Bernie Posted January 4, 2009 Report Posted January 4, 2009 Going through some pictures from the past, scanning and saving. Came across some from dads collection of thousands. Thought you may like to see. This is in front of what is now my place in August 1958. Three of my dads good friends circa 1967 on thier annual fishing trip to the French River. They still do this. This is, I am guessing from the 1940's. This is my Mom. She is like Snow White. LOL. Really she loves everything.Feeds everything, even me once in a while. Ha Ha Ha !!!! This is my Dad, must be around 1950. Youngest of the bunch of Gieslers. Great man! This is the Giesler Boat works crew from around 1947-49? Great photo. My dad on the left.
lunkerbasshunter Posted January 4, 2009 Report Posted January 4, 2009 great old pics for sure! Cheers!
misfish Posted January 4, 2009 Report Posted January 4, 2009 Very cool ty Now my question is,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,How old is GCD
fishindevil Posted January 4, 2009 Report Posted January 4, 2009 Great to see all those old fishing,camping family pics of long ago bernie !!!! i have several photo albums of my grandfathers of over 40yrs of owning a fishing lodge,lots of big,big fish pics including a few of the over 40lb muskies to win the molson big fish contest !!!but i have no way to scan them,ill try one day,thanks for sharing...
Radnine Posted January 4, 2009 Report Posted January 4, 2009 (edited) Fantastic! I loved those pictures. And you are a lucky man for being a part of a legacy like that. Thanks for taking the time to post. Jim Edited January 4, 2009 by Radnine
Daplumma Posted January 4, 2009 Report Posted January 4, 2009 Bernie,thats some great stuff.You are lucky to have that record of your family. Joe
Leecher Posted January 4, 2009 Report Posted January 4, 2009 A blast from the past Thank you Bernie for putting it together and sharing it with us Jacques
Gerritt Posted January 4, 2009 Report Posted January 4, 2009 Bernie.. Awesome old photos! Man your mom was a looker! and your right... she loves everything and is sweeter then sugar!... your dad was quite the strapping young buck back in the day! Two nicer people I have not met in some time. Your family has quite the history in the near north.. something you should be proud of and cherish! Thanks for sharing with us. G
Bernie Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Posted January 4, 2009 Thanks guys. Yes I am fortunate. And I am thankful. These photos are just a couple of the hundred or so I scanned today. There are likely a few thousand more. Lots of work to put them into digital. My dad was an avid amatuer photograher years ago. He did wedding photos but hated it. He preferred other stuff. Had some very good equipment in his darkroom. Still has a lot of it. All kinds of picture formats too. The most intriguing ones are stereo slides. The camera had two lens's and exposed the negative twice. When developed and put into a dual slide and viewed it was 3D. I love to look at them, almost as if you are there. It's these kind of pictures that I really like. Old times-good times.
ccmtcanada Posted January 4, 2009 Report Posted January 4, 2009 Wow Bernie! These are awesome pictures...my mom has a bunch of photos that I want to get scanned as well...amazing looking at them...thanks for that blast into your past!
holdfast Posted January 5, 2009 Report Posted January 5, 2009 Luv the Ole Black and Whites. I wonder if your Dad finds the fishing better now or then?
Greencoachdog Posted January 5, 2009 Report Posted January 5, 2009 Excellent photos Bern!!! You can post more any time you feel like it in my opinion!!! A very good lookin' family... what happened to you??? misfish Posted Today, 03:29 PM Very cool ty Now my question is,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,How old is GCD Try not to be such an Arsenic Brian!
jediangler Posted January 5, 2009 Report Posted January 5, 2009 Great pics, and a view into the past of the sport we all love. Thanks for posting.
Bernie Posted January 5, 2009 Author Report Posted January 5, 2009 (edited) Wow Bernie! These are awesome pictures...my mom has a bunch of photos that I want to get scanned as well...amazing looking at them...thanks for that blast into your past! Cliff I just used my home scanner for these. They are pretty versatile. But some of the prints dad made are huge and won't fit the scanner. They are suitable for framing and will get done. Luv the Ole Black and Whites. I wonder if your Dad finds the fishing better now or then? Holdfast the fishing now pales in comparason to what it once was. A very good lookin' family... what happened to you??? Ha, not sure Coach. Redundant genes I guess. These were my great grandparents. Maybe from them? This is my Uncle Joe carving up the next boat part. Sometime in the 1940's it appears. He still does this to this day (on the same band saw). He is in his 80's Edited January 5, 2009 by Bernie
Bly Posted January 5, 2009 Report Posted January 5, 2009 Wonderful Bernie! Over the past few weeks I have been tracing and attempting to complete a proper family history. I have most of the names, dates and details and over the holiday my grandmother was able to provide with photos. I have spent several hours working with them and have many more to do. There was also an envelope containing very old negatives. My scanner will turn negs into photos, cannot wait to see what and who they are. Managed to scan at least a few that date back to 1886 or so. Thanks for sharing your pictures Bernie and enjoy the history that comes with them!!
irishfield Posted January 5, 2009 Report Posted January 5, 2009 Great stuff Bernie !!!! Now with a mother so Beautiful... what happened with you Bud ?
jwl Posted January 5, 2009 Report Posted January 5, 2009 I love those kind of old photos, I always look at them and think about how much different some things where back then ,specially ones that really capture the era like the one with your Great-Grandfolks in it
Moosebunk Posted January 9, 2009 Report Posted January 9, 2009 Bernie... thanks for this thread. This kinda stuff is so cool.
snag Posted January 9, 2009 Report Posted January 9, 2009 Brings back memories of my parents pics. Please post more. That applies to anyone. It's OUR heritage.
TJQ Posted January 9, 2009 Report Posted January 9, 2009 Bernie... wow man really thanks for sharing those are awesome pictures!!
Bernie Posted January 9, 2009 Author Report Posted January 9, 2009 Thank you for the comments, glad you enjoy them. Busy putting together pictures from the past on my hometown and it has proven educational to me. Not a lot that would be interesting here though. As the pictures that relate to the environment here come up I will post them from time to time. Dad has 2 thousand slides alone. And prints and movies it will take a year or two to get it all digital. Here are a couple more oldies. The hunt camp my grandpa bought way back. This looks like it was taken just before they built the one we use now in 1960. This was taken in the old arena in Powassan sometime in the 1950's. I know these guys. A couple of them are still around here. This is Wades Landing early 1950's.
blaque Posted January 9, 2009 Report Posted January 9, 2009 WOW, i live 8 hours away, and have only been to lake Nippissing once (a couple years back at promise land) and i recognize that pic.....we launched there. THats pretty neat. (at least i think thats where that is lol)
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