Happy Father's Day, Pop by eudora

Happy Father's Day, Pop

Since the College World Series is on, I decided to post a photo of my father's baseball team, taken in 1920 when he was 16. He wanted to go to West Point, but life had different plans for him. He worked six days a week, 50 weeks a year at the hardware store he and my uncle owned. He was a brilliant man and made sure all three of this children went to college. A lifelong baseball fan, he loved the Brooklyn Dodgers, until they moved to LA, and then followed the New York Mets.

He is standing fourth from the right.
What a wonderful photo. He sounds like such a good man!
June 21st, 2021  
I know he was a good man because he has such a wonderful daughter! Sacrificial love him to work in the hardware store so his children could go to college! This is a fabulous photo and a great treasure
June 21st, 2021  
What a great picture!
June 21st, 2021  
@grammyn Thank you so much!
June 21st, 2021  
What a great pic and story
June 21st, 2021  
A lovely old photo and interesting narrative
June 21st, 2021  
Sue
A lovely photo..
June 21st, 2021  
This is really special!
June 26th, 2021  
I love this! We have a similar photo (and story) of my grandfather on his football team.
June 26th, 2021  
What a treasure- so is that your dad next to the writing?
June 27th, 2021  
@louannwarren @margonaut @bkbinthecity @carolmw @suebookworm @taffy @wiesnerbeth @olivetreeann @grammyn
Thanks so much for the nice comments! I rescued all the old family photos when my mother moved from her last house. I have scanned most of them. My father is standing in the back row, with MPA on his jersey, to the right of the player in the center.
June 27th, 2021  
@eudora Handsome young man!
June 27th, 2021  
June 27th, 2021  
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