Old Family Photos

As I am sure you read here recently, Jen and I went to visit my family in Lubbock last weekend. This side of the family includes my grandpa Jack, my aunt Joni, her daughter (my cousin) Anna, and my mother Gretchen. My grandpa has a huge number of photos from across the years, which he has been kind enough to loan to me for scanning. I was inspired in this project by our new friend, volcanojw on flickr. She scanned many older slides of her family, and is now sharing them - and the photos are great! You can check them out here:

Scans From the Family, on flickr

Aren't those cool?

Anyhow, I have picked a few of my favorites thus far, and I also have the complete set at the end. Enjoy, and feel free to ask questions!



From left to right, this is Joni (my Aunt), Bessie (my great grandmother (Grandpa's Mom)), Gretchen (my Mom), and George W. (my great grandfather (Grandpa's Dad)). He was a civil engineer, and I think this was taken at their home in Rockport, IN.



This is me in the swing thing in my first year. My mom, Gretchen, is on the left, my grandpa, Jack, is behind me, and my aunt Joni is on the right. Gretchen and Joni are my grandparents' kids.



This one is very special to me - as I think this is the only image we have of my grandpa Jack on his first tour of duty in the Marine Corps in China in 1948. I'll write more about this later, but I think it's a great (if blurry) shot.



This is my mom looking super cute with her Scout haircut!



My grandpa Jack (on the far left of the front row) after High School Football practice in Rockport.



This is my family on the day my mom and dad got married. L to R, Wanda (Grandma), Gretchen (Mom), David (Dad), Joni (Aunt), Jack (Grandpa). Nice giant bowties!



I loved caves as a kid, and so here I am, in a cave.

Here's a gallery of the rest of the images, enjoy!