A "Wayback" Goes Beyond a Throwback

​by Skip Cohen

It's Throwback Thursday, and in my hunt for old photographs, I found this classic of my grandparents, folks, and me. And with every old picture comes a series of backstories that simply make me smile. So, here's the inside scoop on a print from the mid-fifties.
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• My Uncle, during his tour with the Army, was based in Germany. This was after Korea and before Viet Nam. It was during peacetime, and upon his return to the US, he came back with a Triumph TR3 and lots of gifts for the family.
• He brought my Dad his first "real" camera, a rangefinder Agfa with split circle focusing and a manual self-timer built into the lens. It became the family camera for thousands of slides over the years to come.
• For me, it was a pair of lederhosen, and they were a little beyond comfortable to wear. The leather was anything but soft! Obviously, from the pained look on my face, you can tell that Skippy isn't happy!
• Those are my grandparents in the shot, and my grandmother loved the small fur my grandfather had bought her. Today she'd risk being hit by a can of spray paint from an animal rights activist!
• My mother has on a maternity top. She was pregnant with my sister.
• The last thing that hits me, while I know it was the style, if my Dad wore his pants any higher, he'd have hurt himself!

So, throwbacks become "waybacks" when they're really old, or they just bring back so many different memories, smiles, and memorable moments. Take the time today and go off on your own hunt for a time capsule that simply makes you smile!

​Happy Throwback Thursday!

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