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Well, by now my regular readers know that The Mister's
family loved their cars! And they preserved the
memories with lots of photographs!
This one is of the family car in 1947, which
is a 1941 Lincoln Coupe.
That's The Mister's mom, Merle (1926 - 2008)
and his oldest brother, Lynn, (1946) along side.
Speaking of cars, his little ride is pretty sweet
itself! And don't you love Merle's suit and hair?
I think she looks like Rita Hayworth!
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Visit my friends at Sepia Saturday by clicking HERE!
Well, 1941 is my birth year and I was pushed around in a stroller just like the one in your sepia photo! ...... have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteFantastic photograph! The car is fabulous and the baby, precious!
ReplyDeleteNancy
Lincoln's have always made such beautiful cars...love the MIL too, very classy! Come say hi :D
ReplyDeleteoh, i love the lines on those old cars...nice.
ReplyDeleteWell 1941 was my birth year too. My parents had a 1941 Pontiac...what a beauty in Hunter Green.
ReplyDeleteI love your Sepia Saturday pictures!
Great car and Merle looks elegant. I love the houses in the background; I wonder if they're still standing?
ReplyDeleteWanda...with the photo being black and white I don't know the color of this car...wish I did!
ReplyDeleteOooh...next year you're gonna have a nice big round birthday number! :)
Alaina ~ this was taken in Grand Rapids, Michigan...and I bet the houses are still there!
ReplyDeleteLove your sepia photos....I'm gonna have to dig some out and join in!
ReplyDeleteMerle was always a beautiful woman. I never saw her when she wasn't decked out!
ReplyDeleteMerle does look like Rita Hayworth...love her hair. A Lincoln must have been a luxury car back then, too. It looks like a nice ride.
ReplyDeleteIts a wonderful car. His brother looks like a doll. Lovely pic.
ReplyDeleteThey just don't make'em like they use to, both rides!
ReplyDeleteHey, they used to push me around in a metal stroller, with colored wooden beads strung on a wire, just like Lynn's!
ReplyDeleteWonderful pic.
Willow ~ that sounds very familiar...I wonder, was it was still around when I came along?
ReplyDeleteI wonder what color it was? It doesn't look dark enough in the photo to have been black, and all those older styles just always seemed to be black. I don't know when they started making colors and stopped making just black.
ReplyDeleteKayren ~ I agree..it's something lighter. Maybe grey!
ReplyDeleteHi...this is my first time to visit..I'm bj and so glad to meet you.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this photo...it is amazing. I wish I still had a lot of the old photos..not sure what happened to them. I can remember these times...I was born in '37 (on the last day) and can remember these cars well.
And, yep...she DOES look like Rita Hayworth...:_)
Come see me when you have time.
xo bj
BJ ~ thanks so much for stopping by! I'll come over and visit you, too! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a grand car and I love Merle's style as well as her name. It's my father's name as well.
ReplyDeleteThis photo is great. I love just about any vintage photo. I was totally going to do a post about cars too...my family...loves their cars. I am named after a carburetor (there is a post about it).
ReplyDeleteSo much style here. The car, the fashion. And I notice that little Lynn is already on wheels, himself!
ReplyDeleteThe wonderful thing about that generation was that their cars (or their motor-bikes) were the most important possessions in their lives and the things they wanting saving for ever via photography. You can see the pride, the pleasure and the satisfaction beaming from their faces as they stand with their vehicles. Rather sadly, we tend to be much more matter-of-fact about our vehicles these days, perhaps some of the magic has gone.
ReplyDeleteLovely cars, even the one driven by that cute little boy.;)
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend,
xo
I want that car...!
ReplyDeleteHi, thanks for visiting my blog. This is a great picture. She does look like Rita Hayworth!
ReplyDeleteHolly ~ you're named after a carburetor? OK..must come and read that post! :)
ReplyDeleteAlan ~ you do have a point there...they don't mean so much to us anymore! They certainly were proud of them back them and cherished them.
ReplyDeleteEverything I wanted to say has all been said. Another fun Sepia Saturday. Another great car photo.
ReplyDeleteHi Betsy
ReplyDeletenow I wonder if Merle got to drive the car, she certainly looks very excited about the prospect...
Happy days
People had a sense of style then that I think is often missing now. Merle was a classy, elegant woman. I love Lynn's little knit hand and sweater, too.
ReplyDeleteThat is a great photo showing rides for all ages!
ReplyDeleteDelwyn ~ I'm sure Merle got to drive...at least she always drove the years I knew her!
ReplyDeleteJo ~ she always was a classy dresser! :)
ReplyDeleteBetsy this is my first time to do Mr. Linky. I had no idea what I was doing. It was pure luck it even came up. Thanks for stopping by I hope I do it right next time I try to use Mr. Linky.
ReplyDeleteQMM
QMM ~ absolutely no problem...just didn't want to miss anything! :)
ReplyDeletethats a great car
ReplyDeleteand it looks like a baby-walker! I wouldn't have guessed they were invented so early
I love these old pictures and to see the old cars. Every so often we see one on the road out here and it is amazing that it is still running.
ReplyDeleteThat is a great picture and thank you for sharing it with us.
God bless.
those cars are so impressive, even by our jaded since of modern design! -J
ReplyDeleteNow that's a car! Great photo.
ReplyDeletePre-war Lincoln, droool! Sorry, heh.
ReplyDeleteHmmm...Merle looks a bit like a Jane Withers( to me anyway )...
Nice!
Subby ~ had to look up Jane Withers!
ReplyDeleteBetsy, heh...I just happened to have an old Whitman book "Jane Withers and the Hidden Room" and the jacket photo kinda, sorta jogged my memory :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice old photo with two classic vehicles and a classic movie star.
ReplyDeleteMister's mom does favor Rita Hayworth! I have Hayworth's picture hanging in the stairwell.
ReplyDelete:) The Bach