I want to compare my father’s passports from 1955 to my passport in 2018. The first picture shows the outside cover. Not very interesting back then or now.
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The next photo of his passport is interesting in that they put his occupation as PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER. They also state that he doesn’t have a wife or kids. This was issued on October 5th, 1955 – the day after the Brooklyn Dodgers won their first World Series. My father was in New York getting his passport when they won. He was playing with the Mobile Bears – a farm team of the Dodgers – that year.
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