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- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
- Icing Platform?
- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
- Passenger trains have right of way over freights?
- Coal
- Never ceases to amaze me.
- Still chuggin' (in model form)
- Great shot
- Westerly Breeze
- For the men, a trapeze
- Tickled
- Sense of loneliness ...
- 2 cents
- Charm City
- What an Outrage
- Brighton Park
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Webcam Version 0.0: 1955
My brother in 1955 at age 18, proving that the practice of teenagers taking pictures of themselves predates digital cameras and the Internet. This was in the bedroom he and I shared from about 1953-58. The little child's table and chair set at the left is what served as my "desk" at the time. Since I always had it piled high with junk like that, if I ever wanted to actually do anything like draw, I'd go downstairs and use either the cocktail or dining room table, set up a card table or just plunk down on the living room floor. My brother labeled this (introspective? vacant? chimerical?) self-portait Ektachrome simply, "Me." View full size.
The Glass Family
tterace, it's clear to me that you and your brother would have been the inspiration for Salinger's Seymour and Buddy Glass if you two had been born about twenty years earlier. Your description of this photo is spot-on to the description of the brothers' room in "Franny and Zooey."
Great
Can I say how much I enjoy your photographs -- keep them coming.
Work in progress
He does seem to exude a hint of Andy Warhol.
Having seen photos of him with his pretty wife, I'd have to say he certainly improved with age.
Vastly.
Brother today
Rean asked for a shot of him today. He's on the left in my comment here.
Would Love
To see a pic of him now!!
Great picture, thanks for sharing.
This American Life
He's wearing Ira Glass's glasses!
Family portraits
Could have been Ambrose Monk, as well!
Strong Resemblance to ...
Janeane Garofalo (not meant as an insult to your fine and worthy brother).
Declan?
I thought that was Elvis Costello for a moment.
Timeless shot
That definitely looks like a web cam pic with the monitor glowing in his glasses. Even his style is a bit alternative/indie. I never would have guessed it was from 1955 without the caption. Timeless!
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