Photo ops from the past

By Joan Janzen

A look at family photos from generations past reveals distinct similarities in a vast number of images from days gone by. Many photos show loved ones posed in front of their most prominent mode of transportation at the time. It started in the early 1900’s with homesteaders seated in their horse-drawn buggies, then progressed to groups of individuals posed in front of their first automobile, a Model T or Chrysler. Subsequent generations stood in front of a 1950’s Chevy or other classic vehicle.

In all of the photos, it always appeared as though the image of the mode of transportation was equally as important as the photo of the people posed in front of it.

These three photos have one common denominator: they all proudly show the mode of transportation of the day. Mrs. Pincemin is pictured with Ben and the buggy at Teo Lake. In the second photo, Orval Awde, Howard Ward, Ev Near and Lawrence Witherspoon relax in front of a 1928 Chrysler. The third photo has Dennis Noble standing in front of Jim Noble’s Pontiac in 1955.

Photos from Echoes of Pinkham Pioneers and The School Beneath the Hill