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From Robert Yan:

The year was 1961. We were at 2500 Hearst Ave, on the south west side of the Berkeley campus. That wooden apartment building at the junction of Shattuck and Hearst. That car in front of the laundry shop shows you the year the pictures were taken. They were taken by my father who in 1961 came to visit us on his way to Chicago to visit my brother. Notice everybody dressed up in the picture with ties? We were all trying to look nice to entertain my dad. We even cooked a big dinner that day.

These pics were in our family album and were handed to me after my parents passed away. Dad in mid 1980s and mom in early 2001. I didn't come across them until my sister notified me because she kept most of the the stuff my parents left behind.

From Reginald Mak:

We were all sitting on "my" bed to pose for this rare photo in 1961. It also reminded me how small the bedroom shared by Dominic, Philip and myself actually was, when I noticed that small space between Dominic's bed in the foreground and mine. (Philip's bed was only a couple of feet from the foot of my bed.) And imagine, we even played baseball and wrestling inside that little room! The adjacent kitchen area was even smaller. I can still recall the warped and cracked vinyl floor --- heavily greased and ready for the junkyard --- where the 5 of us cooked and ate many dinners together around that tiny kitchen table. The total living area for the three of us was about 200 square feet. Come to think of it, how did we fit all the belongings for three inside that small closet (our "pitcher's mound")? If I remember correctly, we stored our suitcases under our beds. There was no bathroom in the apartment. The only small bathroom across the hallway from our apartment was shared by all the tenants on that floor, totalling 7 or 8 at the time. But heck, the rent was cheap. It was an affordable $25 a piece for the three of us.

That was 1961. Some 51 years ago. Schooling and careers came and went. We all went our separate ways after graduation. What's left now are some very fond memories of yesteryears, with thanks to these precious photographs that Robert faithfully kept.