04 May 2012

Old Photo Friday


This is a picture of my parents walking down the street in El Paso, Texas, where my father was stationed at the time (early 1942, I think.  They got married on December 26, 1941, and he was already in the Army then. My dad  used to say that he "flew a desk" and was the lead singer in his Army base band during World War II.)  I once asked my mother why she had this picture, and she responded, "Well, people would just take your picture on the street back then and give it to you."  O ... K ...

Have a good weekend!

4 comments:

Marie said...

I have one of those pictures of my mother. It was taken before she met my father and she was walking with a girlfriend. I asked her pretty much the same question and got pretty much the same answer!

joanchicago said...

That is so cool!

Carrie#K said...

That IS pretty cool! Nowadays random strangers still take your picture, but they post it on YouTube instead of handing it to you.

Lorraine said...

Bridget- They did do that. My parents have some of those.