Smile for the camera

Through a Twitter contact, I saw this and immediately thought of an old photo I have of my great-great grandfather which I’m going to submit.

It’s a studio portrait from the 1930s and he’s wearing his best tweed bunnet and watch chain.  With him is his dog, whose name was Rover. I see that Rover is wearing not only a collar but what looks like an identity disc. I don’t know what occasioned the visit to the photographer in Hamilton and why he took the dog with him rather than his wife!  Great-great-grandfather was apparently very fierce and nearly always scowled in photos – at least in this one,  that splendid white mouser isn’t bristling too much.

Footnote This post first appeared in curlsdiva.com on May 7, 2009, before folkarethething.com existed. I’m transferring all genealogically related posts from that blog to this.