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Looking Glass

Posted on: 04.20.16 | by Mary

by: Mildred Swanson, 1981

My mind to me
Is a looking glass
Into which I can
At my own Pleasure
Reflect upon the Past
As if it were yesterday.
To retrace
The names, faces and Places
Of a yesteryear
Is as refreshing to be today
As it was then – anew.

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1940's picture of the Swanson Family.
Left to right: Charles, Scennia, Mildred, Ester, Eileen, Agnes

Mildred Swanson Stories

  • Across the Street
  • Ben Shepherd
  • The Neighborhood
  • Fourth of July in Clive around 1917
  • Government Housing In the 1930s
  • Looking Glass
  • Robert Anderson Family
  • A Sledding Experience
  • Swanson General Store
  • Thank You, Uncle Ben

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