a family potrait

SteveDallas · 10-26-2005, 09:16 PM

Along with Petri, Mrs. Dallas also brought back this c. 1900 picture from Boston. It shows her paternal grandmother (standing, farthest to the left on the back row) and great-grandparents (seated adults).

lumberjim · 10-26-2005, 09:21 PM

hey! the guy in the back/middle looks like Freddie Mercury!

lumberjim · 10-26-2005, 09:22 PM

there are 13 non adults. is g-mom one of 13?! whook!

Nothing But Net · 10-26-2005, 10:48 PM

Related to this family, no doubt:

<img src="http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/130000/images/_132464_romanov_family_portrait_300.jpg">

Too bad about that revolution thing.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-27-2005, 02:42 AM

See what happens when you don't have TV.

SteveDallas · 10-27-2005, 08:08 AM

Well, first of all, I was confused. (Or Mrs. Dallas misspoke. More likely, I got confused.) This is really from her mother's side of the family, not father's.

As for the number of offspring, there is at least one son-in-law included. I will try to get the full count.

Elspode · 10-27-2005, 01:28 PM

13 kids would explain a lot about the look on Great-Grandma's face...

slang · 10-27-2005, 05:30 PM

Very cool picture SD. Makes you wonder about what life was like way back then and who your relatives truly were in their day (or your wife's relatives, same idea).

SteveDallas · 10-28-2005, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

13 kids would explain a lot about the look on Great-Grandma's face...

Well, there are women (so I'm told) who find pregnancy to be a joyous, life-affirming experience. Mrs. Dallas, however, found it to be 40 solid weeks of vomiting and unrelenting fatigue. And so it is that whenever she meets or hears about anybody who has more than 3 kids, she immediately begins doing the math to calculate exctly how much of her life the woman in question spent being pregnant.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-28-2005, 11:04 AM

Just washing and ironing all the clothing in that picture would be a lot of work, back in the day.

SteveDallas · 12-30-2005, 09:39 PM

I'm currently visiting my parents for the week. A box of old photos was "discovered". Also discovered was the fact that I knew how to run their scanner. So lots of photos are being scanned. (I'd love to have started this at the beginning of the week, but what are you going to do??

This picture shows my mother's bowling team from 1962. Now, aside from the fact that I never knew my mother (far right) bowled, the team was notable in that four of the five members were pregnant, and they won the league championship. (My mother said they couldn't be beaten because they had such a large handicap.)

xoxoxoBruce · 12-30-2005, 11:00 PM

I remember the fashions well.

richlevy · 12-31-2005, 08:19 AM

I remember the day care center at my mom's bowling alley. It was actually a pretty nice place, if you don't count the sounds of pins being knocked down every few seconds.

SteveDallas · 12-31-2005, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Are you saying the tent dress doesn't get the job done for you?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-01-2006, 12:33 PM

Not at all, sack dresses either.

10-26-2005, 09:16 PM	#1
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	a family portrait Along with Petri, Mrs. Dallas also brought back this c. 1900 picture from Boston. It shows her paternal grandmother (standing, farthest to the left on the back row) and great-grandparents (seated adults). Attached Images Last edited by SteveDallas; 10-27-2005 at 08:50 AM.

10-26-2005, 09:21 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	hey! the guy in the back/middle looks like Freddie Mercury! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-26-2005, 09:22 PM	#3
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	there are 13 non adults. is g-mom one of 13?! whook! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-27-2005, 02:42 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	See what happens when you don't have TV. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-27-2005, 01:28 PM	#7
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	13 kids would explain a lot about the look on Great-Grandma's face... __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-26-2005, 10:48 PM	#4
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Related to this family, no doubt: <img src="http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/130000/images/_132464_romanov_family_portrait_300.jpg"> Too bad about that revolution thing.

10-27-2005, 08:08 AM	#6
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Well, first of all, I was confused. (Or Mrs. Dallas misspoke. More likely, I got confused.) This is really from her mother's side of the family, not father's. As for the number of offspring, there is at least one son-in-law included. I will try to get the full count.

10-27-2005, 05:30 PM	#8
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	Very cool picture SD. Makes you wonder about what life was like way back then and who your relatives truly were in their day (or your wife's relatives, same idea).

10-28-2005, 11:04 AM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Just washing and ironing all the clothing in that picture would be a lot of work, back in the day. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-30-2005, 09:39 PM	#11
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I'm currently visiting my parents for the week. A box of old photos was "discovered". Also discovered was the fact that I knew how to run their scanner. So lots of photos are being scanned. (I'd love to have started this at the beginning of the week, but what are you going to do?? This picture shows my mother's bowling team from 1962. Now, aside from the fact that I never knew my mother (far right) bowled, the team was notable in that four of the five members were pregnant, and they won the league championship. (My mother said they couldn't be beaten because they had such a large handicap.) Attached Images

12-30-2005, 11:00 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I remember the fashions well. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-31-2005, 08:19 AM	#13
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I remember the day care center at my mom's bowling alley. It was actually a pretty nice place, if you don't count the sounds of pins being knocked down every few seconds. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

01-01-2006, 12:33 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Not at all, sack dresses either. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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