52 Photos Week 32: Boys

Question

This week's 52 Photos theme:

BOYS

To participate, simply:

1. reply below, and
2. add a photo that fits the theme to this week's free-space gallery.

If you use a social network (Facebook, Instagram, etc.) please share the photo there as well, using #52photos and #wikitree. This can be a great way to involve more family members. If you use a blog, include a link to your blog post in your answer below so we can all read it.

You don't need to participate every week to share a photo. But members who do participate every week can earn challenge badges. Click here for more info. If this is your first time participating and you don't have the participation badge, or if you pass a milestone (13 in 13, 26 in 26, 52 in 52) please post here.

For help with how to add photos, see here.

Comments

I have loved this pic of my uncle since I first saw it. The blonde boy is a cousin and the mischievous looking one (of course!) is my uncle Tommy. Photo was taken about 1957.

Missy 

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Missy, I can't see your photo... I would like to.

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oh bummer.   I can see it ok though.  Maybe if I change the size? I will try. 

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I accidentally turned it into a comment and then I could not take it back, so then I had to repost!  I hope you can see it now.

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See my comment on your repost.  I have had this problem more than once.  Scratching my head and wondering why I can see it, but no one else can...

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Trying to post per instructions to copy from any place on the internet. Preview didn't work but instructions are not perfect either so posting to see if it will work.

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cute little boys!

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Great pic!

Answer 1

The Oriental Men's Club was organized in 1898 in Delpho, Ohio for entertainment and instruction.  Lonnie, my great grand uncle was the secretary.  Here is the newspaper clipping that accompanies it.

Comments

What a find!  What a treasure that photo is!

Answer 2

This is a 1947 photo of my husband, Mike Nelson, and his buddies. He is second from the right, and his friend Bill Bettes is far right.

Comments

What a cute little pack of men!  Love it!

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Thank you SJ for you nice comment.

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Alexia they are so adorable, what a bunch thank You for sharing another treat

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Thank you Susan for sweet comment.

Answer 3

Boys of Summer! 

When I was a young, we used spend summers with my grandparents at the cottage in Bayfield Ontario. My grandfather Joseph Clarence Geromette with my brothers and I in 1966. I am the strapping lad on the left. My mom had 3 boys and her sister had 3 girls. 

Comments

Lovely photo!

Answer 4

My cousins Peter & Roger in Essex England, 1943.

Answer 5

The photo shows the maternal great-great grandfather of my wife Claus Heinrich Poggensee and his wife Anna Margaretha Therese Hamer with their "two boys", their son Adolf Gustav Poggensee and their grandson Hans Poggensee (my wifes grandfather) in 1905. Hans grew up by his grandparents.

Answer 6

I have loved this pic of my uncle since I first saw it. The blonde boy is a cousin and the mischievous looking one (of course!) is my uncle Tommy. Photo was taken about 1957.

Missy 

Comments

Still can't see it.  Did you add: Space:52_Photos_Week_32_Boys to "in this image" on the image page?  Perhaps the photo is privacy protected.  I'm not sure that's the answer -- maybe someone else can help.

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Can't see your photo Missy 

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I forgot to add it to the free space page! I just did it. It probably is protected, because my uncle is still alive. Darn!

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I added it to my page here: https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Berryann-Photos-1

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Great photo, Missy! Worth waiting for. They look like they're thrilled with that cannon.

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Thank you, Robin! 

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I'm glad you took the trouble to make this picture visible. It's cute. Where did they get the cannon?

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I see it now!  Great photo!

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Thank you, Joyce and SJ! I don’t know where the cannon is located. I will ask my mom where this was taken. My uncle Tommy is one of her brothers.

Answer 7

52 Photos Week 32: Boys

Last week I posted a picture of Mahlon Hess' daughters. I looked for a picture of just his sons, but couldn't find one, so this is all of his family. But you can see how many boys he had.

The Hess Family is known for their large families.  This was taken on his property in Momence, Illinois on January 1, 1912.

Comments

Cheryl, you are have the best family photos. I love that you know who everyone is.

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Thank you, my dear friend. You are just so sweet.

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Thank You Cheryl for sharing this wonderful photo

Answer 8

On my maternal line in the Ranck surname I find again and again all boys born to the Ranck men, no daughters.  My Ranck cousins each have 3 sons, no daughters.  My Grandfather Ranck is an only son, his father Elmer (pictured) was from a family of 6 boys, and many lines of Ranck men have mostly boys.  I suppose its in the genes.

 

Comments

Thank you SJ for sharing your wonderful photo; they sure look like brothers!

Answer 9

Young Fred.  https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Ohmann-4-3

Comments

Hi Fred!  Great pic!

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I love his expression. "How much longer do I have to stand here in this stupid outfit?"

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Ha ha! :)

Answer 10

My mother's cousins, Frank and Tom Hunt. Stephentown, New York, about 1914.

Comments

Such a darling photo Joyce!     Love seeing the toes!

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I have a picture of their sister Ruth in her stocking feet. She hid her shoes in the barn.

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They are so cute, and so solemn! I love their shaved heads and black, dirty little feet. I remember how the boys would get their heads shaved as soon as school was out. We'd run barefoot all summer, and our feet would look just like that. You never went to bed without washing your feet - and your neck. LOL

Answer 11

My lovely grandfather Eugene Zapp in the middle, with his brothers Robert and Jean in France, nearly 1950.

Comments

They're all in the snow, but no boots.

Answer 12

My grandma, Oma M Allison-Rammel (1895-1995), always tended to referred to her two younger brothers as "The Boys" ... this included after they were all entering the elderly stage of life.

Below is a photo of her with "The Boys" ... Harley Francis Allison (1899-1977) & Dale Omelia Allison (1903-1978).

The photo was taken about 1970

Answer 13

The boys of summer...well, spring. Photo of the Framingham High School baseball team including my grandfather, Walter Carroll (Carroll-7950), circa 1919. He is second from the left in the back row.

Comments

I can't see your picture.

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Hi, Joyce. Hope you can see it now. I added the tag for the 52 Photos challenge to the image. I can see it with my response—if I am doing something wrong, I hope someone will jump in and let me know. It seemed to upload with no problem.

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Yes, I can see them now.

Answer 14

My dad's paternal grandmother, Martha, with her second husband and two youngest boys, Victor (left) and Ray.

Answer 15

Photo from around 1935 near Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia of my father Peter and his little brother Ron.

Comments

I can't see the picture.

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Not sure what I have done wrong then sorry. It shows as there for me.

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I have faced this same mystery more than once, and I do not have an answer for you. Take a look at the photo above, of the boys with the cannon, which caused her much trouble before anyone could see it.

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I have added the 52 photos week 32 Boys text to the image details as Robin suggested above. Can it be seen by others now?

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Now I see them! Thanks for persisting.;

Answer 16

This is my Uncle Derwood Bales and his sister my Aunt Naomi taken in Bell County, Texas about 1908.

Comments

Two beautiful children. And I love their outfits -- so elegant. Thank you for sharing this.

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*Beautiful* children and wonderful outfits! I have Bell County Texas connections as well, so this one caught my eye. Thanks for sharing.

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So precious. Wonderful photograph.

Answer 17

Love this photo of my paternal grandfather and his 2 younger brothers, probably taken around 1894 in front of the family store in Colchester, Illinois.

Comments

Wonderful! They look as if they're all dressed up for Sunday church. The donkey adds to it, as well as the onlookers in the background. Thank you for sharing this.

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accidentally posted as a comment**

Answer 18

My grandfather Les Stilwell, and his twin brother Jess. He is the one smiling :) In all of his twin photos, he is the one who smiles :)

This is my first time posting in the G2G challenge, I hope I'm getting this right!

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stilwell-850

answered 1 minute ago by M Smock G2G Rookie (200 points)

Comments

Beautiful boys.  Looks to me like you did it correctly.  Welcome to WikiTree and thanks for sharing this photo.

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Oh, they are adorable! What a gorgeous picture! Thank you for posting it!

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Excellent capture of a moment in time

Answer 19

My grandfather Les Stilwell, and his twin brother Jess. He is the one smiling :) In all of his twin photos, he is the one who smiles :)

This is my first time posting in the G2G challenge, I hope I'm getting this right!

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stilwell-850

Answer 20

This is my father, Ron Clawson. It's probably 1935-36 because he was born at the end of 1934.  He was Grandma's "Gerber Baby!"

Comments

Thank you Terri for sharing such a precious photo of your father. He is darling!

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Wasn't he cute? :)

Answer 21

I wanted to include a photo of my father and two brothers. I was disappointed that it didn't work. It's attached to their profiles and that's more important. I'll try another week.