Mom, meet Dad.

This part one of two, both tucked into an envelope Marilyn marked "Courting." Which is NOT the same as "hooking up."

Anyway, here they are, before the four kids, the family trips, the civil rights movement and the atomic bomb. They were in the middle of a war, of course, and the Depression was still fresh in the collective memory, but for now, they were just two kids taking in the sun on a fine day.

Click on to see why they were sitting down.