Mary Gwinn Bowe and The 1960 Kennedy Presidential Campaign
Editor's Note: In 1960, John F. Kennedy was running for President. After a September campaign event in our apartment living room with Ethel and Joan Kennedy, the wives of his JFK's brothers Robert and Edward Kennedy, my mother joins the soon-to-be-elected President at an event in his Chicago campaign office. Also attending are then Mayor Richard J. Daley, and later Mayor Jane Byrne.
A Christmas Gone to the Dogs
A Christmas Gone to the Dogs On a cold Christmas Day in 2022, Charlie and Betty helped open the presents under the tree.
Richard Bowe and the 1968 SDS Days of Rage in Chicago
Richard Bowe's Report on the 1968 SDS Days of Rage Violence in Chicago Editor's Note: In a March 14, 2022 interview Tony and I discussed what kind of content might later be added to the www.wbowe.com website. In [...]
Mark Hersch – Time After Time
Mark Hersch - Time After Time Mark Hersch is know for taking rare, historic photographs of Chicago and other cities and merging them with photographs he takes from the exact same vantage point in the present day. The [...]
Earlier Times with the 80th Birthday Guests
Earlier Times with the 80th Birthday Guests The birthday event featured a 9-minute slideshow of the invitees in earlier years. You can take a look at these guests when they were youngin's here.
John Skura
John Skura Editor's Note: John Skura in his brief remarks points to a number of parallels between his life and mine, including our service in the military. John recalls his career in the Naval Intelligence Service and mine [...]
Walker Johnson at Bill Bowe’s 80th Party
Walker Johnson at Bill Bowe's 80th Birthday Party Editor's Note: I know both architect Walker Johnson as well as his architect son Ben from The Cliff Dwellers club. Walker is a past president of the Club and Ben [...]
Beth Hanley Dunn
Beth Hanley Dunn Editor's Note: Beth Hanley Dunn represented the entire Hanley Family, including her brother John Hanley. In a reminder that the pandemic has some lingering effects as the country tries to get back up on its [...]
Jay Edelston
Jay Edelston Editor's Note: Two years ahead of me in high school were Jay Edelston and his classmates Steve Heineman and John Eshoo. Although my family never owned an automobile, these three did grow up with them. Jay [...]
