
1959 - Bill and Sandy with newborn Dora
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1960 - Dora was a happy baby
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1961 - Cowgirl Dora
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1961 - Dora loves her daddy
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1962 - Wanda describes this photo as "little Butch Dora" - check out the boots
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1963 - Dora loves her new baby sister Wanda
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1970 - the Lanham family
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1970 - Cousins Thelma and Tina
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1971 - Dora and Wanda on a Girl Scouts campout
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Proud scouts - check out all of Dora's merit badges
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1974 (age 15) - Dora's hippie phase
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1975 - Dora and a friend ready for the big dance
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1975 - Dora and Wanda with their dad
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1976 - Dora in San Bruno
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1976 - At the prom. Did we really look that goofy back then?
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1976 - the Lanhams
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1977 - Proud high school graduate
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1977 - Dora sitting on her '65 'Stang
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1977 - Dora in contemplative pose
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1978 - Dora in San Bruno
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1977 - Good friend Beth
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1977 - Good friend Bonnie
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Bonnie was a science nerd. Her brother Freddy was just a nerd. Check out the reel-to-reel
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1978 - The 3 Musketeers - Dora, Bonnie, and Beth
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1979 - Dora cutting her 20th birthday cake
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June 19, 1979 - the birthday girl - this was 3 months before Dora met Mark
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1979 - Wanda and Tabby - this was the Wanda that Mark first met in '79 - wasn't she so cute at age 16?
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1943: Dora's grandfather and grandmother, and her father, young Bill, sitting on mama's lap
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Dora, 1960
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Dora 1961. Check out those cowboy boots!
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Dora, 1961
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Dora and Wanda, 1964
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Dora, 1967
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Dora, 1967
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1967: the Lanham family
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Dora, 1968
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Dora and Wanda, 1968
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Dora, 1969
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Dora, 1970
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Dora, 1971
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Dora and Sandy, 1971
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Dora, 1971
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1971: Dora had a big crush on her older cousin Ruben
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Dora, 1972
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Dora, 1972
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Dora, 1973
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Dora, 1973
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Wanda, Sandy, and Dora, 1973
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Dora, 1974
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The Lanhams, 1975
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Dora, 1976. No wait, that's Cher in 1976...
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There's Dora in 1976
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Dora and Bill, 1976
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Dora, 1976
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1976: cousins in Harlingen, TX
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Dora, 1977
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In 1977, Dora graduated high school in Spain (Air Force father stationed there) and moved to San Bruno, CA to live with her aunt/uncle and start college while her family remained stationed in Spain.
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California resident, 1977
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In San Bruno, 1977
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Dora saw Cher again in 1978
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1979: Dora was graduating Skyline College the same year her cousin Terry was graduating Pacifica High School
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Dora's school pics,1965-73 (thanks for scrapbooking all these mom!)
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>Dora's school pics,1973-77
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Dora's high school friend Beth and her husband Roy, early 1980s
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Cousin Terry, late 1970s
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