Grady Grandparents

A few months before my grandfather died, I was looking through old photo albums at his home when I spied a picture of Grandpa, looking quite strapping, a bit debonair, and most noticeably, not bald. I showed it to him, commenting on how handsome he looked. He laughed, and then asked if I would like to have the picture. I thanked him, turned down his offer to have it framed, brought it back to college with me and proudly displayed it in my bedroom at Northwestern.

It never occurred to me at the time that someone else might want a copy of the photograph -- after all I was a self-absorbed college student. Funny thing, though, getting a PhD means you're in college a really long time, which is why it's only now (after the requests of a couple of relatives and the technical know-how of my husband) that I've managed to make Grandpa's picture (along with the one I received of Grandma after she died) available to all.

The original picture of Grandpa was an 8x10; Grandma's was a 4x6 which was glued into a paper frame from Hirth Studios in Waukon. Sorry it took so long but I hope you enjoy them.

(To order prints via Flickr, simply click on the pictures above to take you to the Flickr photo page, and then click on the "order prints" button above the photograph, you may have to create an account to be able to order prints. Alternatively, you can download the original digital file by clicking on the pictures above, then click on the "all sizes" button above the photograph on the Flickr photo page, and finally choose the "original" size to view and download the original file.)

(Or click here to order prints via ofoto.)