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walksoftly
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I believe these pictures are of an Uncle that lived in Mission B C, he never married. I wonder if he had the photo's taken to send to a sweetheart, the first image is a very unusual pose for the era.
Can anyone come up with a better story?
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What a great photo ! His face says I am lonesome so one could guess it was to a sweetheart :-)
Thanks for the Love toolate, oilman, & bratjdd.
what a wonderful photo. this photo says a story:)
Thanks for the love & the comment Mani. Why is it that we feel so compelled to put old photo's into context?
Thanks for the love & the comment Bellin.
The strange part about pic #1 is that he is holding a sheaf of Oats, not flowers & he wasn't a farmer he was a carpenter & owned timber property.
Great memories of a great person, he seems very comfortable with himself and pleased with his life, a creative person who loved his alone time more than anything !~
anytime walksoftly:)
looks like uncle joe got dumped and flowers didnt work
I like that, thanks Phil for the lovely comment.
Thanks vans you made me chuckle, but I hope that wasn't the story.
maybe he should of tried chocolate i think she is allergic to flowers lol
What I think is happening here, he is taking a rest as he has walk from far away to go see his love of his LIFE. As he is resting, he's thinking deeply and saying to himself when I get there I will ask her parents for her hand in marrige and hoping they would say YES. Though he had a long way to get there, he never gave up.He spoke to her parents and they said Yes,and they lived happily ever after. Look at him on the second picture he looks very happy. THE END
bratjdd, I think they said NO as he was a bachelor all his life, may'be that's why he's sitting on the train tracks looking so pensive.
something very far off down the tracks. is that the train? great pictures
I guess i was trying to create a happy ending. :)
oh well wasnt trying to be morbid :)
The story was nice bratjdd, & he did have a good life, just didn't have the sweetheart in it.
That's OK trgrubaugh, no offence taken.
Thanks for the love, trgrubaugh.
Thanks scandi for the love & the comment, glad you enjoyed it.
I think everybody must have had an uncle Joe.I miss my uncle Joe.
So true garrybeair, I wish that I knew him but he passed before I was born, thanks for the love & the comment.
Thanks for the love crabbykins, & packrat.
Garrybeair, isn't that the truth, your Uncle is so handsome, it surpises me he was not married, I think he looks shy and quiet, like a very kind man...I miss my Uncle Jack...
Thanks for the love, BirdieZ, vintagemad, & michelleamieux your comment is very nice, glad you enjoyed it.
Uncle Joe most certainly liked unorthodox poses and backdrops, didn't he? After viewing Uncle Joe Part 2 first wherein he was posing among flowers and bushes, I sincerely think he did have a modeling career in mind. I think he could have been one. He has a face I believe we could trust, perhaps he is trying to sell the sheaves in a Farmers Almanac Catalog? Very nice photos and it makes one wonder.
Thanks for the love, Lao. Was there such a thing as a male model in that era, does anyone know?
They are interesting old pics.After looking a few times I noticed the train rails are quite different too.
@ RonM do you mean the shape or the placement?
Walksoftly, I ever saw five rails that close together.
I've seen this before on bridges, I believe it was just a place to store rails if they just needed one. If you look closely you will see that three inner ones are only lightly spiked down & have no track plates under them.
Uncle Joe, what a catch he'd a been!! mich
May'be he had to many to choose from, or was too shy to ask, we'll never know but we can make up our own narrative.
Thanks for the love, Monroe.
Thanks for the L's, vetraio & Nina.
I am a big people watcher and I think your Uncle Joe was a poetic and artistic man, which may not have been the norm for the hard working man, so he just stayed shy and didn't share the poetic part of himself, for fear of being called effeminate. I love your Uncle Joe!! Mich
Thank you so much, Mich. I have been on a quest to find the location that this photo was taken. I wish that I knew more about my U Joe.