DAD'S POCKET WATCH - circa 1918
Collections are a JPG+ feature. You must be a JPG+ member to create new collections and to add photos to collections.
Sign up for JPG+ to start using collections now!
More of Michael F. OBrien's Photos
Submitted to Mementos
Photo Info
| Uploaded | April 23, 2011 |
| Taken | May 15, 2009 |
| Make | Panasonic |
| Model | DMC-FZ50 |
| Exposure | 1/20 sec at f/3.2 |
| Flash | No Flash |
| Focal Length | 18.1 mm |
| ISO | 200 |
Similar photos
FOR SALE
Q: What self-publishing websites for photo books and photo calendars are the best?
A: Do you know?
Photo license: © All rights reserved
This Elgin pocket watch was given to my father when he graduated from eight grade in 1918. His father was not in good health, so my father tended the farm and did not attend high school. He always worn this watch on a leather 'chain' and stashed it in an upper pocket of his overalls. His four sons graduated from college, three of them teachers. Two obtained their Masters Degree. I am his eldest.
21 responses
-
Min Chai Liu gave props (23 Apr 2011):
look like apencil drawn
-
Carol Holmes gave props (23 Apr 2011):
*voted* most excellent
-
Donald Garrett gave props (23 Apr 2011):
Wonderful entry for this theme! Voted
-
Robert Larrazolo gave props (23 Apr 2011):
SO COOL! well composed.voted.
-
Kevin Kott gave props (23 Apr 2011):
My vote!!!
-
Grizz Thumper (Deleted) gave props (24 Apr 2011):
love it
-
ajtiM (Deleted) said (28 Apr 2011):
brilliant! my vote.
-
Richard Bruns said (1 May 2011):
My Granddad had a similar watch! However, looking at this photo I'm kinda waiting for it to drip ala Dali (ha!)
-
Bill Bungard gave props (1 May 2011):
Got my vote... Love the texture and use of b&w
-
Sarah Terokowskie added a link (1 May 2011):
I love old watches too, this one reminds me of my Grandfathers watch that I still have. (jpgmag.com)
-
Nicolette de Joncaire gave props (7 May 2011):
Great. My vote
-
Carlo Pagan gave props (9 May 2011):
My vote!!
-
Steven Schutz gave props (9 May 2011):
Your father did what he had to do....the mark of a good man....a stellar entry....voted
-
Elizabeth Saporito gave props (16 May 2011):
Beautiful... voted.
-
Roxana Brivent-Barnes said (19 May 2011):
Simply superb shot, as for the story, touchy, deep, interesting, and you simply described him in a way that I could picture him too! Voted...
-
John Linton gave props (20 May 2011):
Oh YEAH! Rad!
-
Lêda Nardelli gave props (27 May 2011):
yes!
-
TrapperMom gave props (27 May 2011):
Fantastic. Really like the composition. Gets my vote for sure.
-
zoe m gave props (3 Jul 2011):
love this! how do you achieve printed on vintage paper aesthetic?
-
judy fouse said (21 Nov 2011):
What a wonderful memory. The photo really does it justice.
-
Vin Weathermon gave props (3 Jun 2012):
love pocketwatches too...
Also by Michael F. OBrien
