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Lorraine and "the Cad" 1956

Interesting story here from what I can piece together. This is a family, Elton (the son), Mother Lorraine and Dad Basil, also called Rudy. Dad owned a shop in Huntington Beach, California called HB Electric. Each year they took a train tour of NY, Indiana, Rockies, etc. I bought over 1500 slides that chronicled all years between 1953 and 1968. I tried valiantly to find out more about this family, having seen so many slides, but to no avail. Elton evidently took over the shop in the late 60s. Dad Basil probably passed on around that time since his images stop around 1966. They were in a bowling league in Southern Cal and Lorraine was a member of the group of women prior to the Red Cross of today (they were very popular during WWI). The name escapes me at the moment. They also had a dog, Tiny. I really wonder if anyone would know of this family today... Elton apparently never married (at least he hadn't married by 1968 when he would have been in his 40s)... It's so weird how a collection of old slides will generate many unanswered questions.

UPDATE - Sept. 2007

Thanks to the Flickr member Carlyehold the mystery of who is this family and what happened to them has been solved.

Carlylehold was interested in the slide of Floriss Bowling Lanes and also the other bowling scans. While perusing the set, he became curious about the family. But, unlike my efforts to track them down, he delved into the census records. Here is what he found:

Meet the Beard Family:

Dad, Basil Beard, was born in Nov of 1904 in Butler County, Missouri and died November 14, 1965 in Orange, California.

Mother, Lorraine Bickel Beard, was born in May, 1910. She married Basil Beard in 1927. She had one child, Elton R. Beard. Lorraine died March 3, 2007 in Orange, California.

Son Elton R. Beard was born April 19, 1928 and died April 19, 1999 (birthdate and deathdate the same) of pneumonia. He married briefly after Basil died. He was divorced in 1970. He never remarried. In his final years, he worked as a maintenance worker at El Toro Marine base.

THANKS CARLYLEHOLD!

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items are from 26 Dec 2008.

Old New Mexico - Indian Trading Post, 1958 by vieilles_annonces
Old New Mexico, 1958 by vieilles_annonces
Death Notice of Elton Beard - April 26, 1999 by vieilles_annonces
1967 Elton Beard in Miami, Florida - The Last Photo in the Estate by vieilles_annonces
Miami, Florida in 1967 by vieilles_annonces
Elton, His Grandmother, (Lorraine's Mother), Lorraine's Sister and Brother in Law and Lorraine's Nephew - 1967 by vieilles_annonces
Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
1967 Vacation to Miami, Florida by vieilles_annonces
At the Airport - Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
Elton in Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
Elton and Lorraine's Hotel (The Fontainbleu Hotel) in Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
Elton and Lorraine's Hotel (The Fontainbleu Hotel) in Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
Lorraine and Elton's Trip to Miami, Florida 1967 - The Eden Roc Hotel by vieilles_annonces
The Fontainbleau Hotel in Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
The Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
Hotels in Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
Lorraine and Elton's Plane Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
Elton in Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
Lorraine on Vacation in Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
1967 Vacation Trip by vieilles_annonces
Lorraine in Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
Miami, Florida 1967 by vieilles_annonces
1967 Bon Voyage Chief by vieilles_annonces
Elton Leaves for First Vacation Since Basil Died - 1967 by vieilles_annonces
Dad Basil's Grave - 1967 (He Died November, 1965) by vieilles_annonces
1965 Alaska Airline - The Beard's plane by vieilles_annonces
Lorraine in Seattle 1965 by vieilles_annonces
Seattle Airport Dec 1965 by vieilles_annonces
1965 United in Seattle - The Beard's plane by vieilles_annonces
1965 - Sheraton Hotel Huntington Beach, California by vieilles_annonces
Sheraton Hotel in Huntington Beach, California 1965 by vieilles_annonces
Chere in Albuquerque, NM 1965 by vieilles_annonces
1965 Chere at The International Hotel by vieilles_annonces
Basil and Chere at the International Hotel 1965 by vieilles_annonces
Basil and Chere 1965 at International Hotel by vieilles_annonces
Elton, Tiny, Chere 1965 by vieilles_annonces
Fly Alaska - Basil, Lorraine and Elton's Plane - Seattle Tacoma Airport - Dec 1965 by vieilles_annonces
Eleven O Nine at the Seattle Tacoma International Airport - 1965 by vieilles_annonces
Elton in front of Seattle (SeaTac) Airport - 1965 by vieilles_annonces
Seattle Airport - December, 1965 by vieilles_annonces
Lorraine and Chere in front of Fred Harvey Indian Building in Albuquerque, NM 1965 by vieilles_annonces
Basil and Chere at the International Hotel in 1965 by vieilles_annonces
The International Hotel 1965 by vieilles_annonces
The New Dog Chere and Basil In Front of His House 1965 by vieilles_annonces
Basil and Their New Dog Chere - Santa Ana, California 1965 by vieilles_annonces
Anchorage, Alaska in 1965 by vieilles_annonces
Elton and Mom Lorraine Coming Out of Plane - Just Landed in Alaska, 1965 by vieilles_annonces
Son Elton Inside Hotel Room at Fairbanks Inn, Alaska - 1965 by vieilles_annonces
1965 Polar Bear Skin with Santa in the Background - Alaska by vieilles_annonces
Fairbanks Inn Alaska - Lorraine in Front of Italian Night 1965 by vieilles_annonces
Dad Basil in Front of Fairbanks Inn, Fairbanks, Alaska 1965 by vieilles_annonces

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