Faces and generations from the Mooney family collection
These photographs preserve several generations of the family together. Select any image to see the full-size photograph.
Betty and Lee in Corpus ChristiBetty and Lee Mooney sitting on the porch steps in Corpus Christi, Texas, soon after their wedding.Studio portrait of LeeA studio portrait of Cloise Lee Mooney, known to family and friends as Lee.Hats and HairDaniel, Michael, and Robert Mooney on the patio at the family home, 600 Homestead Drive in Plaquemine, around 1972.Ed and Lee MooneyEd Mooney and his son Lee on the back steps of Ed’s home on Washington Avenue in Belleville, Illinois, probably in the mid-1960s.Betty MooneyBetty Mooney in Corpus Christi, Texas, soon after her marriage to Lee. This portrait was cropped from the photograph of Betty and Lee sitting together on the porch steps.Fifty Years TogetherEthel and Ed Mooney celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in 1966.On the PatioAt the Mooney family home, 600 Homestead Drive in Plaquemine, in the late 1960s. From left: Judy, Robert, and Robert’s wife, Rita, with Daniel and Michael standing behind them.Lee and Betty at HomeLee and Betty Mooney in the living room of their family home at 600 Homestead Drive in Plaquemine, in the early 1970s.Lee at WorkLee Mooney at work at Kaiser Aluminum in Baton Rouge, where he served as production manager.Hats and HairRita and Lynn, Michael’s first wife, on the patio at 600 Homestead Drive in Plaquemine, with Robert, Michael, and Dan standing behind them.The Mooneys and Ores on Haase StreetThe families gathered on the front steps during a visit from the Ores, who had traveled down from Illinois. Dorothy Mooney Ore was Lee Mooney’s sister. She and her husband, Harold S. Ore, were the parents of Tom, John, Patty, and baby Dorothy. From left: bottom row—Robert, Michael, Tom, John, and Dan; second row—Judy and Patty; top row—Lee, Betty, Dorothy, and Harold holding baby Dorothy.
