More Amigos
The picture in the last post of my maternal great-grandfather reminded me that I also have these photos of my paternal grandfather, Thaddeus Morrison Osborne, aka T.M., aka Thad, aka Bud. He’s the one on the left in both pics. You can see that someone has written his initials at the bottom of one of the pictures, TMO.
Again, I would love to know the circumstances of these photos. My granddad was born in 1888 and I’d guess he’s about 20 in this picture. He wasn’t married until 1913 when he was 25, and somehow I don’t think this would have been made after he was married. So that would make the picture taken about 1908, give or take a couple of years. My great-grandfather, in the previous post, was born 1882 and married in 1904. So these pictures were taken in the same general timeframe. Perhaps I should send copies to one of the places that analyzes photos, but they make me think there were itinerate photographers who marketed themselves to young men working, perhaps away from home. It’s just a theory–if the photo guy at the place where I work wasn’t so crabby, I’d ask him. I just think they are interesting photos–both have two young men who are dressed for work.
In neither of the photos above do I know the identity of the fellows on the right. I suspect at least one of them is one of his Mobley cousins, but I have no way of verifying that. Grandad had 4 brothers, so one of them could be a brother, though I think if one of the family members was identifying him, as in the left photo, they would have identified the other person if he were a brother.
Family reunion is in a little less than a month, so maybe someone there can help identify the other person.
In any event, I’m glad to have these pictures.
Here’s the photo of my grandparents taken on their 50th wedding anniversary in December, 1963. He was wearing his ever-present khakis–still his work clothes.
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