Ancestor hat pics

[Mojave Jack]

My great grandfather Stephen and his wife Alice in 1939 in Akron, Ohio.

He was born at the end of the Civil War and died 6 years before I was born.

It looks like my family never warmed up to the front pinch.

Russ, I hadn't noticed this before, but it looks to me like your great-grandparents are standing in front of an airship hanger. Was that just where they happened to be, or is there a story behind that location? I'd like to think they just arrived by airship from some exotic location....

 

[JOVE23]

Wow, they had some cool cars! I wonder why they went back to that spot to take the pics.

The one on the left is a '56 Chevrolet Nomad (Bel Air Station Wagon). I have no idea about the one on the right.

 

[DanielJones]

Mom's little floral number April 21, 1946.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

OK, I'll play...

We'll start with ME about 5 minutes before I started wearing fedoras. Haven't been without at least one since - and you can clearly see why!

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

My father, Lyle Crippen, under various covers:

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

My grandfather, Harry Crippen, in 'Sailor Straw' with my uncle and father as boys in caps (They didn't know when they first came down to Florida that you just didn't dress the same way as you did in Detroit! The kids weren't too happy about it until they could start wearing overalls along with the local boys and begin avoiding getting beaten up at school.):

GF in white cap and dark leather jacket:

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

My great grandfather, Linas Crippen:

Linas again with his wife Leonora, and the 'little girl' on their laps is my grandfather!:

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Me mudder; Gloria Charmaine Crippen:

 

[Magus]

HarpPlayerGene...wonderful pictures ...but...ummmm...ahhh...I think the idea of the thread was to show ancestors in hats. Although that is Quite a side bow in the last picture.

 

[Canadave]

Was that first one a publicity shot of your mom? If so, what did she do?

David

 

[Big Man]

My great uncle, Briscoe Brown (in the boater hat), and several of his friends cooking out. Judging from how my great uncle looks (in comparison to other dated pictures), this photo must have been taken around 1915.

 

[BellyTank]

Was that first one a publicity shot of your mom? If so, what did she do?

David

Interesting-
there does seem to be some period, professional re-touching.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

HarpPlayerGene...wonderful pictures ...but...ummmm...ahhh...I think the idea of the thread was to show ancestors in hats. Although that is Quite a side bow in the last picture.

Thanks for that first part. I'm sure you're correct on the second point as this is in the "Hats" section, but I thought I saw a few prior that had a few hatless heads in 'em and thought I'd risk it. Life on the edge and all...

lol G

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Was that first one a publicity shot of your mom? If so, what did she do?

David

Nawwww, but she would've LOVED your way of thinkin'!

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

My great uncle, Briscoe Brown (in the boater hat), and several of his friends cooking out. Judging from how my great uncle looks (in comparison to other dated pictures), this photo must have been taken around 1915.

Awesome photo - thanks for sharing it. I don't know haw they managed it back then but even the candid shots often had the feel of Hollywood movie stills. Too cool. Now if you could just do a little Photoshop and put a hat on that guy in the bottom right for thread integrity's sake....

lol lol

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Here's my pop (on left) with some fellow servicemen wetting their whistles:

{Oh, and if you wanna' see a cool hatless shot of my dad driving a cab in Detroit, sneek over here}:
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii79/harpplayergene/CRIPPEN Family Photos/Lyle_CheckerCab.jpg

 

[Canadave]

{Oh, and if you wanna' see a cool hatless shot of my dad driving a cab in Detroit, sneek over here}:
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii79/harpplayergene/CRIPPEN Family Photos/Lyle_CheckerCab.jpg

Very cool!

David

 

[MD_SPencer]

Hats in my Family

My Great Grandfather is standing on the right and my Grandfather is next to him holding the dog. This picture as taken in California sometime in the 1930's
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This is a photo of my Grandfather in front of his church taken sometime in the 1940's
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This last photo is of my Mother's parents (so my other Grand father) He was a snazzy dresser and always took advantage of a occasion to dress up. The photo is dated 1949.
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[Mr. Lucky]

Here is one of my great Uncle, Gov. William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray. The photo was taken most likely in the late 20's -early 30's. For more on him take a peek at.

http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/M/MU014.html

What an AMAZING character! And what a career in politics. And, finally, what a hat! Very cool, all the way around.

 

[Mossyrock]

Hats or not, those are GREAT photos!