My grandfather's sister (Cecilia Johnson) was married to Jerry. Auntie Ce continued to manage the vineyard and their business "Consolidated Rock and Minerals" in Vacaville after Jerry's death. There were many stories of their travels around the world (mostly Asia ans South America) with particular interest in geological specimens. The big wine barrels still stand on end at the edge of the pool asdescribed by Carol. The 40 acres of wildflowers and oak with a little farm from chickens, pigs and cows made way for vines in 1961. Some of the old rock enclosures for the animals stil exisit from the 1940's.
Who doesn't love a man (or woman) in uniform? Almost everybody has worn a uniform sometime in their life - these are the vintage versions of those uniforms.
Uniforms are worn by many kinds of people - children and adults - in all kinds of organizations. Police, firefighters, nurses, paramedics, the military, Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts, sports teams, prisone...
Old photos of workers and businesses from past decades
While we don't know what the first business transaction was, it is easy to imagine that thousands of years ago a good hunter bartered his excess meat for something more useful to him. In the history ...