Thread: The boy who taught me how to use a straight.

I'm not quite sure if this will fit here, although if family is not one of the finer things in life, I don't know what is.

The young boy all the way to the right, standing in front of the man with the majestic mustache, grew up to teach me many things, among them how to use a straight razor. He's my grandfather.

This picture was taken in Buenos Aires, Argentina, ca. 1901.

Amazing story, but I don't see the picture.

Originally Posted by Snake

I'm not quite sure if this will fit here, although if family is not one of the finer things in life, I don't know what is.

The young boy all the way to the right, standing in front of the man with the majestic mustache, grew up to teach me many things, among them how to use a straight razor. He's my grandfather.

This picture was taken in Buenos Aires, Argentina, ca. 1901.

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odd, I see it. goes with the story for sure

Yep, strange. I put it in an album here and linked from there.

I'm at a loss... it's a shame, cuz great-grandpa had an epic stache!

For the full story check out my intro posting in the noob section.

I see the picture now. Wonderful family shot and great story.

I have to agree about the moustache. If I weren't active duty miltary I would have one EXACTLY like that one. It's just glorious. (Please don't think I'm joking about any of this. I do love that moustache.

Great story and picture, thanks for sharing!

Gotta love how nobody is smiling in old pictures, it makes people look so depressed.

Originally Posted by MattCastle

Gotta love how nobody is smiling in old pictures, it makes people look so depressed.

Well, Aunt Tota has a bit of a smile (the rightmost little girl in white)... but I agree, nobody looks very happy. I guess dressing up that troupe and getting it to the studio got them a bit tense or something. Besides I'm guessing the exposure was long-ish, so it was best to sit still.

I just got this picture a few weeks ago, and it's the only one I have with the old man not an adult. I'm guessing there's a 35 year gap to the next pic I have.

a beautiful photo.. it's a shame that families rarely have photos taken together these days.

i hope to change that as soon as i start my family.

Very cool.
I love old family portraits like that--how everyone got so dressed up, and the expressions (or lack thereof) on people's faces. I guess they weren't used to "1-2-3-cheese" since there weren't snapshots taken all the time, plus it took a long time to set up the photos back then so everyone's face was frozen by the time the photo was taken.