a snapshot from times gone by

I scanned this shot of Dad from a 2″ square snapshot that has been cut out from a larger snapshot.

It has uneven cut edges and all kinds of folds and creases. I cropped it to an 10×8 orientation, used the Spot Healing Brush to smooth out all of the creases and then tweaked the contrast and color. Just as I was getting ready to save it my Dad walked by my office, saw his mug on my monitor and asked, “Who’s that good lookin’ guy?”.

Since the photo has some writing on the back but not a date, I asked Dad if he knew about what year it was taken. He had no idea, but he did tell me it was taken on Locust Street in Winthrop because he recognized the couch which he said had been recovered. That means the snapshot had to have been taken in the late 50′s/early 60′s because we moved to Cottage Park Rd 1963-1964-ish.