the Statue Of David that later
fell in the 1987 Whittier earthquake |
__02_Negs_01_079__.jpg "Preparing a luau. Deb Blakeman with Need_Names. Orange County, CA. Maybe August, 1974")
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__02_Negs_01_078__.jpg "Preparing a luau. Les Lindsey with Need_Names. Orange County, CA. Maybe August, 1974")
Assisting Van's friend Les Lindsey (orange)
and crew in preparing a luau |
__02_Negs_01_080__.jpg "Preparing a luau. Need_Names. Orange County, CA. Maybe August, 1974")
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__02_Negs_01_081__.jpg "Preparing a luau. Need_Names. Orange County, CA. Maybe August, 1974")
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__02_Negs_01_085__.jpg "Preparing a luau. Les Lindsey with Need_Names. Orange County, CA. Maybe August, 1974")
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__02_Negs_01_089__.jpg "Preparing a luau. Need_Names. Orange County, CA. Maybe August, 1974")
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__02_Negs_01_090__.jpg "Preparing a luau. Need_Names. Orange County, CA. Maybe August, 1974")
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Hawaiian Poi made from boiled taro roots
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Blue the white cat
South Laguna, CA
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Bougainvillea overgrowing their deck
September, 1974 |
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"Cat" in the Bougainvillea
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Their garden paradise on Santa Rosa Dr
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A South Laguna Christmas
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