Great photo…those are probably some of my relatives in the background. My family’s been going to the shore in Sea Isle for generations now. Glad you shared this!
Wow, thank you all for the comments! I can’t believe my photo was chosen to be featured.
My grandfather played basketball at Cardinal Dougherty HS in Philadelphia and worked summers as a lifeguard in Sea Isle. I miss him everyday and the photos I have like this are a treasure.
Thanks to the Sartorialist for a wonderful feature.
Love the look Scot… Your grand’pa had some swagger, he could have fitted in with the rat pack or Jay-Z today, I wonder if he knew anyone from my family who lived Clark, trying to avoid the big house near Rahway BW Robert…
I love the vintage photo series. It is so funny to see the styles recycle, yet how they change era to era … like this classic varsity jacket and how it evolved.
I have always fallen in love with each of these vintage photos, they touch my heart as if they were a relative of my own. there is nothing more romantic and elegant than the true and relaxed past.
This is so amazing looking at all the vintage photos. Words can’t express my feelings. Right now I’m smiling widely thinking of people from the old days. So amazing I wish after 100 years I’ll be same interesting as people right here. They look so nice and stylish, wish I was in those days.
CBC
August 14, 2011 at 3:13 pm
Everyone smoked! Your uncle resembles Dennis Hopper….
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August 14, 2011 at 3:20 pm
What a lovely photograph! I really like his jacket.
KC
August 14, 2011 at 3:50 pm
Dang I wish I had his legs!
Elizabeth
August 14, 2011 at 4:21 pm
Great photo…those are probably some of my relatives in the background. My family’s been going to the shore in Sea Isle for generations now. Glad you shared this!
mon sac byme
August 14, 2011 at 4:27 pm
Something of Humphrey Bogart !!
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Celine
August 14, 2011 at 4:35 pm
haha nice picture and funny description!
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Costin M.
August 14, 2011 at 4:39 pm
i just love these vintage photos you’re posting! they’re all so awesome.
Costin M.
STYLE SCANNER
August 14, 2011 at 4:57 pm
What an interesting jacket, was it designed for a specific sport?
tom
August 14, 2011 at 5:32 pm
Handsome face, slender build, ; he’d probably be able model clothes these days!
Cosmo
August 14, 2011 at 6:38 pm
What happened to the two vintage photos of the couple kissing that you posted yesterday??!!
Amy Rose
August 14, 2011 at 6:49 pm
I love your entire vintage photo series, they’re all incredible. I love the little back stories that come with each one.
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Lauren Q.
August 14, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Wow, thank you all for the comments! I can’t believe my photo was chosen to be featured.
My grandfather played basketball at Cardinal Dougherty HS in Philadelphia and worked summers as a lifeguard in Sea Isle. I miss him everyday and the photos I have like this are a treasure.
Thanks to the Sartorialist for a wonderful feature.
barcelona m'enamora
August 14, 2011 at 9:05 pm
He’s handsome! He looks to me like a boxer…. ;P
blue roses
August 14, 2011 at 10:11 pm
i like the imbalance of the heavy jacket with his tiny bathing trunks…. his look is rather pensive as well, heavy for the beach.
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Courtney
August 14, 2011 at 10:40 pm
This is so wonderful! I love it.
The Owl's Vision
August 14, 2011 at 11:21 pm
I love your picture and I love his facial structure
Name*Judith Lynn Kalinin
August 15, 2011 at 12:39 am
Your grandpa was a handsome guy, what a great old photo! I love vintage pics as these…very sentimental.
The Style Scout LDN
August 15, 2011 at 3:05 am
Love the look Scot… Your grand’pa had some swagger, he could have fitted in with the rat pack or Jay-Z today, I wonder if he knew anyone from my family who lived Clark, trying to avoid the big house near Rahway BW Robert…
antique engagement rings
August 15, 2011 at 6:47 am
Love the photo… again just fantastic!
Dimitra
August 15, 2011 at 6:56 am
I love this photo! and his jacket!
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Uncle Jim
August 15, 2011 at 7:48 am
Lauren,
My father attended Roman Catholic High School. Cardinal Daugherty was not opened until 1956.
Megan Abigail Chandler
August 15, 2011 at 8:40 am
I love the vintage photo series. It is so funny to see the styles recycle, yet how they change era to era … like this classic varsity jacket and how it evolved.
Jo
August 15, 2011 at 2:08 pm
Your Grand Dad is smoking hot! Haa ha. =)
Little Miss
August 15, 2011 at 2:33 pm
I have always fallen in love with each of these vintage photos, they touch my heart as if they were a relative of my own. there is nothing more romantic and elegant than the true and relaxed past.
Dave P
August 15, 2011 at 2:47 pm
How do I submit a photo?
Randy Sloan
August 15, 2011 at 6:55 pm
Such a GREAT picture… He definitely had ‘game!’
Andrea
August 15, 2011 at 7:21 pm
It’s Buster Keaton’s better-looking younger brother!
lindayoga
August 15, 2011 at 10:29 pm
Yet another amazing vintage photo!
Lovely.
halat
August 16, 2011 at 2:24 am
You could cut yourself on those cheekbones.
Lui
August 16, 2011 at 6:27 am
Ah, Buster Keaton’s brother indeed! What a lovely photo of a handsome man. Everything about it is absolutely perfect. Excellent.
ida
August 16, 2011 at 8:03 am
he has awesome legs
Yasmin
August 16, 2011 at 9:50 am
is no one else seeing Chris Noth?
all-in-the-silhouette
August 16, 2011 at 10:52 am
Handsome guy! You could just picture him in one of those Arrow Collar ads.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Arrow_Collar_Man
P.S. I keep looking for the two vintage photos I submitted…quite a while ago. :-(
Pippi Hepburn
August 16, 2011 at 12:16 pm
What a handsome man. Love the hair also!
Umanbn
August 16, 2011 at 1:16 pm
Fine looking fellow with a lot of style…but why is it only the ladies find his legs great?
antique engagement rings
August 17, 2011 at 8:49 am
I love the jacket… very cool!
Victor
August 17, 2011 at 12:35 pm
I am glad to see I am not the only guy with chicken legs. Gotta run — Frank Perdue’s ghost arrived and he is carrying a hatchet!
brooke
August 18, 2011 at 7:34 pm
My grandfather John was called ‘Chick’ too!
Isobel
August 21, 2011 at 1:53 am
Your Grandpa’s hot.
Irma
March 4, 2012 at 4:20 pm
This is so amazing looking at all the vintage photos. Words can’t express my feelings. Right now I’m smiling widely thinking of people from the old days. So amazing I wish after 100 years I’ll be same interesting as people right here. They look so nice and stylish, wish I was in those days.