Saturday, June 22, 2019

Sepia Saturday: 3 on a Wall


Sepia Saturday challenges bloggers to share family history through old photographs.


This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt immediately reminded me of this photo:
 
Fred Slade about 1946 Coast Guard Boston MA https://jollettetc.blogspot.com
Fred Slade in the middle
Other two unknown
That’s my dad in the middle. He was about 19 years old. He had just joined the Coast Guard in 1946 and was stationed in Boston, Massachusetts. I cannot say for sure if this photo was taken in Boston, but the little bit of background resembles the Boston wharf near the Coast Guard Base.

His favorite things to do when he had free time in Boston were to catch a Red Sox game and attend a concert by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops at the Hatch Shell.

Sadly I have no new story to tell about Daddy’s time in the Coast Guard. If you want to read his story, look HERE and HERE.

Why don’t you and 2 of your friends make your way to Sepia Saturday for more photos and stories of threesomes.

Wendy
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9 comments:

  1. The background is certainly foggy enough to be Boston, and what a handsome young man your did is. He's so much younger than the other two...I wonder if they might be his recruiters? The U.S. National Archives has some coast guard records. Have you checked them for information?

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  2. Your Dad had a really Bean Town time, going to the Pops and seeing the Sox. Fun photo!

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  3. Excellent match to the meme today! And I also have Coast Guard connections...I always thought it was a bit of a safer branch of the armed forces...just my opinion.

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  4. When I was in Boston helping to chaperone a group of high school students on a history trip - including my daughter, she and several of her friends went to a Boston Red Sox game in the rain and stood up to loudly chant one of their favorite Sonora High yells. She said everyone laughed so that was good, I guess! We used to watch the Boston Pops' televised 4th of July concert every year till it stopped being televised! While in Boston I would have loved to see the Hatch Shell where those concerts were held. I did see it, but only from the top of the John Hancock building.

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  5. What a great photo to go along with the prompt! I've only been to Boston once - we were there on July 4th and were able to watch the fireworks over the river. Wonderful!

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  6. A perfect photo ... except THERE'S NO RAILING! WHAT IF THEY SLIP AND FALL OFF? DON"T THEY KNOW THAT'S DANGEROUS TO BE SO CLOSE TO THE ROOF EDGE? AND WHERE IS THE PERSON HOLDING THE CAMERA? IF THEY"RE NOT CAREFUL....

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  7. That man to your dad's left must have been tall! That's neat that your dad took advantage of what Boston had to offer while he was there.

    betty

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  8. What a great match to the prompt picture!

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  9. The power of one photograph - a first match to the prompt .



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