Fishers and Cohens (almost certainly Bronx, NY, about 1950)

This is my favorite of all the family pictures, having all four of my grandparents, and almost all their children, in one photo. I don't know where this was--Betty and I noodled over it, and eliminated all the likely places, but I'm sure it was someone in our family's apartment. I don't know the event either, but given how everyone is dressed, it could well have been a Passover celebration. In any case, in this photo are:
[Back row] Annie, Sam
[3rd row] Jerry, Betty, Mollie, Isaac, Sue
[2nd row] Rae, Paul, Rose, Sol
[Front row] Josh, Willa

Missing are Bud and Harry Cohen, plus my father (who undoubtedly took the picture). As always, click on the picture for a much larger version.

Harry Edward Fisher, 1929-2009 (Various Places and Times)

My father died peacefully today in his assisted-living apartment in Miami, after a long illness. He was about 2 months short of his 80th birthday. Below are a lot of pictures from his earlier life, in no particular order. I'll add more, including some more recent ones, tomorrow. There already are 15 entries with pictures of him elsewhere in this blog.



At Annie's wedding.

When he was younger, he was an avid stamp collector.




At the Vincent Apartments, where we lived 1952-1960.

In Miami Beach with his father, who died there a short time after. This must be from the early 1970s.


With Annie and Sam, also at their parents' apartment at 8400 Harding Ave, in Miami Beach.

My Grandfather and Me (unknown location, about 1950)

This is my father's father, Sol Fisher (Solomon David Fisher). I remember him as a pretty ideal grandfather for me, taking me lots of places and doing things I really enjoyed, generally being good company and an approving person (towards me, at least). He was born in 1902, when his family lived on their farm in the Catskills, in the vicinity of Divine Corners, NY. He died of cancer (he was a very heavy smoker) in Miami Beach in April of 1972, just before his 70th birthday.