A digital archive celebrating the lives, love, and legacy of Reginald (Pogs) and Marcella (Mogs) Carlson - from wartime letters to handwritten recipes, from family newsletters to a soldier's own account of what he survived.
Pogs' full name was Alvin Reginald Carlson, but he went by his middle name Reginald, or Reg, his entire life; but all of his children and grandchildren simply knew him as Pogs. Mogs also went by her middle name, Marcella. Her full name was Lois Marcella Lemons Carlson. The nicknames of Mogs and Pogs came from... (who has the details of this story?)
The Collection
01
Mogs' Kitchen
Handwritten recipe cards from Marcella Carlson's collection - every dish a thread back to the table she kept for her family.
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02
Letters from the Front
All of the letters that were saved by Jennie Carlson (Gaga, Pogs' mom) that were written by Reginald when he served in the Army during WWII.
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03
Super Scoop News
Sandy's family newsletter - twenty editions across seventeen years, 1980 to 1997, chronicling the Carlson family in their own words.
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04
War Stories
Reginald's account of frontline combat in Italy, 1945 - written later in life, with the clarity and weight of a soldier who came home.
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05
War Photos
Photographs taken by Reginald during his service in the United States Army in World War II.
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06
War Medals & Honors
Pogs' military medals, ribbons, and service decorations - a photographic record of his sacrifice.
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07
Family Memories and Photos
Various other memories from life on La Docena Lane in Pico Rivera, California with a loving Mogs and Pogs and their eleven children.
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