Pictures of your childhood!

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:24 pm

flanum wrote:Looks like a can of beer to me

That would explain the sly grin.

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:26 pm

flanum wrote:Looks like a can of beer to me

I guess it is a can! There is no writing on the back of it and it sort of looked like it had some kind of wood-grain on it but there is that seam down the back. I sure don't recognize the colors as being of any soda that I know of, so maybe it is beer!

They're making him look like a grown-up and he is thinking it is funny with his little grin.

flanum, I think your bell-bottoms in your photo are just too adorable!

TonyHiggins · Post by **TonyHiggins** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:22 pm

Just before we left Dublin, 1957. That wave was the style back then. I still maintain it.

Five years later, back in Dublin. Aunt's flat on Killarney St. Uncle Pat, my dad's oldest brother, a Dominican. My dad said he was a brawler when he was young. He was pretty mellow when I knew him. Loved classical music. I can't seem to find that wallpaper around here. Pity.
Tony

amar · Post by **amar** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:41 pm

I'm the second on the left, next to me is my brother. My Mom always used to dress us the same..

scottielvr · Post by **scottielvr** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:58 pm

Adorable. But Amar, can you 'splain the paper bags, please?

amar · Post by **amar** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:12 pm

it was a potato bag race in paper bags.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:25 pm

I see your hair style hasn't changed much since then...

amar · Post by **amar** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:32 pm

sure has on the top of my head..

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Tue May 23, 2006 6:25 pm

Time to resurrect this thread. I guess not that many of us have access to pictures of ourselves as kids, but I found these in a falling-apart binder at my folks' house.

That's me in the green overalls. My brother got the Beanie doll for Christmas.

My brother and sister are watching our great-grandmother carve turkey.
I can see from these pics that my years of lurking in the background as an observer started early as my brother impressed everyone with his IQ and my sharp and competitive sister (phi beta kappa, summa cum laude, Kenyon College) scraped and clawed to keep up. I generally found it easier to hang back and keep my own counsel than to jump into the fray with those two.
Gotta love the turquoise oven!

BoneQuint · Post by **BoneQuint** » Tue May 23, 2006 8:10 pm

flanum wrote:Looks like a can of beer to me

Close...it's a beer can. From a picnic at Princeton College. My dad had one which was three joined together in a row (with the bottoms of the top two removed). Explains a lot, really.

These are all great! Thanks Tony, Amar, Emmline, and all those on page one too!

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Tue May 23, 2006 10:21 pm

Second from right.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Wed May 24, 2006 5:55 am

emmline wrote:...my sharp and competitive sister (phi beta kappa, summa cum laude, Kenyon College)

Wow. Kenyon College huh? Rutherford B Hayes and Paul Newman's alma mater.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Wed May 24, 2006 8:11 am

Flyingcursor wrote:
emmline wrote:...my sharp and competitive sister (phi beta kappa, summa cum laude, Kenyon College)

Wow. Kenyon College huh? Rutherford B Hayes and Paul Newman's alma mater.

Yes. They each got a special purple ribbon next to their signatures in the freshman matriculation book.

Feadan · Post by **Feadan** » Sat May 27, 2006 7:47 am

From 1960

Cheers,
David

rebl_rn · Post by **rebl_rn** » Sat May 27, 2006 8:28 am

Couldn't find any from when I was a baby (I'm the youngest, so there aren't very many) but here's one I was about 8 years old, with my siblings. I'm the second from the bottom.