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the long and short of it
This has been my absolute favorite family photo for as long as I can remember. I’ve always thought of it as “Grandpa and the Tall Guy.” And while I have no context on any of this, I want to think that someone saw the humor in getting the shortest man in town to stand next to the tallest one and grabbing a quick photo.
My grandpa wrote “with Bob Bowers, Branson Colo” on the back of the print.
My grandfather was about 5′-2″, which I think puts Bob Bowers at something like seven feet tall.
Branson, Colorado
vintage family photo – date unknown
…and then there’s this
Holy hell. You may recognize me over there, the second from the right, because for the most part, I still am exactly that fashionable.
near Earth, Texas
scanned family photo – date unknown
birthday girl
I was surely an unfortunate-looking kid, with those teeth coming in all over the place and my cat-eye glasses and sort of everything else. I looked nearly as unfortunate as that birthday cake.
My grandparents weren’t close (physically or emotionally) and decorating this birthday cake with my grandmother is practically the only memory I have of doing anything with her. That’s really sad and weird, but it’s just the way things landed.
And speaking of landing, check out the way that nasty ashtray landed itself right in the middle of the table, right there by my sister’s milk.
Sonora, Texas
scanned family photo – 1964
the four chesters
Yeah, I don’t know what these photos were for – some sort of ID badges maybe? What’s even more of a mystery is why lots of lots of copies (11 of one of them!) were saved all this time.
But this is what my dad looked like (from the front AND from the side) at a couple of points in time.
scans, vintage photos
dates unknown
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