When my sister and I cleaned out our parents’ home, we had
to make many decisions about what to do with all the stuff. Which things are truly
“valuable” and which have only sentiment in their favor? Should we sell it,
keep it, or throw it away? To help ensure a future for our family’s heirlooms,
I plan to leave a booklet for my daughters telling the stories of what they
will inherit one day. (Not TOO soon, I hope!) With this challenge I begin my
book of Heirlooms.
is for glasses, eyeglasses, that is.
As a child I was told these glasses were my maternal
grandfather’s. That is what I always believed. However, now I have my doubts.
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| The glasses sit on a shelf in a guest bedroom. |
The size of the glasses make me think they would have
been worn by a child, but in none of my granddaddy’s childhood pictures was he
wearing glasses.
Not here.
Not here.
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| My granddaddy - the only boy! With his sisters, Sullivan cousins, mother, and aunt |
Not here either.
I suppose it is possible he was self-conscious and
removed the glasses for photos.
But perhaps they were not glasses worn by a child. Granddaddy’s
daddy wore glasses that look just like them.
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| Walter Davis |
The glasses are very bendable, almost stretchy. Perhaps
they would have fit an adult.
Maybe - Maybe not.
Wendy
© 2018, Wendy Mathias. All rights reserved.
Perhaps the glasses were only for reading.
ReplyDeleteMine are for distance and I have to take them off to read.
My Genealogy Challenges
Now that's a thought I hadn't considered.
DeleteI wasn't expecting to see eye glasses but rather the drinking type.
ReplyDeleteSurprise! I guess I could have used these for "S is for Spectacles" but I desperately needed a "G."
DeleteAnd there weren't glasses hanging from a beaded chain or on top of a head?
ReplyDeleteNope, none.
DeleteI have worn glasses since the age of nine, and, as a child, always made a point of taking them off for photographs. Now I just don’t bother - they are such a part of me!
ReplyDeleteI have glasses now but I did not grow up with them.
DeleteI was thinking the same, that he took them off for photos. These are such great photos, too. Love the photo of granddaddy's daddy.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I like that photo too.
DeleteGuess my thoughts were running in the same line, that he took them off of photos. But if they are very bendable, maybe they were his. I don't think children usually need reading glasses.
ReplyDeleteThat's probably right - a kid who needs glasses to read NEEDS glasses, period.
DeleteVery cool glasses no matter who they belonged to. And like my mother would have said, make up what you want. LOL!
ReplyDeleteThere you go!
DeleteI am so enjoying the opportunity to peek through the windows of your family history! You have such a treasure trove, it's fascinating!
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A Bit to Read
I am growing more appreciative of what I have.
DeleteVery cool old glasses.
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They are kind of fun, aren't they.
DeleteLove the old glasses. A couple of years ago, my mother showed me her glasses from when she was a little girl. They didn't fit very well, but she did put them on for some photos!
ReplyDeleteI was looking for something the other day and ran across my mom's and dad's glasses, not from their childhood though - just "old people" glasses.
DeleteNeat that you have them whether he wore them as a child or an adult. Usually only see them in antique stores...sometimes with the case. One of these days, someone is going to find my drawer full of glasses I have worn over the years. Some are coming back in style. Never throw anything away.
ReplyDeleteSue at CollectInTexas Gal
Oh yes, the eyeglass stores are filled with the old cat-eye glasses, and some that look like Sally Jesse Raphael glasses. Hang on to yours.
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