Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Davitt Military Portraits '43 - 47

Ralph grew a moustache:
March 1, 1943, Pierre, South Dakota.
Dad sent pictures to two people. His mother and his sweetheart. He sent the photo below to his mother. I found this notation on the back. Do you suppose "hot" meant the same thing in 1943 that it does now?
(April 12, 1943, Pierre, South Dakota
He shaved off the moustache.)

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November, 1947, Albany, Georgia
(Note the photos of MaryJane on the desk. )

3 comments:

pat said...

rick? the resemblance is just uncanny. glad that he didn't keep the mustache. those photo's on the desk - that one we even used at her memorial service. it's cool to see how much he loved her early on.

Derek Burdette said...

No kidding about Rick... I was just thinking that the resemblances to the offspring are more perceptible when he is younger.

Some of these are very beautiful portraits. Whoever it was behind the camera did their job quite nicely.

Terry Davitt Powell said...

Do you remember Max (when he was little) pointing at that picture of Dad in the TR that was on the little tansu by the door and saying, "Daddy."??

I agree. Some of these photos are nicely done.