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All the talk about genetics, research, and, you know, science stuff prompted me to post this set of pictures from 1989 of Grandpa in his lab at BYU.







I am not sure why these pictures were taken, perhaps for biographical purposes or perhaps just for fun. But, I do recognize the computer in the third picture because one summer in the late 1980s -- I spent those summers on the farm -- I entered a bunch of genetic information into a database for Grandpa.

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This is a group of friends -- including Grandpa -- on what we are guessing is the Mayflower.


The names that were written on the picture are a bit hard to read, but we see Ruth Court, June Kessler, Agnes Udall, Howard Stutz, and Dough Shaw.

If you can read Ruth's last name, if we got anything wrong, or if you have any background information about these people or this picture, post it in the comments. Otherwise, this picture is pretty non-mysterious.

UPDATE

Karen provides Ruth's last name -- which I updated in the post -- and a ton of great background information.

Ruth Court...she looks like the mystery lady that appears in a couple other photos - #5 in mystery photos dated 091109; and #2 in mystery photos dated 091004. Durraine Nelson Leavitt did identify these two pictures as being a Court girl. Mom (Dorothy Ann) remembers that Agnes Udall lived just down the lane from Grandpa and Grandma Stutz in Cardston and was a good friend of Aunt Eleanor Stutz Cook; and Doug Shaw lived kitty-corner from Grandpa and Grandma Stutz. According to the Cardston history book, Doug passed away when he was just 18 years old.

Thanks, Karen!

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John and the VW van, from a slide developed in January 1965, as promised.


Hey John, when are we going to see the update to Stutz Ohana that you promised? We're not going to get one of those family newsletters for the holidays that we receive and feel guilty about never writing, are we? Actually, we would love to get a newsletter from you, so be sure to keep us on your list!

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This picture was labeled "Jack Weston & Howard Stutz". I do not know Jack Weston, but I do know Grandpa. I like this picture a lot, even though I know only a bit about it.


If anyone has info about Jack Weston or a guess about the date and location, drop a line in the comments.

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As with the earlier portraits of Grandpa, this portrait may or may not be a school portrait -- I'm not particularly good at identifying these things. In any event, it is a glamorous portrait of Priscilla, the only one I have. It seems like a good day to run it.



Happy birthday, Priscilla!

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While scanning John's slides, I came across a wonderful birthday picture that I want to post on Grandma's birthday. It shows John, Susan, and Ellen on John's 10th birthday in Beirut, Lebanon. It was developed in February 1968, a couple of months after John's birthday.



There is really not much more to add about this picture, although I do wonder what a 10 year old boy gets for his birthday in Lebanon.

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Keeping with the theme of family portraits, today we have portraits of Grandpa. We are not calling these school portraits for the simple reason that none of them appear to be school portraits. On the other hand, I don't know anything about the pictures, so who knows? Let's enjoy them -- presented in no particular order -- because they are very cool.















If you have any theories about these pictures -- such as whose hand is covering Grandpa's face or why there are so many portraits -- I would love to hear them.

If you have a favorite, drop a line into the comments. My favorite is the third to the last, the one with the Mona Lisa smile.

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A few days ago we saw our first deer picture, which remains a mystery. This picture shows Tom, John, and Joe with a deer, and the slide is dated November 1960. It is a little hard to see the deer and Tom, but if you squint just right you will see them.

I presume the deer was dead. I like this picture a lot, but wonder who the dog is, what the doll's name is, and whether there is an interesting story behind this picture?

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While poking around the pictures from 1961 I found this great shot of Craig in Venice, Italy.

The slide, like the other pictures from today, was developed in August 1961. It was not labeled as being from Venice, but the gondolas, water, and church kind of gave it away. The church is Santa Maria della Salute, built in thanks to the end of a flea-borne illness then plaguing the area. I found another picture on the interwebs taken from almost the exact same angle as this one.

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"Howard Reese, a cousin of Clara Coombs Stutz, who died at the age of four. Howard was named for him."

UPDATE

Andrew writes in the comments, "His mother was Susan Calista Woolley." Thanks, Andrew!

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This is the earliest slide picture I have of Grandma, from 1958, at Niagra Falls. I love this picture!

I also love that Grandpa called Grandma "Millie" when he labeled the slide, a name I had never heard used for her before. She has always been Grandma to me. I think Grandpa may have always called her Millie, since he used it on other, later slides, too.

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We saw a mystery picture of Rowan and Gladys a few days ago. This one, though, has information written on back:

Rowan, Gladys, & Family
Rowan & Gladys, Gail, Gerald, Ronald, Douglas, Linda, Laural, Clara Dee
1953

I cannot match each name with each face -- you are invited to do so -- but at least we know when the picture was taken and who is in it. Does anyone know anything else about this picture or have a story to go with it?

UPDATE

Andrew Bore writes in the comments:

"My guess would be
BR: Gerald, Gail, Rowan, Ronald
FR: Linda, Laurel, Gladys holding Clara Dee, Douglas."

Thanks, Andrew!

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We know a bit about this picture, based on what was written on it.

Cardston, Alberta
Leo, Rowan, Cliff
Fern, Eleanor, Verena

Does anyone know anything else about this picture or have a story to go with it?