Photo Friday (26th)

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George and Fran Vadnais’ family had quite a few pictures that they shared with me, so I thought I would show you some more of the earlier pictures.

Young George on his bicycle
George
Ann Mayer and George joking around
1929 – George on top the hood of a car on a winter road
George out front of the family home at 1309 4th Street
1933 – George next to the St. Cloud State Reformatory sign
Circa 1932 Fran on the Manitou Island bridge, White Bear Lake
Circa 1932 – George at Taylors Falls
Circa 1932 – Fran at Taylors Falls
Circa 1931 – George and his friend reading Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang.  They are perusing the October 1931 issue of the magazine.
According to Mnopedia, “Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang was one of the most popular and notorious humor magazines of the 1920s.  It was created by Wilford Hamilton Fawcett, who had been a captain in the U.S. Army during World War I and gained the nickname Captain Billy.  Fawcett would later tell reporters that he had started his magazine to give the doughboys—as World War I servicemen were popularly called—something to laugh about.” 
Fran
George with lifelong friend and White Bear Oil Company employee, Thomas (Pete) Bacon
George (in the middle) and his buddies goofing around

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Cynthia

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