US... Then and Now

[rpcrowe]

okay, ugh I'll play along even though I hate my photo taken.

1st is me and my brothers with Santa

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2nd is me about a year ago (cuz it may have been that long since i allowed a photo taken hahahah).

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Sharon - your mouth and eyes have not changed a bit!

[rpcrowe]

My turn now!


1. Age 15 months, just before we moved from Germany to Canada






2. Late teens - my guess would be me at 18 or 19. This is a print I made and I stopped darkroom work after 1st year university.






3. 2004 at Everest Base Camp - just restarting getting into serious digital photography. I had my Leica R3 and my Canon Powershot S40 on that trip. That was the last trip I shot film.






4. Recent shot (late 2019)

Still a good looking guy!

[Manfred M]

Still a good looking guy!

Thanks - but I miss all that blonde, wavy hair from my youth.

[Jeff Blakemore]

First time back here in a few years. Probably a good way to introduce myself again.

Maybe 5 or 6 years old here?



Junior Prom



A couple of years ago with my kids. Most recent and decent photo I have of myself. I have a rule about staying behind the camera... My kids look so different now, at least, my daughter does for sure.

[lovelife65]

Thanks - but I miss all that blonde, wavy hair from my youth.

Oh Manfred, still handsome as ever. And you know what they say, hair is just something that hides a perfect head.

[lovelife65]

First time back here in a few years. Probably a good way to introduce myself again.

Maybe 5 or 6 years old here?



Junior Prom



A couple of years ago with my kids. Most recent and decent photo I have of myself. I have a rule about staying behind the camera... My kids look so different now, at least, my daughter does for sure.

What a beautiful family!

[lovelife65]

Sharon - your mouth and eyes have not changed a bit!

Skin certainly has LOL
It's okay you know if I wasn't getting older, I'd be dead!

[lovelife65]

Here I am in 1959, at 19-years old and attending the U.S. Navy Basic School of Photography aboard Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida. I am the one holding the 4x5 inch negative...



Here I am in 2019 at 79-years old (in the print shirt) with my wife and my cousin, Bob Hadley from North Carolina. I have a lot less hair and more facial scars now than I had at 19!!!



This was the first time I met Bob in person. We met online through Family Search DNA testing several years ago and are both active in the genealogy of our families. It appears that our mutual ancestor was James CROW (1770-1845) of South Carolina and Mississippi. However, we are the closest match in the DNA project. I have met numerous cousins through my genealogy studies and have learned loads about my family.

I met a Tennessee cousin, online, whose closest mutual ancestor was my second great grandfather, William Erwin (1797-1863) of Tennessee. I can trace my family through his line back to William the Conqueror... She greeted me online like a long lost family member and said - "You just have to come meet us in Tennessee. After all we are kinfolk." She added that I didn't need to worry about the Stantons (William's wife was a Stanton) because the Erwins and the Stantons, "...are friendly now. Even though they fought on opposite sides in the WAR!" The war she mentioned was. of course, the American Civil War 1861-1865 I felt like I was in a time warp when I talked with her

Wonderful photos! I love seeing all these, so wonderful!

[DanK]

Age 2, apparently not yet having mastered the idea of right-side-up:



4 years ago, with my first grandchild:



That's an old cotton sweater. Our rule: always wear absorbent, washable clothes you don't care about when tending to babies.

[LePetomane]

The gang, Bronxville, NY 1988


Minneapolis, Minnesota 2018. The addition is my son-in-law, second from left.

[Tronhard]

Thanks - but I miss all that blonde, wavy hair from my youth.

I know how you feel! I had dark hair, now I have a cap!

[Manfred M]

I know how you feel! I had dark hair, now I have a cap!

When I was a child, my mother was always trying to get me to wear a hat. I didn't need to with all that insulation on top. I didn't really have to worry about getting a sunburn either and in fact, the more time I spent outside, the lighter my hair would go.

Now I reach for some form of hat whenever I head out; sun protection in the warmer months and cold protection in the colder ones. My late mother is finally getting her wish...

[LePetomane]

Here's another one of me with my (then) little ones.