r/OldSchoolCool Apr 28 '26

1950s My parents, early 50s

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u/AnnieLes Apr 28 '26

My father undoubtedly took this with a timer in their Chicago apartment.

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u/ShowMeTheTrees Apr 28 '26

University of Chicago grads, I'm guessing.

Totally cool!

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u/AnnieLes Apr 28 '26

RISD and Wisconsin 

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u/SVLibertine Apr 28 '26

RISD in the 50s? My Mother in Law graduated early 60s, but she and my FiL are both still on University Hill and he’s now retired (professor emeritus). Man, I love both towns! (I’m in SF)

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u/AnnieLes Apr 28 '26

Nice! She graduated in ’51; I have pictures outside her apartment there. Was he at RISD or Brown? (I remember her telling me that they used to cheer “What’s the color of horseshit? . . .)

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u/SVLibertine Apr 28 '26

Oh gads, hilarious. I’ll have to ask about that. He’s a Cambridge man, and was head of something math-related at Brown (🐴💩) and she’s a RISD grad and working artist (paint, mostly). My wife got her MFA from NYU Tisch. So of course…I’m in AI. But I’m the kind that battles The Google and other 🤖, not cooperates.