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[Dave Mellor NJ]

catch one or not. I don't care

 

[mercman from oz]

 

[nkaminar]

First roof rack I have seen. Is it for his canoe?

 

[Joe K]

Dated picture. He's wearing shoes with HEELS.


Joe K

 

[Seth Swoboda]

I'd say post war, maybe early 50's??

 

[Joe K]

I'd say post war, maybe early 50's??

That would be the rise of the "LL Bean" era, which this pix emulates. A 1950s "vacation & back woods" persona.

Pre-war was either Depression and tar paper shacks, or public works projects.

Joe K

 

[ModelA29]

Pre-war was either Depression and tar paper shacks, or public works projects.

Roll roofing came into vogue in the 60s. This is protecting the log cabin my ggg grandfather built in 1861. It was finally torn down in the 1970s.

 

[old31]

First roof rack I have seen. Is it for his canoe?

No thats for the fish he is about to catch.

 

[JoeCB]

A29, sorry that you lost the family cabin, but it's wonderful that you still have the photos and the family memories

Joe B

 

[ModelA29]

A29, sorry that you lost the family cabin, but it's wonderful that you still have the photos and the family memories

Thanks - I've always wanted to go check out the area with a metal detector. My grandmother said it was the first board sided house in the area. They put it on before she was born in 1895. I guess living in a log house was beginning to be looked down upon. I'm thinking this one was taken between 1944 when my g grandmother died and 1946 when he died. He was living in town but having memory problems. Whenever he was missing they'd find him back at this house.