Like all of suburbia, really expanded after world war ii because of the baby boom. And speaking of babies, every parent, including me, knows the frustration of trying to get your little one to smile at just the right moment for just the right photo. Well, were about to tell the story of a woman who turned that challenge into an art form. My name is lynda bannister. When my mother, constance, passed away in 2005, she left me more more than 100,000 baby photos. She was the most accomplished baby photographer of her day. Hi, lynda. Im jamie. Hi, jamie. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too. You wrote me about your mom and something about babies. Yes. Are they here . Yes, they are. Please come in. Okay. Inside lyndas house is her strange inheritance left to her by her mother, baby photographer Constance Bannister. Youve basically put together a museum all about your mom and all these babies. In total, there are more than 100,000 baby pictures yes, 100,000 photos. There are many files ful
Im jamie colby, heading into the town of hastingsonhudson, new york, a suburb about 18 miles north of manhattan. Im on my way to meet a woman who wrote to me about her strange inheritance a piece of musical history with the most improbable tale of how she came to own it. My names Marlene Piturro. When my husband died, he left me a musical treasure along with clear marching orders on what he wanted done with it. [ gongs chiming ] hi, marlene. Hi, jamie. Come on in. Its so nice to meet you. As we settle in, marlene tells me about her harmonious first meeting with her husband, howard, a concert percussionist. It was love at first sight. Really . He was 63, and he had these twinkly blue eyes. He went to work every day in his gig suit and his tuxedo with his white shirt and bow tie. Howard van hyning, born in 1936 in central florida, inherits an interest in percussion from his greatgrandfather, a drummer boy in the civil war. Howard had his drumsticks, and he practiced quite a bit, mostly w
Expanded after world war ii because of the baby boom. And speaking of babies, every parent, including me, knows the frustration of trying to get your little one to smile at just the right moment for just the right photo. Well, were about to tell the story of a woman who turned that challenge into an art form. My name is lynda bannister. When my mother, constance, passed away in 2005, she left me more more than 100,000 baby photos. She was the most accomplished baby photographer of her day. Hi, lynda. Im jamie. Hi, jamie. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too. You wrote me about your mom and something about babies. Yes. Are they here . Yes, they are. Please come in. Okay. Inside lyndas house is her strange inheritance left to her by her mother, baby photographer Constance Bannister. Youve basically put together a museum all about your mom and all these babies. In total, there are more than 100,000 baby pictures yes, 100,000 photos. There are many files full of negatives. All negatives
Zoo says no animals are missing. Calling out nicki minaj over her tweets. Are there artists tweeting into the fray . Today, wednesday, july 22nd, 2015. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone, welcome on a wednesday morning. Lets ask the guys in the control room to put the images up of a massive warehouse complex fire in north brunswick, 40 miles from manhattan. It has grown to five alarms. Well have much more on that story coming up. But on this wednesday morning, lets start with another breaking story overnight. A United Airlines crew reported being the target of lasers at a new york area airport. This after a dozen similar incidents there last week. Nbcs tom costello covers aviation. What can you tell us . This problem has been growing worse over the past few years. Laser pointers start out with a small light but as the distance grows, that beam of light grows bigger and bigger. So big it can light up a cockpit and blind the pilots. This morning, the police
Expanded after world war ii because of the baby boom. And speaking of babies, every parent, including me, knows the frustration of trying to get your little one to smile at just the right moment for just the right photo. Well, were about to tell the story of a woman who turned that challenge into an art form. My name is lynda bannister. When my mother, constance, passed away in 2005, she left me more more than 100,000 baby photos. She was the most accomplished baby photographer of her day. Hi, lynda. Im jamie. Hi, jamie. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too. You wrote me about your mom and something about babies. Yes. Are they here . Yes, they are. Please come in. Okay. Inside lyndas house is her strange inheritance left to her by her mother, baby photographer Constance Bannister. Youve basically put together a museum all about your mom and all these babies. In total, there are more than 100,000 baby pictures yes, 100,000 photos. There are many files full of negatives. All negatives