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.

Uncle Arthur titled this photo of his sister "Bea on the RCA Building." You will know it better as 30 Rockefeller Plaza. There are several photos of her in the city; I assume she was visiting Art. The lovely skirt she is wearing figures in several photographs in different locales; it's quite boho.