Shopping Saturday: At the Heart of Texas – Foley’s
Posted by Liv | Filed under Shopping Saturday
Shopping Saturday is a blogging prompt genealogy bloggers use to share fond memories about the various stores and vendors their families and ancestors patronized. The baby shoes I featured for Treasure Chest Thursday this week was the perfect lead in to a discussion I had with my mom about where she shopped for our clothes [...]
Tags: department store, Foley's, historic Macy's building, houston, texas
Treasure Chest Thursday: Mom’s Infamous Coin Purses
Posted by Liv | Filed under Treasure Chest Thursdays
To bronze or not to bronze . . . was definitely not an option my mother worried about when she contemplated what to do with our baby shoes once we outgrew them. Our treasured baby shoes became infamous coin purses she filled with money and hid around the house in case of emergencies — LOL!
Tags: baby shoes
Military Monday: Sharpshooter Small Bore Rifle Badge
Posted by Liv | Filed under Military Monday
f I tell you that some really cool treasures from my father’s military days just keep showing up all around me, you better believe it! So what did I discover new about him this time? He was awarded a Marksmanship Qualification Badge while he was a soldier in the Army from 1945-1947. How do I know [...]
Tags: military qualification badge, sharpshooter badge, small bore rifle, US Army
