Back in 1969, while a senior at Whitman College, I shared a house with a couple of friends at 814 Boyer, just a couple of blocks from the campus. At some point in the year, Meda became a frequent visitor. The rest is history.

While preparing for our recent trip to Walla Walla for a Whitman reunion, I found an old snapshot of Meda taken in front of the house on Boyer.

When we arrived in Walla Walla last week, not only was the house still there, but it looked almost unchanged over the ensuing decades. A railing had been added to the front steps, but otherwise it appeared pretty much the same as it had been back in our day.

So, of course, I had to pose Meda for another photo, a “then & now” shot.

I did knock on the door and ask the current resident if he would mind us shooting the picture. When he saw the picture and heard that we were trying to recreate the 1969 photo, he got pretty excited!

So here it is, 814 Boyer, then and now.

As usual, just click on the picture to see a larger version.