Scanned Stereo Slides from Emil Wolnik Collection

In 1954, Emil Wolnik purchased a Kodak Stereo Camera . Two views are saved on each 35mm slide. Each view is half the size of the slide. They were mounted in a special stereo slide to be looked at with a stereo viewer. In order to share them online, Ginger scanned the slides and took the cleanest view from each pair save online. There were lots of dirt specks on these old slides and all were faded to some degree, but now these digital scans will not degrade further. Note, these photos are not 3D because only one view was scanned. Example views of the slides and original viewer are at the end. From the slide numbers, there should be many more. These slides were found in a box with the viewer, so perhaps they were selected by Emil as the best ones.

Loretta & Emil Wolnik with 7 week old baby Ginger - December 25, 1954
(they lived above the Wolnik TV shop at 4114 W. Ogden Ave., Chicago, IL until 1957)

Loretta Wolnik 8 weeks after giving birth - December 31, 1954
(notice the TV in the upper left corner)

Ginger at 5 months with Emil Wolnik - April 5, 1955
(they are on the rocking chair by the crib)

Loretta Wolnik - May 8, 1955 (Mother's Day)

Ginger on 1st birthday with Loretta Wolnik - November 5, 1955

Ginger taking a bath in the kitchen sink - November 26, 1955
(they had paper towels back then!)

Ginger eating soap - November 26, 1955
(hair ribbon was not in previous photo)

Ginger going out in the Chicago cold - January 9, 1956

Ginger on the rocker by her crib - January 9, 1956 (notice the lambs on the side of the crib)

unknown couple #1 at New Year's Eve Party - December 31, 1956

unknown couple #2 at New Year's Eve Party - December 31, 1956
(the man may be Emil's friend Chester, who was Ginger's godfather)

Loretta with Shelly (4 weeks) and Ginger (2 ½ years) - April 21, 1957
Easter Sunday but Ginger is not amused

Loretta Wolnik (on right) and Ginger (in middle) - June 5, 1957
woman on left might be Loretta's friend also named Loretta, with her 2 sons Keith and ?

Shelly (2 ½ months) Kathy (6 ½ years) and Ginger (2 ½ years) - July 17, 1957

Ginger (3 ½ years) & Kathy (7 ½ years) - May 8, 1958
Kathy's First Communion Party

Orlando House - date not recorded, but probably 1960
2709 Riverside Park Ct., Orlando FL, Wolnik Family lived there July 1959 - January 1962
same roll of film as previous photo, next photo was different roll

Loretta Wolnik at her new house in Orlando, Florida - May 21, 1960

Wolnik Family on trip to Chicago - June 1961
photo probably taken in back yard of relative
Emil (age 36), Ginger (age 7), Shelly (age 4), Loretta (age 35)

Visiting the Wolnik Grandparents' Graves - June 1961
Ginger's visit to these graves in 2010

Joseph Wolnik Grave - June 1961

Visiting the Wolnik Grandparents' Graves - June 1961
Bernice Wolnik grave on left

House of Emil's relative? visted after the cemetery visit - June 1961

Ginger Wolnik in her Communion Dress - April 8, 1962

Ginger's First Communion - April 8, 1962

Ginger (age 7 ½) & Shelly (age 5) - April 8, 1962

Shelly & Ginger - June 8, 1962
view of the canal behind their new house at 303 Barrello Ln., Cocoa Beach, FL

Ginger holding her cat Puffy & Shelly - June 17, 1962

Closeup of Puffy - June 17, 1962

Keith Baptism - July 8, 1962
Loretta (age 36), Keith (3 weeks), Emil (age 37)
Ginger (age 7 ½), Shelly (age 5)