Those were the days: The Soares clan, with friends & neighbors

Vintage photographs from the 1930s and beyond from the family of Victor Faria Soares, Sr. and Rose Raymond Soares of Somerset, Mass., my grandparents. These were digitized by my uncle, Arthur Faria Soares, who also provided me with many stories about my family and his experiences growing up. The children of Rose and Victor Sr. were: Victor Jr., Beatrice, Raymond (my father), and Arthur.

Here is Beatrice Soares standing on the Slade's Ferry Bridge. The bridge, which spanned the Taunton River, was built in 1875 and connected Somerset and Fall River. It was demolished in 1970. I just discovered it also carried rail traffic on top.