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Here is my father about 1916.<\/p>\n My mother’s twin brothers were not far behind in 1924 and my cousin Danny in 1928<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The later era of pony photography included costumes.<\/p>\n Two of my cousin Hank.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n There is a picture of me on that pony, but I cannot lay my hands on it.\u00a0 So, here is a picture of me at the age of three.<\/p>\n Please imagine me sitting on that pony in full cowgirl regalia imagining a life in the wide open spaces.<\/p>\n Finally, any of you who have looked at these pictures can plainly see that there is more than one pony involved between 1906 an 1954.\u00a0 Yet in my mind and my heart there was one pony and I loved that pony in the way that only a small girl can love a pony.\u00a0 I love him to this day.\u00a0 In my mind’s eye I see him romping in pony heaven, munching on whatever ponies like to munch on, perhaps accompanied by a lovely female pony and surrounded by adoring little ponies.\u00a0 That’s the way I see it.\u00a0 Please don’t mess it up with reality, there’s way more than enough reality to go around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Photography has been a vital element of family history since its earliest days.\u00a0 We cherish the oldest photographs taken when photography was an art practiced by a knowledgeable few.\u00a0 Now we live in an age where every moment of our …<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>