Smoke Break

Brought forward for the Vintage Photos Theme Park theme of "SMOKING".
I think it was unusual for a man in those days to not smoke. (Late 1920s.)
My grandfather, Gudmund Andreas Lundbech, is the one with the hat.
I've just connected with a Lundbech from Denmark through Flikr [note: about fifteen years ago] - who is distantly related. He kindly sent me lots of genealogical information about our family including the name of Gudmund's mother which my father never knew.
Photo taken in Wales - the other men are unknown.

Smiley Derleth, Alan Mays, kiiti and 2 other people have particularly liked this photo

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Deborah Lundbech ^club

Yes, it was pretty amazing to go from not knowing my g grandmother's name, to looking at a Lundbech family tree dating back to the 1600s - AND finding out that my father had two aunts who had lived within a hundred miles of him, here in America - that he had no idea about!
(Two of Gudmund's sisters.)
Families can be so strange.

11 years ago.

Deborah Lundbech ^club

It really was fantastic.
I had some other really incredible family connection stuff happen too, but I'll save those stories for another day. : )

11 years ago.

RicksPics ^club

Terrific that you made this family connection and this is a perfect theme photo. A handsome group for certain. Many of the soldiers who served in WW I brought the habit home with them. I know the U.S. army dispensed cigarettes to the troops, supposedly to calm frayed nerves even though nicotine has the opposite effect. Lung cancer was a rare ailment prior to the 1920s.

7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.

Deborah Lundbech ^club

Yes, it's sad.
Gudmund died in his late 30s, supposedly from a heart weakened by childhood rheumatic fever, but I'm sure the smoking didn't help.

7 years ago.

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