Dad at 25
I've also been looking at old family slides lately. While I cannot compete with the ultimate coolness of Joey's family, this one did make me smile. Go larger.
Yes friends, that crazy cat with the pipe and the checked suit is my dad.
He labelled this slide, "Me at Murray Bay '40. " That would make him 25 here. Obviously he's still a bachelor. I have no idea what is up with that shirt under the jacket--apparently some fashion trend which swept eastern Canada but is forgotten now. It's just over the top enough that it also may have been an early glimpse of his later bipolar illness....
I assume that this shot was taken with the camera from his empty leather case; based on the flat front, that was probably his Kodak Retina seen here.
Kodachrome is pretty amazing stuff--the colors of this slide are still looking great after 66 years....