Today's prompt at Sepia Saturday is the letter "T", and that's any easy theme for me. T stands for Tobin, which is one of the main lines in my family history.
This photo shows my father, Andrew Joseph Tobin (1913-1993), smiling for the camera in "Boston 1920." His sailor suit is modified, since he's wearing short pants instead of long. Other pictures from this day show that it was July 4, so short pants would be preferable to long ones on a possibly hot summer day. There's also the fact that boys wore short pants all the time until a certain age, when they then committed to the "I-am-an-older-boy-now" look with long pants.
Long ago, my Dad told me that when he was a child, he took the train from New York City to Boston, Mass., "to visit my Aunt Kate, my mother's sister." I am guessing that this photo is from such a trip.
Fabulous photo! There are Tobins here in Oz..some of them in the legal fraternity.
ReplyDeleteThank you for commenting, Alex! Tobins in Oz...makes me smile.
DeleteIt's a great photo and like all great photos, it perfectly captures a moment in time.
ReplyDeleteVery true, Alan. Thank you.
DeleteWhat a sweet photo! Back in the late 1970s, we bought our first house from a lady named Mrs. Tobin.
ReplyDeleteAnd it's sweet that you still refer to the lady as "Mrs." Thanks for commenting, Wendy!
DeleteThat is an adorable photo of your dad.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kathy. Your comment makes me appreciate it even more.
DeleteWhat a cute picture! Funny, I don't remember my brother ever wearing short pants as a boy, but my husband did. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, La Nightingail! Your husband and my older brothers - running around in short pants - too funny.
DeleteI have dozens of photo postcards from 1900 to 1925 of boys in sailor suits with musical instruments, mostly violin. All of them wear short pants but few in hats like your dad's. It was a popular fashion for several decades.
ReplyDeleteHi, Mike - that is so cool that you have all of those pictures with sailor suits AND violins. I appreciate your comment very much.
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