1952 Bringing home the bacon.

[drm3m]

My Grandfather and me.
My Father was the shooter as well as the photographer.

Not milsurp....that came later.

David

The rifle shown below was probably the first milsurp.
BSA manufactured-1945 dated. (Purchased early 60s.)

 

[In The Black]

Great Picture... Truly great.

 

[Skaal-tel]

Cool hat!

Your grandfather is boss.

 

[drm3m]

Skaal-tel.

My Grandfather was the boss.

And my Father was always the photographer and the shooter.
(A great German Leica camera in those days.)

Same hat and pipe... he taught me about fishing.(1952)

Same pipe no hat ....he taught me about feeding little chickens with my cousin. (1950)

My Grandfather and me at a coffee break after hunting. (1953)

David

 

[Robbs]

Nice pictures!

 

[JR Hartman]

your father is an excellent photographer! Those old cameras are hard to achieve that kind of work with. That boating shot is excellent

 

[desporterizer]

Love the boat!

 

[Got Juice?]

Skaal-tel.

My Grandfather was the boss.

And my Father was always the photographer and the shooter.
(A great German Leica camera in those days.)

Same hat and pipe... he taught me about fishing.(1952)

Same pipe no hat ....he taught me about feeding little chickens with my cousin. (1950)

My Grandfather and me at a coffee break after hunting. (1953)

David

Wow, Jean-Luc Picard Lookalike!

 

[Got Juice?]

Nice flock of Rhode Island Red's there (if I am not mistaken.)

 

[Magellann]

Great pics!

 

[drm3m]

The boat is quite neat.

I have been scanning old slides and I am amazed at how good some of them are. This one is 1952.

Fishing before the boat shown above.

David

 

[MrSchultz]

that's a sweet boat! do you still have it??

 

[drm3m]

Long since gone....I barely remember it.

I still have these.

Working on my son's boat in 1986.....still have it.

My son's oldest son relieveing himself in 2008. Still have that boat.

David

P.S.

These boats are like old guns.....difficult to part with.

 

[MrSchultz]

beauties!! looks like a lot of summer fun for sure.

 

[AdrianM]

That old lake boat is a thing of beauty. I remember seeing one in the bottom of a barn rotting away when I was a kid. Used to dream about rescuing it but it was too far gone.

 

[Jay]

I love seeing the old pics! Thank you for posting!

Cheers
Jay

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Grandpas are very important people. They're like Dads, but with more free time and patience.

Thanks for the pix - they really are wonderful.

 

[Skaal-tel]

Grandpas are very important people. They're like Dads, but with more free time and patience.

Thanks for the pix - they really are wonderful.

I agree 100%

All those old wooden boats were gorgeous. I once passed by an antique boat show, of all things, near Ottawa.

 

[drm3m]

Dark Alley Dan,
"Grandpas are very important people. They're like Dads, but with more free time and patience."

I absolutely agree with you....I consider myself very lucky.

Patience;

1951-52.

My Dad on the piano and my Grandfather playing the pail.....many jam sessions took place back then. (Early 1950s)

My Grandfather gave me this Webley air pistol to scare the resident squirrels and chipmunks.

The Sheridan Blue Streak was the air rifle of choise back then.

My oldest Son with friends in the early 1980s using the same Webley and Sheridan.....stopping for a shooting break during a day of fishing in the creek.

These rifles were shot before the milsurps cut in.

So far I have not been able to find old photos of us shooting these two revolvers.

The Budd clipping along....1953.

David

 

[Nabs]

Truly great photos! I love the streamlined, classic look of those older pleasure crafts. The new ones today, despite their modern bells and whistles, can't really compare.