Trip to Europe in 1950

Back in 1948 we drove out to Colorado to visit family. Then my father's expenses were paid to International conferences in Paris and in Oxford in 1950. All he had to do was to find a way to fund us. So he worked at two jobs (commuting by train between Baltimore and Philadelphia) for the winter of 1949-1950

Passport photo

My mother prepared us for the trip by taking us to Berlitz for French lessons. She made the travel arrangements through Cook Travel Agency (who were an American Express Agency). She saved money in any way she could, so we had a joint passport for the three of us. I'm on the left - age 12. My mother is in the center, and my sister is on the right - age 10. My mother had her 41st birthday on the trip.