Vintage Family Photos

This one was taken the same day as another I've posted. I'm not sure the year, but it's gotta be the mid '40s.

I love how classically gorgeous Leon (my grandpa) and Mavis (my grandma) look here. This is them with my aunt Sandra and Mavis' two little brothers, J.E and Royce. I have a damn fine lookin' family!

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Vintage Family Photos

I'm back with another one, finally!

A family shot from 1949 in west Texas. My mom (the baby in the photo) says she remembers hearing stories about the "cotton pickin' days". Maybe it explains my love of old southern culture.

Vintage Family Photos

This photo was made shortly after the one I posted last week. Now my grandma and grandpa (Mavis and Leon) are married, and with their first baby (my aunt Sandra). Isn't her hair great? I can't say the same for his shoes though...

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Vintage Family Photos

This is probably my favorite photo. On the left is my grandma, Mavis with her cousin Rena Fay. I just love it because not only are they both absolutely gorgeous, they just look so happy!

I'm not exactly sure when this photo was made, but I know it was around the time my grandma met my grandpa. He asked her for a date, and she was so nervous she had to bring her cousin along with them. Maybe the photo was from that night?

Vintage Family Photos

Here's another weekly feature I'm trying out.. family photos. Vintage ones, of course. I'm really lucky that my family has been able to hold onto them for people like me to cherish. Sure looking at old photos is great, but isn't it so much better when it's someone you know?

Here is one of my mother, aunt and grandparents. I'd guess this was about.. 1950 - 1951? I may be biased, but I think my grandparents were the most attractive couple ever. She looks like a pin up while he has a very James Dean quality about him. My mom would be the baby, while my aunt is the one in the stylin' cowboy boots.