1940,Lea Anne and Dick with Grandma Ryan, Leo's mom, in the yard of the Ryan family’s first rental house, Jefferson Street. 1942,Leo (Kelly) Ryan and his first three children--Dick, Bub, and Lea Anne--on the Latty Street sidewalk. 1943,Lea Anne and Dick in more solitary days on their tricycles with Leo and Evelyn, Jefferson Street. 1947,Evelyn Ryan and her first six children, Jefferson Street: Evelyn, Rog, Terry (Tuff) in arms, Bruce, Dick, Lea Anne, Bub. 1948c,Trick or treating in Evelyn's homemade costumes on Jefferson Street. 1949,Leo strikes a pose with Lea Anne, Bub, and Dick next to the Schwinn. 1949,Evelyn and children pose next to the Schwinn bicycle Evelyn won in the Champion Spark Plugs Contest. Dick's accident on this bike a few years later would prompt Evelyn to enter the Western Auto Contest to win him a new one and preserve his newspaper route. 1949,Evelyn and her first six children on Latty Street: Bruce, Bub, Evelyn, Lea Anne, Terry (Tuff), Dick, Rog. 1949c,Bruce, Bub, Terry (Tuff), and Dick in the Latty Street backyard. 1950c,Lea Anne and Dick with Aunt Lucy on Latty Street. 1950c,Bruce, Bub, and Terry (Tuff) on Latty Street. 1952,Bub in his K of C Little League uniform, Latty Street. 1952,Bruce, Terry (Tuff), Bub, Mike, Dick, and Barb on the occasion of Bruce's first holy communion, Latty Street. 1953,Dick in his new suit with Tuff, Barb, and Mike, Latty Streeet. 1953,Presentation of the Western Flyer bicycle to Dick from W.F. Clark, Western Auto Regional Manager. The ceremony was held during half-time of a Defiance High School football game. Evelyn, Leo, and Dick are at center. At far right is John Kraber, the Defiance, Ohio Western Auto dealer. 1953,Barb, Rog, Betsy, Bub, Rog, Terry (Tuff), and Bruce show off Dick's x-53 flyer won in the Western Auto Bike Contest, Leo in background. 1953,Barbara Ryan holding her black cat at the corner of the Latty Street house. 1953,Betsy enjoying a ride on her rocking horse outside of the Latty Street house. 1953,Tuff and Mike read the comics to little Betsy, Latty Street. 1953,Broken-boughed Bruce beams as big brother Bub balances a bubbly Betsy. 1953,Bruce and Dick swing the baby Betsy. 1954,Mike shows off his science fair certificate and ribbon on the front stoop of 801 Washington Avenue, the house bought with the Western Auto Contest winnings. 1954,Bub and Betsy playing in a washtub in the Latty Street backyard. 1954,Broken armed Bruce pretends a nap in his baseball uniform in front of the elm tree at 801 Washington. 1954c,Bub and Tuff on Latty Street posed Indian and dress-up. 1955,Dave at age 1. Just happy to be here. 1955,Betsy getting a cookie at age 3 in the kitchen, 801 Washington Avenue. 1955,Betsy tickling her younger brother in the summer yard chair. This photograph was labeled as if it was entered into a photo contest. Label: 1955,Evelyn and her youngest child, Dave, on the couch in the living room at 801 Washington Avenue. 1955,Mike in full graduate regalia - hat and diploma, Washington Avenue. 1955,Betsy having a great laugh in her summer chair with brother Dave in the stroller. 1955,Tickling Dave. 1955,Dave with Rebel, our talking parakeet, 801 Washington Avenue. 1956,Betsy and Dave on their tricycles with Tuff giving a push. 1956,Easter Sunday with Dave and Betsy, Betsy using her bike to peddle her Easter basket around. 1956,A happy Dave at rest with his blanket and ever-present bib. 1956,Dave in the shared parking area in front of the family car, Washington Avenue. 1956,Happy Barb. 1956,Mike with Betsy in her much-loved (going to the eye-) Doctor's dress at the swingset, Washington Avenue. 1956,Mike, Betsy, Tuff, and Barb outside for a romp in the snow alongside the house at 801 Washington. The garage at left was torn down in about 1970. 1956,Mike in his full Catholic First Communion regalia in front of 801 Washington. The innovative headgear is the result of one of the ringworm epidemics that hit the grade school at St. Mary's. 1956,Dave with Rebel, our talking parakeet, and parts of Tuff. 1956,Lea Anne and Evelyn posing at Lea Anne's graduation from nursing school. 1957,Betsy and Dave ride on their bikes on Washington Avenue. 1957,Dave and Betsy on the saucer sled with Tuff outside the house on Washington Avenue. 1957,Dave sitting on the front stoop at 801 Washington Avenue with his toy helicopter. 1957,An inseparable Betsy and Dave in the front yard at 801 Washington Avenue. 1957,Betsy and Dave in the front yard at 801 Washington Avenue. 1957,Betsy in the kitchen sink for a bath at 801 Washington Avenue. 1957,Betsy and Barb horsing around near the 801 Washington clothesline. 1957c,Mike with Betsy in the backyard washtub at 801 Washington Avenue. 1958,Barb, eighth child of Leo and Evelyn, and her beautiful hair on the old blue couch at 801 Washington Avenue. 1958,Betsy (age 6) with her best friend, Hazel Bidlack, on Washington Avenue in front of Leo's 1954 Chevy Bel-Air. This was the car that took Tuff and Evelyn to Goshen, Indiana. 1958,Betsy and Dave celebrate a birthday with balloons in front of the house on Washington Avenue. 1958,Betsy looking at the world in her own way on the swings. 1958,Yet another exotic vacation in the wilds of the backyard at 801 Washington Avenue. Catching the big one depends on the right equipment in the right location. 1958,Dress-up for Easter on the front sidewalk on Washington Avenue. 1958, Barb and Betsy playing cowboy and Indian. 1958 June,Betsy and Barb at Barb’s First Communion. 1958 June,Glued to the game. Tuff and Betsy on the bleachers at Kingsbury Park, Defiance, Ohio. 1959,Betsy's First Communion pose in the living room at 801 Washington. 1960,Dave cutting out pictures from a magazine in front of the now-infamous Deep Freeze on the dining room floor. 1960,Barb, Dave, Betsy, Evelyn, and Mike visit the Ryan farm in Defiance Ohio, standing in front of a newly plowed field. Later this would become part of the Defiance College campus. 1960,Mammy cat on her back porch at 801 Washington Avenue. 1960,The eight-year old betsy in a sultry pose outside 801 Washington. 1960,Dave, Tuff, and Betsy enjoying television on the largest couch in the world in the living room of 801 Washington. 1960c,Betsy and Tuff in front of 801 Washington on the occasion of Tuff's graduation from St. Mary's grade school. 1961,Bruce accepting delivery of the first prize Triumph TR3 from the Beech-Nut Gum 1961,The kids (Betsy, Barb, Mike, Rog) watching Evelyn Ryan on the Merv Griffin show when the TV goes on the blink. 1961 July,Barb, Betsy, and Dave pose in front of the Triumph TR-3 sports car won by Evelyn in the Beech-Nut Gum 2004 Summer/Fall,Tooling brothers: Dick and Bruce pose in the TR3, one of the picture cars used in the DreamWorks movie, The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio. On set, Toronto, Canada. 1962,Betsy, Dave, and Barb with their bike in front of 801 Washington Avenue. Life in a school zone. 1962,Dave, Betsy, and Barb in their Easter finest (at least the girls!). Betsy remembers how the Easter bonnet had sharp points that dug into the scalp - always ready for a blustery Spring. 1962,Dave stands on the front walk on Washington Avenue. 1964,Betsy, age 12, and kitten of Mammy cat outside 801 Washington Avenue. 1966c,Betsy on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks above the Washington Street viaduct in Defiance Ohio, c1966. Photo taken by Tuff for her BGSU photography class. 1966,Dave playing catch on the sidewalk in front of 801 Washington.