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What a Great Portrait

July 11, 2008 by joewatts

UPDATE: This was posted earlier as just a really cool photo my Uncle Edward Waddell took. Now, with the help of sister Suzanne, I’ve got a little more information: The little boy on the car in Alaska ( I believe) was either Jimmy or Billy Skinner. They lived in Alaska until Nathan was killed while working there.  The child looks very much like a one of the Skinner boys.

Uncle Edward took this photo in 1952, from the looks of it in Alaska–or at least on a car with Alaska plates. I can’t begin to imagine how he took such stellar photographs. He always loved taking photos–I’d love to find a way to do something more meaningful with all his slides.

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: Alaska, old photos, uncle edward

Photos from the Old South

June 3, 2008 by joewatts

Going through old photos from Uncle Edward, I’m amazed at the skill he had to document the many things he did. The photo below is of the old South, or at least that’s how I see it. There’s a small collection of them at the link below: http://www.joewatts.com/oldsouth–trying to avoid putting too many photo slideshows on the page at one time! These didn’t all have dates, but some that did are labeled 1974. Some, I suspect, are much earlier. There are trays and trays of slides to look through. Thanks again to cousin Kathy for scanning all these slides in.

 

Filed Under: Family, personal Tagged With: old photos, uncle edward

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