toasted36
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posted on March 6, 2006 05:04:24 PM new
Hi everyone, I know there are a lot of ex-military people here any chance someone can help date this military uniform and what branch of military is it in this old photo.It one of those photos that look like they paint blush and color on the cheeks ..thanks !!
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blueyes29
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posted on March 6, 2006 05:48:46 PM new
I think maybe it's a Navy uniform...Maybe Chief Warrant officer? Are you the cute kid in the photo?
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glassgrl
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posted on March 6, 2006 05:50:34 PM new
QUOTE: "photos that look like they paint blush and color on the cheeks"
Hand tinted is the phrase I think you're looking for.........
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tOMWiii
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posted on March 6, 2006 05:50:47 PM new
USN Enlisted man from what looks like the 1920's -- RANK = E-7 CPO (Chief Petty Officer), with 12 years service, with a RATE = "MM" = "Machinist's Mate"
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ranks/ratings/eng-rate.html
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ranks/rates/rates.html
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classicrock000
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posted on March 6, 2006 06:02:12 PM new
Tom is correct-he is a chief petty officer "machinists mate" Tom is also correct in that he has 12 years of service.Every stripe on his arm represents 4 years of service.The tatoo on the dudes arm below represents one drunken night in Honolulu.....
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toasted36
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posted on March 6, 2006 07:42:09 PM new
Thank you everyone ! I book marked those sites Tom so I don't have to ask things like this again... I hope lol.
Are you the cute kid in the photo? ...nah just something I picked up at a yard sale...thought it looked neat. I can see why people collect old photos.
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LtRay
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posted on March 6, 2006 08:31:13 PM new
Tom you did good on the rank, but where the heck did you come up with 1920?
This photo is most likely late 1950's, early 1960's.
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tOMWiii
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posted on March 7, 2006 04:14:03 AM new
Her HAIR STYLE + that DRESS WITH BIG COLLAR & those BIG WHITE BUTTONS sure look pre-WWII to me!
 "As you can possibly see, I have an injury myself—not here at the hospital, but in combat with a cedar. I eventually won. The cedar gave me a little scratch."
—After visiting with wounded veterans from the Amputee Care Center of Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 1, 2006
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LtRay
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posted on March 7, 2006 08:28:53 AM new
Nope, we have a family photo very much like this one. My sister is a baby on Mom's lap, so I know it was taken in 1961 or 62.
As for dress style, that is the late 1950's remake of the 1930's fashion. Ladies fashion is always recycling.
I also had a dress similar to this in 1966. I remember because for some strange reason it was my favorite dress. I was 6 years old and wanted to wear it everyday. Thank goodness my fashion sense improved over the years!
. When your ship comes in.... make sure you are willing to unload it. .
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toasted36
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posted on March 7, 2006 08:53:37 AM new
lol don't worry about the date ,if and when I list it I'll just put old instead of a date...works for me . Thanks again
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cblev65252
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posted on March 7, 2006 09:27:21 AM new
That photo was hand colored and I don't think they were doing that in the 1960's. I have old photos from the 1920's and they are all hand colored. Her hair style is all wrong for 1960's - notice the little waves, typical 1920's or 30's. The man's haircut is also not 1960's. I'll agree with the 1920's-1930's dates.
I remember the 1960's well! And this photo doesn't speak of the 60's at all.
Cheryl
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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LtRay
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posted on March 7, 2006 09:35:02 AM new
Cheryl, late 1950's, early 1960's. And yes they were doing hand colored photos. At least they were in Western KY where my family is from.
If I were in KY I would scan the pictures I am talking about. We have 4 family portraits that look exactly like this. One is 1957 when Mom and Dad married and then a series of pictres thru about 1963 as the family grew.
And Mom has that same horrible haircut. She was 20 years old in 1957.
I also have some hand tinted sweet heart photos from the Korean war somewhere around the house, I'll look for them and post a scan if I find them.
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stonecold613
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posted on March 7, 2006 09:39:06 AM new
Hair is not right for the 20's. Looks very much like the hair style when my parents were married in 1960. It is likely in the Korean War era of the 1950's.
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Many misleading tricks in 2006. The new Demomoron slogan.
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LtRay
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posted on March 7, 2006 09:48:01 AM new
I found these pictures in here in Panama City Florida. They are mounted on wood and dated "1958 Korea".
A soldier probably had these mounted while he was serving in Korea during the war.
When I first saw them, I assumed they were WWII. A talk with the family and they pointed out the date and set me straight.
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tOMWiii
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posted on March 7, 2006 10:22:29 AM new
WHY??
You have a '50s car in one pic & JUNE CLEAVER pearls in da other two pics!
"As you can possibly see, I have an injury myself—not here at the hospital, but in combat with a cedar. I eventually won. The cedar gave me a little scratch."
—After visiting with wounded veterans from the Amputee Care Center of Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 1, 2006
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tOMWiii
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posted on March 7, 2006 10:26:02 AM new
 
[ edited by tOMWiii on Mar 7, 2006 10:32 AM ]
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stonecold613
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posted on March 7, 2006 12:33:56 PM new
Picture on the left has way more curls than the one on the right. The one on the right clearly is a newer era.
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Many misleading tricks in 2006. The new Demomoron slogan.
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LtRay
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posted on March 7, 2006 12:42:03 PM new
Anyone else think the guy looks like Victor Garbor from Alias??
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cta
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posted on March 7, 2006 07:17:14 PM new
LtRay - Could you please tell me where you purchased those photos? The photo on the left I believe could be a spitting image of my grandmother - Janette Priest. Are they marked with any names?
The reason I ask, my grandmother's last husband (who was an antique dealer before his death) started selling photo albums that belonged to our family in Massachusetts and Florida. My uncle who was also an antique dealer, found him at a flea market selling the family photo albums and retrieved some of them, but sadly, he had sold many others. There were money issues when my grandmother passed on 11 years ago, so I guess that's when he decided to sell anything that belonged to the family. He just didn't care. However, the Korea markings you mentioned wouldn't add up.
So I would be very interested in any others that you may have if purchased in a lot.
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mcjane
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posted on March 7, 2006 08:01:20 PM new
classic
I'll bet thats you & your the sailor that got drunk in Honolulu. LOL
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LtRay
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posted on March 7, 2006 10:08:04 PM new
Hi CTA,
I bought these in here in Millville Fl a few years ago. We are in the panhandle of Florida close to Tyndall Air Force base. The pictures have no other identifying info on them and these were the only photos I bought.
Millville is one of the oldest areas of Panama City. Most of the small, old houses were built to house workers from the paper mill. The lady who owned the home had been here since the 1940's.
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classicrock000
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posted on March 8, 2006 03:04:50 AM new
yes Mcjane you are correct.This was taken in
the fall of 1965,I was 19.The day after this photo was taken we sailed for Vietnam.I sent this home to my parents and my high school sweetheart.I wish I had a closer pic-as I had a Navy insigna tatto.They told us NEVER have your girlfriends name tattoed on.Which was very good advice.My girl friends name at the time was Lelsie.My wifes name is Linda.You being a female, could understand that having to see a tatoo on our husbands arm of some other girls name every time you went to bed with him,would NOT go over to well.
Tom also has a nice pic of him in his coast guard uniform.
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