Family Archives

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1895
The young fellow on the right is Elmer Riggins.
The family home was on Clementon Road
in Gibbsboro, New Jersey

1903

1905
4 Generations

1908

1919

Dorothy May Riggins

1925
90 Kendall Boulevard, Oaklyn, NJ
1925 set a US record for new homes: Almost 1,000,000; a record that was not broken until 1975

1937
Daniel and Dorothy Rathgeber
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1942

1943

George Riggins served in the Pacific

1944

1945

1946

1948

1949
David's first offshore trip

1950

Ross Allen's Reptile Institute - Florida

1955

1956
Built from a boat kit

1957

1958
Preparing for the commute to
Collingswood High School

First cross country "win"
Collingswood vs. Atlantic City

Square Circle Club in Gibbsboro.
Lots of fun for many years.

1959
"...and proper driving attitude."
That is soooooooo ME!

1960

1962
$75 a week before taxes

1964
South Philly High - College-bound senior physics

1965

Left to right: Augustus (Dan) Rathgeber, Frances (Nan) Casner Rathgeber, Blanche Moeller Riggins, and Elmer (the poet) Riggins

Her father, Major John F Casner, commanded Company K of the 91^st Infantry and fought in many civil war battles including Gettysburg, where his name appears on the monument below.

1966

Douglas in training at Fort Dix, NJ

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1967

1968

The first birthday party.

1969

1970
Near Munich

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1972

Neen helping with David's Masters Thesis

1973

1974

Yosemite

1975

1976

Fort Lauderdale

1977

1979
The Greek islands cruise on the Stella Solaris

Santorini

Ephesus

Istanbul

Delphi

Cairo

Temple of Karnak in Luxor (aka ancient Thebes)

Windsor Castle

Urquhart Castle ruins on Loch Ness near Inverness

1980

5 Tudor Close, Cobham, Surrey
Last sold in 2015 for about $2,000,000
Neighbor: John Lodge of the Moody Blues

The garden: Our back yard

Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Look familiar?

1981
David's licence to operate a color TV set!

David's

The pizza was not so good!

Inside the crater of Vesuvius.

1982

"I really don't think you're as smart as me, Dad,
You've just had more experience."

The Algarve on Portugal's south coast

1983

Not Linda Ronstadt

1984

Custom-built, locking, electronics box.

Our home. The neighbor across the street was Senator Jake Garn.

1985
Wahoo!

1986

1987

The model train platform with the Undecided II

1988
"Graduation" at Virginia Tech

1989
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1990

Langley High senior class president speaks at graduation in DAR Hall, Washington, DC

1991

Same to you!

1992

Fort Lauderdale

1993

1994

Wildwood, NJ

1995

Fireworks aboard the Badger on the Potomac River

1996

On the Clipper City out of Baltimore

1997

Captain Bob's Badger

1998

We beat the drum!

On the Fishin' Frenzy before she became famous

July 4 at the Franchi resort

Grandpa Rathgeber's memorial trip

1999

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2000

2001

Aboard the Fishin' Frenzy with Captain Greg,
star of the TV series Wicked Tuna.

2002

A "Happy Birthday" cruise on the Cherry Blossom
out of Old Town Alexandria

From the South Jersey Marina in Cape May

2003

2004

2005

2006

The beach house

Who's the old bald guy?

Well I'll drink to that!

2007

A "Happy Birthday" cruise on the Catherine Marie
out of Annapolis

2008

That's not the horizon,
it's just the top of the first wave!
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2010

A big Blue Marlin on the other end

A few days at the Breakers Resort in Palm Beach

2011

The bear trap at PGA National

Dearly beloved...

Laguna Beach

Meryl who?

2012

Carlos Santana?
You've got to change your evil ways...

Pauline's retirement party at the Charles Town races

2013

The Athens Cowboy Choir
Who's the guy with sun glasses?

National fireworks from the balcony
Our neighbor was Senator John McCain

2014
Holy carp!

The "Sheriff" from the Athens Cowboy Choir

TGA on the Blue Heron

The Director

2015
The new view in Palm Beach

2016
The Athens Cowboy Choir

Wicked Tuna!

Tom Franchi, Captain Greg, and Captain David.

Davey performs at the Flicker Bar in Athens.

Merry Christmas!

2017
Surprise! Happy birthday Neen.

Elf Power on the cover of Flagpole Magazine

On a coast-to-coast tour with Elf Power

2018

2019
Wyatt — May 28, 2019

Watch out, world.

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Photos below are not in chronological order.

If you can read this, itz working fine.
All I had to do was cut the cord off: Wireless!

Home, home and deranged...
...where the beer and the cantaloupe lay...