Okay, not completely wordless this Wednesday!!
These are my paternal great-great-grandparents, Roman and Wanda (Pokornoski) Pawlak at their farm in Minnesota in July 1956. I wish I could have seen it!
I studied the feast laid out and I can come up with the following:
Mashed potatoes (?)
A stack of white bread (seems to have been a staple on every table in the 50s!!)
Cold cuts on a plate
Green olives
Peas
Coffee cups, creamer, sugar
I'm not sure what they are holding - some sort of bread? Any guesses?
Obviously this was a big family dinner judging by all the mis-matched chairs. I'm sure a good time was had by all!
It's a cake that makes the number 80. How cute. That list of food makes me hungry.
ReplyDeleteWas someone having a birthday?
They are holding their 50th Wedding Anniversary cake. They had the celebration a little early so their eldest daughter Sophia could be there for the party. Roman was 76 and Wanda was 70.
ReplyDeleteI wish you culd have seen the farm too Leah, you would have really enjoyed it. Your dad and I ate a few meals at the table pictured here and I can still remember the taste of raw milk right from the cows. It looks as if they are holding a cake in the picture and it looks to be in the shape of a 50 or 60. In July of 1956 your dad and I were there!
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone! Now that you've all mentioned "cake", it's so OBVIOUS to me that it's a cake! Funny how sometimes you just don't see things!
ReplyDeleteI just love the big mound of mashed potatoes. My kind of dinner!
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