Vintage Thingie Thursday - Shadow Box

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I have a shadow box that I made several years ago of my Dad.  This hangs in the dining room over my computer.

This picture is of my Dad building a garage at our house in 1968.  He is wearing the glasses I have in the box.
Also he  used this wooden extension rule to build  the garage.

Dad was a self-taught carpenter and could really envision anything in his head and just build it. He only had an eighth grade education.  He quit to help out on the family farm at the time.  He was in the Army Air Force in Alaska and bought this letter opener when he was there.

He spent is career as an electrician and did get training for that. He partially owned the company he worked for. 

My Dad has since passed away at an early age of 69.

There is also a white hankie of his too. He always carried a hankie in his suit jacket when he went to church. BTW, I never saw him go to church without a suit on!!

I also have a billfold that he carried that actually belonged to his dad, my grandpa.  Inside there is a Christmas gift tag from my aunt.  Must have been about 1930.

This obviously is one of my favorite treasures. 

Happy VTT everyone.


Ann