Snapshot. Private Collection.
A trio of buddies posing together in the sun by a river, with two in long coats, the third in an Oxford suit.
I’d date this 2.5 x 4.5″ snapshot to be from the 30’s or the early to mid 40’s.
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A 1930’s Portrait
A high school portrait for the yearbook maybe? This is a 4″ x 6″ on thick paper with a blank back.
Ah, the 30’s…starting with the Great Depression and ending in war…I hope this dapper young gentleman survived those tumultuous times. The 30’s weren’t exactly the best decade to be coming of age.
This 1940’s U.S. Army Technician
1940’s U.S. army technician. Snapshot. Private Collection.
This American soldier posed all smile by a hill, some time in the 40’s but before 1948. During WW2 or after is unknown. Nothing written on the back either, but with the landscape and the sun on his back I think this candid came out pretty good!
Me, Babe and Elliot
“Me, Babe and Elliot.” Oct 11, 1947. Camp Drake. Tokyo.
This is one of those where the message is half the photograph. Got me laughing some!
Me, Babe and T-5 Elliot.
Place, our club.
Time, ?
and after, ???
Boy, what a night. HA HA.
Elliot and his buddies were of the 1st Cavalry Division and he was a Technician, a rank discontinued in 1948 but with the equivalent today of Specialist.
And it looks like “Babe” earned his nickname when he lied about his age on his recruitment form!
Your WW2 era American sailor next door
American Sailor Headshot. Private Collection.
On a 2.5″ x 3.5″ headshot. He’d just graduated from basics by the ribbon on his chest. He has a serious expression, looking tough as if to prove his worth to his brothers and family. What bugs me is how his picture got to me. It hasn’t been more than what…seventy years since it was taken? I must be getting old since I think it wasn’t that long ago.
But my point is it already got lost from his family members, and that’s a shame. And then it makes you wonder, did he survive at all?
Thank you for your service, sailor. Your sacrifice will never be forgotten.
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