Tag: friday’s faces from the past

This was the 70’s I’d bet. The man sitting is my great-grandpa, Frederick Langeneck (don’t you love his mustache???). Then the back row from L to R is my dad (The tie dad… the tie… – when I commented on this to my mom she got very defensive. Apparently she bought that for my dad and loved it), my Uncle Fritz (my grandpa’s brother), my grandpa, and my Uncle John (another brother). So that is my mom’s dad, her uncles, her grandpa, and her husband. Can you tell that besides my dad, all those men are related? There is no doubt who their father is! I love this picture but wish I could have gotten a better scan of it!

This last weekend I was able to scan a few pictures from my mom’s side of the family. She told me she knew everyone in those pictures. Then I showed her this one and she was stumped. She thinks they are her aunts (her dad’s sisters) but isn’t positive. I’ve got to send it along and see but thought I’d share it on here too 🙂

I’m not even sure of the year on this one! Any guesses?

UPDATE:

I got a hold of my great-aunt who helped me identify the people!  Top row: a friend of my Aunt Betty’s; my Aunt Betty; my grandpa (he’s so cute!). Bottom row: my Aunt Sally, a neighbor, then my Aunt Tootie. She believes this was taken at Grandma LaValley’s home. So the year here, going by my grandpa’s age, would be about the early 1940’s (awesome guess Deborah!)

I LOVE how much my great Aunt Betty looks like my mom’s sister. I love seeing older pictures and being able to see familiar features in my family now. 🙂

My dad grew up with dogs, although we never had one when I was a kid (fitting then that all three of his kids adopted dogs as soon as they could). From what I can remember, his family bred (but maybe only once) and raised hunting dogs and there was one dog in particular that I remember hearing about – Sinder. I found some amazingly cute photos of Sinder’s puppies that I just had to share 🙂

My dad being licked by Digs, Long Spot, Pat, Pockets, and Dot

I made some family photo albums with all my pictures that I inherited and I’m excited to show these to my dad over the holiday! I can’t wait to hear some more family stories.

Happy Friday!