My father as a boy around 1950 or 51. He was born in '38 so that seems about right. I think he's about 13 years old here.
I'm actually not sure how I came about these photos, but I am sure glad I did. It's one of the only visual connections to the past that I have.
Maybe someone has seen or knows about the ribbons seen here. I'm guessing his Catholic confirmation? @thekittygirl?
OOhhhh wow this one is amazing as well!
He looks so damn younggggg tooo
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I'm pretty sure it's his Catholic confirmation. Makes sense but who knows! :D
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It's funny too because there is a really strong similarity to me and my son too, at that age!!
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Did he drink the holy water?
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I don't think so!! I'm glad he didn't because I might not be here today haha
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Amen! You are so right, some of the photos that we own are akin to the greatest treasures on earth...Even if only to us...
I gotta be honest, if 95% of the photos that I own, suddenly disappeared, I would get over it fast enough. But those 5% WOW! They have gotten me through dark times, helped to abate grief and made me smile so, so many times in life...They are like crack for the heart...
Of-course we all know that they are mere snapshots of a moment of a day, way back when, and that most of our internal memories outweigh that piece of photo-paper but it really is great to gaze upon them, isn't it?
Photos such as this one also have an added dimension, they allow us to glimpse at those whom we only ever knew as much, much older...It can be a glimpse into the eyes of those we love, before life's influence had begun to shape them.
What advice would we offer to them, or ourselves if we could jump back to that snap-shot in time?
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It is a really hard dimension to define I think, as you say. It's something worth thinking about really. It might have something to do with older manufacturing processes literally not having the capacity to cut corners. I know that sounds odd but I'll explain more next we chat :)
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