{"id":3357,"date":"2014-11-21T18:47:23","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T17:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=3357"},"modified":"2025-10-16T14:51:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T13:51:26","slug":"found-film-the-alberts-summer-and-fall-1952","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=3357","title":{"rendered":"Found Film:  The Alberts, Summer and Fall 1951"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The story of Raymond Albert&#8217;s family, as told through his lost and found photos, continues as we enjoy a late summer in Rumford, Maine around 1951-ish. \u00a0There is no real theme to tie these photos together &#8211; they come from three different rolls, each of which only had a few turn out well for some reason. \u00a0The photographer&#8217;s &#8220;success rate&#8221; is much better on most of the other rolls. \u00a0But I&#8217;ll just share the photos in no particular order.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll start with a portrait of the family dog, who only appears on one or two of the twenty rolls in the collection:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Raymond Albert's Photos - Rolls 7-8-9-10 by Tom Brouns, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/15214705304\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/15214705304_322a4b9942_z.jpg?resize=640%2C411&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Raymond Albert's Photos - Rolls 7-8-9-10\" width=\"640\" height=\"411\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ladies enjoy mild temperatures out on the porch at 241 Knox Street, and St. John&#8217;s Church is in the background. And the kids play in the fresh air on outdoor toys. I wonder if they were bummed because there was no internet.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Raymond Albert's Photos - Rolls 7-8-9-10 by Tom Brouns, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/15648860559\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/15648860559_2a8b1bc664_z.jpg?resize=640%2C408&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Raymond Albert's Photos - Rolls 7-8-9-10\" width=\"640\" height=\"408\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Raymond Albert's Photos - Rolls 7-8-9-10 by Tom Brouns, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/15811042456\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/15811042456_df6fbf834b_z.jpg?resize=640%2C408&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Raymond Albert's Photos - Rolls 7-8-9-10\" width=\"640\" height=\"408\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and it&#8217;s somebody&#8217;s 6th birthday! \u00a0Pretty fancy cake&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Raymond Albert's Photos - Rolls 7-8-9-10 by Tom Brouns, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/15832806881\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/15832806881_8dbbc2ac96_z.jpg?resize=640%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Raymond Albert's Photos - Rolls 7-8-9-10\" width=\"640\" height=\"386\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I thought this old car parked on Knox street was worth sharing, though it&#8217;s pretty dark. I tried to lighten it up a bit but the negative is pretty damaged.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Raymond Albert's Photos - Rolls 7-8-9-10 by Tom Brouns, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/15649529357\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/15649529357_bdb499748c_z.jpg?resize=640%2C432&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Raymond Albert's Photos - Rolls 7-8-9-10\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;an outing with Grandma, Aunt and Uncle (who enjoy clowning around). Note also the tie. \u00a0You don&#8217;t see ties like that anymore nowadays.<\/p>\n<p>The waterfall may or may not be in the same place as the group photos; it shows up several times in the collection of photos but I haven&#8217;t managed to identify it.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Raymond Albert's Photos - Rolls 7-8-9-10 by Tom Brouns, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/15215249443\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/15215249443_73c889a274_z.jpg?resize=640%2C396&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Raymond Albert's Photos - Rolls 7-8-9-10\" width=\"640\" height=\"396\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Raymond Albert's Photos - Rolls 7-8-9-10 by Tom Brouns, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/15832802791\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/15832802791_fb8097f8c8_z.jpg?resize=640%2C416&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Raymond Albert's Photos - Rolls 7-8-9-10\" width=\"640\" height=\"416\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Raymond Albert's Photos - Rolls 7-8-9-10 by Tom Brouns, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/15836243942\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/15836243942_9a7e3d6a59_b.jpg?resize=637%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Raymond Albert's Photos - Rolls 7-8-9-10\" width=\"637\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, Louise poses with her doll and stuffed animal collection; and we end with a nice (though a bit dark) portrait of Louise.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Raymond Albert's Photos - Rolls 7-8-9-10 by Tom Brouns, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/15649837800\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/15649837800_ee61a7c082_z.jpg?resize=640%2C516&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Raymond Albert's Photos - Rolls 7-8-9-10\" width=\"640\" height=\"516\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Raymond Albert's Photos - Rolls 7-8-9-10 by Tom Brouns, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/15649824520\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/15649824520_c8474074e6_c.jpg?resize=545%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Raymond Albert's Photos - Rolls 7-8-9-10\" width=\"545\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To see other posts about the Alberts, check out<a href=\"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?s=rumford\" target=\"_blank\"> this link.<\/a>\u00a0 To see more of Raymond Albert\u2019s photos on Flickr, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/sets\/72157648477650866\/\" target=\"_blank\">this album.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the <a href=\"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=3391\" target=\"_blank\">next post in this series.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story of Raymond Albert&#8217;s family, as told through his lost and found photos, continues as we enjoy a late summer in Rumford, Maine around 1951-ish. \u00a0There is no real theme to tie these photos together &#8211; 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