Just another really old photo

Dad with grandpa. I think mom took this picture.
@rebelann (111365)
El Paso, Texas
October 19, 2017 8:59am CST
I think mom took this picture, I know I didn't as I was only 9 and wasn't allowed to touch the family camera ..... yet. Dad is on the left with grandpa. Can you tell grandpa was a farmer?
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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl
@1creekgirl (40640)
• United States
19 Oct 17
That's a wonderful photo!
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111365)
• El Paso, Texas
19 Oct 17
Thank you, mom really caught them off guard I think.
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Keith Henthorne
@Scrapper88 (5957)
• United States
19 Oct 17
I like to look at the old black and white photos.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111365)
• El Paso, Texas
19 Oct 17
Yeah, those old shots don't get the credit they deserve do they.
Anna
@LadyDuck (459916)
• Switzerland
20 Oct 17
Farmers in my native country dressed in very different way, but I can guess your granpa was a farmer.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111365)
• El Paso, Texas
20 Oct 17
I always imagined that farmers generally wore overalls like what grandpa has on, what do they wear in your native country?
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111365)
• El Paso, Texas
21 Oct 17
I had a problem with Chrome yesterday so I uninstalled it then after I rebooted my system I used IE for a short while then last night I reinstalled Chrome @LadyDuck The farmers in this photo are dressed much warmer than my grandpa would have dressed, he lived in Mineola Texas.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (459916)
• Switzerland
21 Oct 17
@rebelann I was trying to comment this morning and my Chrome browser had a problem. I have no photos, but I found one online of Italian farmers that is about 60 years old.
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Nanette Piotrowski
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
20 Oct 17
A great pic @rebelann . Oh yeah, Grandpa was a farmer.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111365)
• El Paso, Texas
20 Oct 17
He just has that look doesn't he. I liked their house, it was simple and not cluttered nearly as much as mom's.
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Nanette Piotrowski
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
20 Oct 17
@rebelann Yeah, my grandparents home was minimal as well. Simplicity back in those days.
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Deborah-Diane
@DeborahDiane (40073)
• Laguna Woods, California
19 Oct 17
@rebelann - I love this picture! The purse hanging next to the mirror, the old-fashioned radio and so many other little touches. Perfect!
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111365)
• El Paso, Texas
20 Oct 17
Yes, old fashioned is so true. Grandpa was a share cropper who raised chickens and roses, he had a real green thumb ..... makes me wonder where mine went.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111365)
• El Paso, Texas
20 Oct 17
Oh, where are my manners, thank you, I am glad you like this old shot.
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Deborah-Diane
@DeborahDiane (40073)
• Laguna Woods, California
21 Oct 17
@rebelann - I think it is fascinating to look at old pictures and notice how things have changed ... and how some things seem the same!
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99423)
• Atlanta, Georgia
21 Oct 17
Yes, your granddad looks like a farmer. My granddad looked very much like him.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111365)
• El Paso, Texas
21 Oct 17
I think the overalls gave that away, right?
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111365)
• El Paso, Texas
22 Oct 17
I never would have thought the dresser or radio was something that depicted farm life @RubyHawk weren't those common house hold items back then?
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99423)
• Atlanta, Georgia
22 Oct 17
@rebelann I think so and the dresser and radio.
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
22 Oct 17
Yes I think I might have guessed. He looks like he slurps his tea from a saucer - my grandad did that too.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111365)
• El Paso, Texas
22 Oct 17
I wonder if he did, sadly I never got to know him. I did get to meet him about three times but that's it.
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Tokz
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
19 Oct 17
Your grandpa sounds like giving some advise to your father at that time.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111365)
• El Paso, Texas
19 Oct 17
That might have been, I was not in the room with them.
Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (129632)
• Israel
20 Oct 17
I love old photos. By the way he is dressed I can tell he is a farmer.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111365)
• El Paso, Texas
20 Oct 17
He never made it big but at least he always provided food and shelter for his family.
Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (129632)
• Israel
22 Oct 17
@rebelann rebelann, that is what is important being able to provide for your family.
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