gus and estelle

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My grandmother and grandfather were married in Santa Cruz at the beginning of the depression. They lived in San Francisco for the first decade of their marriage. They waited until 1940 to start a family, so the 30’s seemed to be a rather care free time for them. This photo was taken in August 1936 on a trip to Russian River and is my favorite of the two of them.

estelle

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This is my grandmother, Estelle.  Chelsea suggested posting stylie grandma vintage photos in this post on A Cup of Jo.  So far I have only posted men and was inspired to give the ladies some love. 

I love photobooths and love that I have several photobooth photos of my grandma.  (Apparently it’s in the genes.)  This was taken in the 20’s when she was a teenager.  (1925ish?)  I absolutely love her hair in this picture and her top and scarf would totally look good today.  She would be about 98 if she were still alive.