At some point in 1951 or 1952, we moved from Victorville to Santa Ana, CA. I believe with the help of Grandma and Grandpa Sanchez, dad and mom bought a house on a residential street. But not long after that, because of the Korean War, dad would be sent to Japan. My Aunt Jean recalls that, before he shipped out, we all briefly stayed with her, her husband, and my cousin Doug in their small apartment in San Leandro, CA, in the northern part of the state.
Previously, when each of us was born, the telegrams went to the grandparents in Newport Beach, CA. However, at some point along the way, they moved to Yucaipa, CA, beyond Riverside and close to the desert. One photograph, a single memory of mine, and stories mom told us confirm this move. But not that long afterwards, they moved back to Newport Beach (or perhaps they maintained their Newport Beach home and sold the two-story house in Yucaipa).
Though not marked, I believe this photograph, one of the few remaining professional photographs, not counting school pictures, that remain in the two albums, was taken while we lived in Santa Ana, possibly in 1952, given that my sister looks a bit older here than in the two pictures on the sled.
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