This is the third in my series of posts from Grandy's (my grandfather, Laurence Dwight Humes, 1892-1972) photo album in the 1910's. Most of the pictures relate to his years at Penn State as a part of the class of 1914.
1911 Penn State Wrestling Team
Champions!
Note that Grandy is not on the team.
Allegheny College - Meadville, Pennsylvania
1914
Regimental Review - if you look really closely, you will see a Tuba.
That's probably Grandy
Pittsburg vs Penn State
Penn State, near Pittsburg's Goal Line
November 25 1912
Football Game at Forbe's Field in Pittsburg
Penn State Band
Again - Grandy would be playing the tuba
Junior Animal Husbandry (1912-1913)
Grandy is upper left in the back row.
Fraternity House Party?
Grandy is back row, second from the left on the porch.
Grandmommy is on the top row of women, second from the left;
she is not looking at the camera, which is normal in her pictures
in groups; she usually holds her head at an angle. Makes her easy to spot!
Penn State Cadet Band
Again, look for the tuba!
Penn State Cadet Band
Grandy is back row, 4th from left.
He appears to have some sort of special insignia on his uniform.
Maybe he was an officer in the band at this point.
Another Football Game
Penn State Cadet Band
Another Cider Scrap
Fraternity?
Grandy is 2nd from right on back row
Note that collar/tie fashions appear to be changing - Grandy's tie
and collar are unique; as is the guy front row 2nd from left, whose
collar and tie look much more modern.
Another Fraternity Picture
Grandy is center back row.
I find it these pictures very compelling. The young men are so
serious and stare straight at us. But then you think of the cider
scrap pictures and remember that they were probably very much
like their sons, grandsons, great grandsons and great great grandsons.
