How to Find Modern Male Kinship with An Old Past Photo: 2 Questions

But when the sorrow has quietly left, Love lives in

This photo was taken in 1937. How old do you think this young man is?

He wears a double breasted suit, a fedora hat with the comfortable slouch of a self-assured man beside a well-used Chevrolet pick up truck.

He is 16 years old and ready to take the next step with the determination that youth and confidence can bestow.

He finishes his high school and begins working on a his parent’s homestead helping his father overcome a haying accident and loss of one foot. Duties and responsibilities were kindred.

At age 23 he meets a young woman at a hockey game, begins a winter letter writing campaign to marry in late March. Then the next year I was born to be followed by four brothers.

He becomes a successful farmer, strong, resourceful, self-employed as a true pioneer with a ready hand to help. He keeps his devotion to our mother for 54 years till her passing. He blesses his children with a true legacy of quiet determination, value of hard work and personal integrity. Death happens at 84 years of age.

So, let’s consider the youth photo again and compare it to any one modern young man you may know. How…