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Great-Uncle Claxton
Submitted by Brian on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 11:13pm.
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My great uncle Claxton. I only knew him when he was older and had a full head of wavy gray hair. In his younger days he had jet black hair with a white stripe straight up the middle. I'm not entirely sure of the date, but it must've been in the early 30's or late 20's. Uncle Claxton had been sick and had just gone outside to warm up a bit. His youngest brother was a bit of a gadget freak and snapped this picture. I always thought it made him look very Bohemian ...
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Could it be?
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sun, 08/12/2007 - 7:02pm.
...I think it's Kramer's grandfather! (Seinfeld joke)
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