Cool old photos

[ZoCrowes]

I've been going through a bunch of old boxes in my parents basement trying to find some of the stuff from when I was a kid and I ran across some cool photos I had never seen before. Thought I might share em with you guys


This is my paternal grandfather. He died before I was born but my dad has told me stories and he seemed like a pretty cool old dude. Wish I could have met him. I think the picture was taken around WWII.


My mom when she was about my age (20-22.) Mom says this is the picture my Dad used to keep on his desk and then would knock it on the floor when his other girlfriends came in lol

Anybody else have some cool old pictures?

[tuvor]

1. Dude, your mom is HOT.

:evilgrin:

[Kire]

3. agree

[derby378]

22. "ZoCrowes' mom has got it goin' on..."

Sorry, couldn't resist. But she is gorgeous.

Your grandfather's pretty handsome, too. Can't leave him out.

[gmoney]

2. Sorry Stifler, but your mom's hot!

Or at least that picture is. Hope you got her looks...

(Stifler's mom is a stupid American Pie reference I'm ashamed to know)

[WMliberal]

4. steals other DUers identities. opens charge cards.

buys time machine. bangs your HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTT mom.

[ZoCrowes]

5. ...you guys suck

really bad...NIGHTMARES!

Actually I look exactly like her that's the scary part

[CornField]

6. Those are terrific! I love old photos. Want to see some of mine?

That's my father. See that jug in his hand? LOL! He did a short stint as a moonshine runner which, I've been told, caused a huge rift between him and my grandfather.


Here's another of my dad (on the right) and his younger brother. They are posing here with some of my grandfather's mules. According to the locals around town, my grandfather was well known for his team of white mules.


This is one of my favorite photos. That little toddler is my mother! She looks exactly like me as a little girl, my oldest daughter and my youngest son. The gentleman is her father (my grandfather) who passed away before I was born. This is my only photo of him.


Another of my father (in the middle) with two of his buddies, the Sysney brothers.


This one isn't of family, but I did find it tucked inside my father's Bible. I have no clue why he kept it. The Okies here might find it interesting. This is photo from 1939 of the construction of the Grand River Dam.

[ZoCrowes]

7. Oh man

those are cool as hell! The moonshiner shot at the very top is VERY cool. There's just something about old black and white photos that adds character. When I visualize Woody Guthry songs this is what I see. Classic early 20th century Americana

[guitar man]

8. cool pics

I love old pics like this, my Mom still has all of our old photos and I can spend a whole day just going through and looking at them.

I especially like the Grand River Dam Pic. My Brother's place is just over the hill and to the left a bit.

[fluffernutter]

32. how neat! the one of your mom in the water is great.

[ZoCrowes]

9. HA

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/computers/2004/12/hoax/
Some people are so stupid

[rppper]

12. yeah...home computer...riiiight...i know what it really is though

that huge panel next to the man is a reactor control panel from a nuc-u-lar submarine...i didn't have to follow the link to discover this either...i have seen them countless times....the "steering wheel" on the 1st panel increases/decreases the ammount of steam sent to the turbines(raises or lowers the fuel rods)...the black switches on the 3rd panel control the speed of the water pumps inside the reactor itself...that round gauge at the top of the wheels is an engine order telegraph, which is how the ordered speed is set...the black rectangular shaped gauge at the top of the 1st panel is power output....the middle panel controls voltage from the turbines....heheheh....thats scarey...gawd, i thought i had completed a memory dump on navy stuff when i got out. guess old habits die hard after all.....

[GRLMGC]

10. Once

I had to do a project for history where I invented a person's whole life history. I went to an antique store where they sold people's old photographs. I bought a stranger's old photographs. It kinda creeped me out because I didn't know where they came from or who they belonged to. I bought someone else's memories for a project.

[CornField]

11. In a way, I would have found it both exciting and creepy

I have lots of writer friends who do similar things -- find a photo of someone on the net and build that person into a character for their novels and short stories.

[pdx_prog]

13. Hey Zo....

What's your mom's phone number?...lol

[Cuban_Liberal]

14. Your Mom was a BABE!

No offense.

:D

[Misunderestimator]

15. Here's me in 1962... I think that's my Mom there too...

:D (now be nice)

[Skittles]

17. lovely photo

unusual, I imagine, for 1962

[Misunderestimator]

18. Yes, quite unusual... My father was the photographer...

he did some nice shots about that time. And that pic of you just cracks me up (and so sorry about your brother).

[SarahB]

19. Yeah Misunderestimator's mom!

Go lactivism! :D

[Misunderestimator]

20. Lactivism... Love it!

She would have been proud. :)

[BiggJawn]

25. Wow. We had one of those lamps, too.

Used a spring to keep it wedged betwix floor and ceiling.

[derby378]

26. It's sweet

I mean, my generation grew up with the image of a mother nursing her baby on Sesame Street. I got no problem with it at all.

[fluffernutter]

31. great picture, i love it.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

39. You have your mother's neck and shoulders

and you still have that content look on your face when you do that :evilgrin: and you still bite

[Misunderestimator]

40. Ha... it figures that you'd be the one to....

sleaze it up... :spank:

[Skittles]

16. my favorite picture of me and my brother Glenn

he passed away shortly before Thanksgiving. It's possibly the first documented Skittles ass-kicking - he had called me FAT and I had smacked him hard on the arm. I am 14 months old and he is 11 months older:

[MadHound]

21. You look uncomfortable in that dress

And you have such a "I'm going to kill you" look on your face. Just a born fighter, eh?

[Skittles]

23. LOL, it's a rare picture, the dress

in almost all my other pictures I am wearing my brother's hand-me-downs - mum said I always hated wearing a dress - still do. :D

[MadHound]

27. You sound like my wife,

Only dress I've seen her in was her wedding dress. She has a couple of skirt/blouse ensembles for when she needs to be professionally dressy, but other than that, it is slacks/jeans, blouses/shirts. Doesn't matter to me, I'd love her no matter what she wore.

[Skittles]

29. I will never understand women who would wear a dress and hose

instead of jeans or slacks, given the option. Never!

[fluffernutter]

33. hehe, i love that one too. it truly tells a story.

and the look on your face is amazing.

[Skittles]

35. I was never the type to burst into tears

I went for the jugular

[ZoCrowes]

41. Wow

you dont look too happy lol

[GCP]

45. OMG Skittles, you've got the Cartman "angry eyebrows" look!

Your one kick-ass little female there, :D

[terrya]

24. Your grandfather kind of looks like Ed O'Neill.

Maybe it's just me. :-(

Your mom was lovely in that picture. :-)

Y

[ZoCrowes]

42. HAHAHAHA

Al Bundy!! I'll have to tell my dad that because he looks just like his dad.

It's kind of weird how my siblings turned out. My big sister looks just like my dads sister, I look like my mom and her brothers and sisters and my brother does not look like either of them.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

28. Here's an old pic of my mom and dad

No comment needed!

[Skittles]

30. Most. Romantic. Picture. Ever.

you need to run this every Valentine's Day, PN6. It's such a beautiful picture.

[fluffernutter]

34. wow, don't you love seeing how in love they were?

i love their clothes too, great pic.

[212demop]

36. brilliant- it looks like

romance in the dust bowl

or

romance in the age of rosie the riveter

this should be in a photo exhibit somewhere. Life Magazine. Get it in print!

[212demop]

37. How do you get your photos into the post? do you have to attach it to

another website first and bring it over from there?

[Misunderestimator]

38. Yes, it can be linked to an image already on the web... or you can

upload a pic to a free hosting site and then link to it.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

43. Your grandfather was a very handsome man.

[jus_the_facts]

44. Hey...very cool pix......I'll contribute too......

...here's the only ol' ones I've got scanned....me as a baby once again! :D

[bettyellen]

46. the dead end kids of roscommon.....

my aunt agnes who died as a teen, my dad, uncle tommy, aunt mary and aunt betty.
somewhere on the border of roscommon/ leitrim in ireland, circa 1929.
it's my father's confirmation so they are spiffed up!


http://www.ofoto.com/PhotoView.jsp?&collid=492382970203&photoid=392382970203

[ZoCrowes]

49. Cool shot

The Irish rule

[GCP]

47. This deserves a Fryday night kick

For the late comers

[Misunderestimator]

48. And a Saturday morning one...