This album contains prints from the old family negatives saved and preserved by Jim and Cinny. Many of the negatives were in bad shape after sitting in boxes for 60 to 70 years. Unfortunately, bad negatives don’t make good pictures, and often I would damage the negative in my effort to clean it. As a result, some pictures are displayed as is and the quality is poor.
Eventually, this album will be combined with the “Growing up on the farm” album. All dates are best guesses as there are no dates on the negatives.
This album contains (with few exceptions) pictures that are not on the other family albums.
1943 Ralph with a visitor.
1943 Baby Leo.
Unknown - can anybody identify.
1947 Jim, Wayne and Leo
Unknown. Too many kids to be all ours!
1947 Jim and Ralph at Christmas.
1944 Grandpa Steve, Ralph, Dan, Jim and Uncle Bernard.
1951 Joan, Leo, Jim, Wayne and Dan. Looks like they are working on a puzzle on Joan's magic table.
1951 Mary, Jim, Joan, Dan Barbara, Leo and Wayne.
1951 Florence, Barbara, Wayne, Joan, Jim, Leo, Ralph and Dan.
1939 Another view of the new shed.
1958 View from behind the garage. Note the round chicken coop, cultivator, and cage next to the hen house.
1958 Farm Scene
1958 House scene.
1947 July Ralph First Communion.
1947 July. Jim's First Communion.
1951 Joan, Leo Ralph, Wayne and tired Dan.
1955 Adam and Ralph at Ralph's graduation.
1940 Adam with baby.
1956 David, I presume.
1958 Mary, Ralph, David, Florence and Adam.
1958 David, Ralph and Mary.
1958 Ralph, David, Adam, Mary and Jim.
1958 Ralph at the Monestary.
1958 House scene
1958 Any ideas.....????
1954 Nice picture of Barbara.
1951 Christmas. Joan, Dan, Leo, Barb, Jim and Wayne.
1960 Family event. David, Mary, Steve Z, Audrey, Wayne and Pig roaster. Location unknown.
1957 Leo, Dan Ralph Joan, Jim and Wayne.
1950 Jim (cameraman), Wayne, Joan, Barb, Ralph, Leo and Dan in Ralph's pants.
1952 Leo's First Communion.
1957 Joan's First Communion?
1946 May 12. Joan's Baptism with Uncle Jim and Dorothy Sobieski.
1958 Ralph about to go hunting. Notice the tripod over the cellar stairs used to dig a well.
1958 Leo reading out on the porch.
1958 Leo reading out on the porch.
1958 Dan reading the paper on the porch.
1958 Dan throws the football.
1960 Leo catches the football.
1960 Jim catches the football.
1958 Leo catches a pass.
1958 Dan and Leo feeds calf.
1963 Tractor used to lower pump.
1961 July. Dropping the pump.
1963 David at well pump.
1958 Ed Zelinske and Mary go through the gate.
1960 Dave and family dog
1960 Dan with rabbit.
1958 Tractor is driving the hammermill upstairs in the garage.
1958 Farm scene
1959. Looks like 4-H. At the table is Joan, Dawn K, Mary and David.
1952 Mary's 1st Birthday?
1960 David and Mary watch the B&W Admiral TV.
1958 Dave and Mary watch TV. B&W of course.
1961 Adam and David on his First Communion.
1961 David's First Communion.
1958 calf walking through yard. Note old seed drill in the shed.
1958 Cows drinking water.
1958 Mary with dog.
1958 4-H picnic.
1958 4-H display.
1958 Unknown
1958 Cow with calf.
1958 Leo avoids the tag by Dan while playing softball in the hayfield.
1962 Joan Mary Florence and Barbara
1958 Dan on John Deere tractor.
1958 Dan at tractor for 4-H.
1958 Had no idea the old shed ever looked that bad.
1959 Mary, David and Barbara with kittens. This picture is well known, but too cute not to insert again.
1950 Jim and Wayne.
1960 Barb, Joan, Wayne, Mary and Dan playing croquet.
1960 Dan on the move playing croquet with Joan and Barb.
1960 Jim, Joan, Leo, Dan , Wayne, Mary, David and Barb playing croquet.
1958 Barn, Mary and David play croquet.
1960 Mary, Dawn Kallas and David play croquqet.
1960 Mary and Barbara playing croquet.
1958 Wayne shows off his recent project.
1958 Dan digging out tree east of the house.
1958 Dan working on removing the tree. David in back holding up a section of tree root.
1950 Betty and Tina.
1960 Mary roller skating on nice spring day while massive snow banks on the driveway continue to melt.
1960 Barb and Mary skating. Notice the hen house behind them. This was its final resting spot before it fell over and was burned.
1960 Dave and Mary skating by the windmill. After a early snowmelt, the runoff would often freeze over and make it a nice skating pond.
1958 Wayne working on trailer
1958 NOTE: Dan is up in the windmill.
1958 If you missed Dan, here he is in the windmill.
1958 Farm house scene.
1958 Probably David
Any winter. It's difficult to take a picture of giant snowbanks in the driveway.
1960 Mary and Barbara at the old pump organ.
1945 Jim, Dan, Ralph, Wayne and Leo in the back.
1958 Winter scene.
1960 Joan and Florence hanging clothes on the clothes line.
1960 Joan peeling potatoes.
1947 Leo, Ralph, Jim, Adam, Wayne and Dan. Behind the house.
1958
1949 About. Joe Sobieski, Doris, Lois, Ralph, Dan, Ann, Jim, Ben Sobieski.
1944 Grandpa Steve, Ralph, Dan, Uncle Bernard and Jim.
1949 About. L to R. Ralph, Dan, Bob, Jim Norm, Wayne Norm, Betty, Florence Paul, Leo, Adam and Joan.
1949 About. Dan, Bob, Ralph, Jim, Betty with Norm, Norm Jr. Wayne, Dorothy, Paul, Leo, Adam with Joan.
1954 Joan, David, Dan and Leo on the wagon.
1960 Mary on the Piano.
1943 About. Adam and Tom Sobieski. Somewhere in there is Jim, ralph and Dan.
1958 Florence hanging clothes to dry.
unknown date. Florence?
Unknown, but taken in the old farmhouse.
1947 Wayne, Leo, Jim, Ralph, Joan and Dan. Wayne like the new wagon. Note the picture on top of the bookcase.
Godparents. Bernard Zelinske and ?
1942 Ralph likely.
Unknown year. Cattle either coming or going.
1952 Dan, Ralph, Wayne, Adam with Barb, Leo, Joan and Jim after Leo's First Communion.
1960 Dan letting the cows in to be milked.
1960 Adam chopping corn for silage.
1960. Dan climbs the silo to check or install the blower pipe.
1958 Jim riding the motorcycle that cousin Ed sold to Adam.
Total unknown who this is.
1958 4H project with leader Henry Kirk.
1958 the 4-H crew at work under the supervision of Henry Kirk.
1958 the 4-H crew at work under the supervision of Henry Kirk.
1958 The 4-H crew at work.
1954 Dan, Mary, Ralph, David, Leo and Joan.
1954 Joan with David on a hay wagon.
1954 David playing with the cultivator.
1945 Dan, Norm, Ralph and Jim.
1945 Adam, Tom, Adolph, John and Josephine.
1958 Picture of everyone taking pictures on the house steps. The video that was taken at this event can be found under the early farm videos link.
1958 Sobieski / Zelinske / Thoresen cousins on the porch.
1944 Norm Thoresen with a collection of fish.
Unknown year. Grandpa Steve cutting hair.
1958 Mary after a hard day cultivating.
Unknown. Possibly Adam in back row right.
1938 Adam with baby. At the farm?
1938 Mr. Timan with Ralph.
1951 Grandpa Steve and Ralph start pulling siding down for the remodel of the farmhouse.
1951 Teardown of the east side of the house. Grandpa Steve, Joan, Jim, Dan, Unidentified worker, Leo and Adam.
1952. The Sobieski's and the Thoresens duke it out. Nothing draws a crowd like a good fight!
Unknown.
1960 Dave, Florence, Barbara and Mary.
1959 Dan, Ralph, Wayne, Leo and Jim.
Unknown Drill Instructor
Any winter. Adam with tub. Note the depth of the snow.
1952 Jim on the John Deere tractor.
1960 - Wayne celebrates a birthday.
1962 A Turkish painting and model sailboat brought back by Ralph from Turkey.
1960 View of farmhouse in winter
1960 The Kallas sisters and Mary have a little fun.
1960 Barbara reading a book in the kitchen.
1954 Barbara and Mary.
1960 Mama cat and kittens on the front lawn.
1950 Wayne, Leo, Jim, Joan, Ralph, Barbara, Dan and Adam.
1961 - Classic picture. Adam, David, Mary and Barb cross Adam's fence ladder out by the woods.
Barbara by a apple tree behind the garage.
1960 Barbara and play teaching our dog tricks.
1959 David by the porch.
1960 Adam with Barbara and Mary
1960 Mary 1st Communion.
1960 Mary's 1st Communion.
1960 Mary's 1st Communion.
1960 Wayne pulling Mary and Barb on sleds.
1942 Ralph, Adam and Jim.
1958 Mary sliding down the sidewalk.
1958 Mom bringing in laundry from the clothes line.
1958 Leo studying in the kitchen.
1958 Leo leaving the house.
1960 Barbara with an apple behind the garage.
1964 Joan's Graduation.
1964 Joan's Graduation with Barbara.
1958 Ralph at the Monastery (front kneeling).
1945 Adam and Tom Sobieski. Front row is Jim, Diane, and Marilyn. Middle row - Leo, Dan Ralph and Cousin Steve. Aunt Dorothy is holding cousin Dick Sobieski.
1942 John, Tom, Adolf, Josephine and Adam.
1960 Mary in the kitchen.
1962 Dan with the two deer he took during hunting season.
1962 Mary on the guitar from Sears.
1962 Who knows? Lots of brush.
1962 Note the old walking cultivator.
1962 Another load of sweet corn.
1960 Leo, Paul, Wayne, Norm, Jim, Bob and Dan.
1960 The family nativity scene.
1960 the family Christmas tree.
Sobieski family. Adam is holding Tom Zelinske.
Sobieski family with Ralph, Uncle Bernard and Tom Z.
1960 David shows off the new pups.
Ralph off to the Army.
1960 Ralph ships out to the Army.
1959 Barb's First Communion. Leo, Bob T?, Joan, Barb, Ed, Steve Grandpa Steve, Adam, Wayne and Uncle Walt.
1959 Barb's First Communion. Walt, Barb and Aunt Dorothy.
1960 Leo and Joan
1959 Barb's First Communion. Leo, Grandpa Steve, Joan, Barb, Steve, Adam, Wayne, Ed and Uncle Walt.
1958 Barb's First Communion. Joan in back and Barb with unknown.
1959 Barb's First Communion.
1960 Leo and Wayne repairing shed roof.
1960 Mary playing croquet
1960 Leo, Dan, Adam and Florence.
1960 Leo and Joan
1960 Leo and Joan
1960 Leo and Joan
1960 Leo and Joan
1960 Leo and Joan
1960 Mary with cats.
1960 Mary and Barb play ball.
1960 Mary's turn to kick.
1960 Barbara's turn to kick the ball.
1960 Mary in Mom's flower garden.
1960 Dan heading out to the barn.
1960 - can't really tell, but could be yard full of snow.
1960 - Jim in the kitchen.
1960 David watching TV after a hard day of working the fields.
1960 Mon in the kitchen.