CannaGranny’s Corner a Thread For General BS and Good Will On BudBuilders

Wanna see some family pix?
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This is my GG-grand father, his wife and kids sometime around 1889. They were Iowa farmers, all dressed up for this new thing called a photograph. His name was George Washington Sylvester, his wife (look for the tired eyes) was Ella Stretcher. My G-grand father is the boy that appears about 8 or 9 years old standing just left of center of the image. His name Was Hank.

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This is his oldest daughter (my grandmother), hanging out with gangsters in the roaring twenties. The guy on the left is Pretty Boy Floyd, on the right is someone I believe named Luigi, but I don't recall his last name. Definitely not a guy to cross.

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This is my mom. Rode an Indian Chief in the late 40s and early 50s. She was in a motorcycle gang in LA in the early fifties. She was also a pilot in the late 40s. Interestingly, by the time I came around she was scared to death of heights. Something happened to her when she lived in NY, but she'd never be completely clear about it. I suspect she was attacked and held out a window. I could be wrong, but I've no way to find out for sure anymore.
In the 60s, 70s and early 80s she was a cop in 4 different cities in Orange Co, Ca.
 
Wanna see some family pix?
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This is my GG-grand father, his wife and kids sometime around 1889. They were Iowa farmers, all dressed up for this new thing called a photograph. His name was George Washington Sylvester, his wife (look for the tired eyes) was Ella Stretcher. My G-grand father is the boy that appears about 8 or 9 years old standing just left of center of the image. His name Was Hank.

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This is his oldest daughter (my grandmother), hanging out with gangsters in the roaring twenties. The guy on the left is Pretty Boy Floyd, on the right is someone I believe named Luigi, but I don't recall his last name. Definitely not a guy to cross.

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This is my mom. Rode an Indian Chief in the late 40s and early 50s. She was in a motorcycle gang in LA in the early fifties. She was also a pilot in the late 40s. Interestingly, by the time I came around she was scared to death of heights. Something happened to her when she lived in NY, but she'd never be completely clear about it. I suspect she was attacked and held out a window. I could be wrong, but I've no way to find out for sure anymore.
In the 60s, 70s and early 80s she was a cop in 4 different cities in Orange Co, Ca.

Tom, your mom was a badass!!!!! very cool photos man, lots of history!!
 
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