From the late 1940’s thru the early 1950’s many of my parents’ family and friends immigrated to the U.S.A. from Iran and settled in the Los Angeles area. Because they were in a new country and didn’t know the English language they spent much of their free time together. There was fun, fellowship, and comfort in socializing with these old friends in a new country.
My dad is sitting on the floor in front with the tie on. My Uncle Paul is standing on the left in the back. I’m going to have to get my family to fill in some of the names of these men. I don’t know who the two standing next to my Uncle are. 2nd row Hamzieff, V. Katkov, A. Menn (the one American born in the group who married a Russian Katkov girl in Iran while serving for the U.S. in WWII) , N. Katkov, C. Titov, ??, A. Katkov. Who is sitting next to pop? Mr. Law on the arm of the chair. The guy in the back with the funny expression?
Some of the ladies… My mom in the back on the left, Z. Katkov, O. Hamzieff, Aunt Nina, Aunt Anna, P. Katkov, L. Titov
I love the hairdo’s.
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The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
Your parents are very good looking! Neat that they were able to have friendships all the while adjusting to a new country!
Jennifer
Hi Ellen, I always love hearing about your family’s story and seeing the old photos! What amazing parents you have. You seem to be so blessed with family, friends, and the community too . . . you have talked about them several times. That is wonderful.
What wonderful pictures of the past!! They all looked so very happy in the pictues. They sure must have had some enjoyable times in their get togethers!
Thanks so much for sharing.
Jane
So neat. I love pictures like this.
Chrissy
I love the history behind the pictures! How wonderful they had such great support in family and friends. I love all the hair and clothes from that period!
:0) Sharon
Those pictures are fabulous!
Wonderful old pictures from another era and time.
Susan
These photos are super, and a real treasure to hold on to, tightly!!!! Love that you shared them with us today.
My show n tell is shared, won’t you drop by and have a candy or two?
Such treasured photos. I always love to look at the hairdos and style of dresses in pictures. It seems like the fashion makes it back round sooner or later.
Have a good day.
Connie
What wonderful photos! I love the hair and dresses, too!
Your mom is beautiful. They all look so young and full of hope.
what wondeful pictures~!!! they are all so goodlooking and happy!
I love pictures like this! It so reminds me of my own growing up years. My Mom and Dad immigrated from Hungary in 1956 and it was the same with them. They fellowshipped and were close to the other Hungarian immigrants. I have lots of happy memories of hanging out with the Hungarian bunch.
Oh what a great treasure to have! I love old pictures.
These are really neat pictures…they look like they’re having a great time together. I love pictures of family…I’ll have to post some of mine one day on Show and Tell!
I love looking at old photos. Thanks for sharing.
my first show and tell is up
Wow, Ellen, those are such cool pictures!!!!! Great minds think alike, because I also shared some old family photos today. Neat! Have a wonderful and blessed Friday! :0)
Those family pictures from years ago are always a great to look at! Thanks for sharing your Russian roots!
Anita
I love those dress styles even today! I’m so glad they had each other while they were making all the adjustments to living in a new country.
Beautiful photos! Thanks so much for sharing!
Your mom has such a beautiful smile. It is fun looking at the old hair syles and clothes, isn’t it? It is also wonderful to have pictures of the past to pass on to future generations!
hey there!
I’m doing some catching up today! Your pics are wonderful as alwyas!
Wish I could go to the beach this weekend! of course the sound would probably scare my Sonshine…so I’ll just enjoy your pics!
have a great weekend
Hi Ellen 🙂 What a wonderful history! I love all of the gorgeous, joy-filled smiles. Have a blessed wknd! Q
Wonderful photos! They all look so happy and are obviously enjoying each other’s company!
A great piece of your family history! Thanks for sharing!
Your Mom & Pop really haven’t changed that much, still lookin’ good. It’s great that you’re keeping track of their (your) heritage.
Thanks to all of you for visiting my show and tell this week. I really appreciate all your comments and I enjoyed visiting your sites as well. Blessings on a great week ahead!
nice pictures my aunts and uncles sure do look like me even though i’m only 47
the man to the right of uncle awalt menn is my uncle nick katkov married the woman next to l.titov she was pauline katkov.their children are mike,natasha and lena.
Tim, Thanks so much for filling in the blanks. I remember your Aunt and Uncle but I couldn’t grab a name from the past for them. I’ve got to get my pop and Leonard to fill in the rest…blessings.
ellen-
i am one of vassili katkov’s granddaughters. tonight, at dinner with my grandmother zina, my mom mentioned that they had found these wonderful pictures on your website (through george katkov’s prompting!) it’s been a year since my grandfather died, and it’s a beautiful thing to see a picture of him so young, full of promise, and surrounded by such a rich community of friends and family.
we were reflecting tonight that his generation gave my generation of cousins a great example of how family should be…
thanks for posting those pics.
tamara
Hi Tamara, I’m so glad you found my blog and are able to enjoy these photos. So are you Milla’s or Tamara’s daughter? We have so many wonderful memories growing up with your parents family. Good times, good memories. God has truly blessed us. I’m hoping to dig out some more photos…