Sepia Saturday: Mom on a Bike

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Sepia Saturday: Mom on a Bike

August 11, 2012 by Donna Pointkouski

This is a great photograph of my mother in 1950. She was only 14 years old yet to me she looks glamorous and sophisticated. But what’s funny about this photo is that my mother always said she never really learned how to ride a bike. I saw her ride one once, but she was a bit unsteady and gave up quickly. Even if it’s not her bicycle, you have to admit it makes a nice fashion accessory!

Posted for Sepia Saturday #138

14 Responses

on August 11, 2012 at 11:53 pm Karen S.

Wow, fourteen really? A very stunning woman indeed!
on August 11, 2012 at 11:59 pm Jana Last

Such a lovely photo! Yes, she does look very glamorous and sophisticated for sure!
on August 12, 2012 at 3:06 am Little Nell

Whta pretty picture of your Mom.
on August 12, 2012 at 5:14 am patmtest

Who cares about the bike, she not only looks glamorous and sophisticated, she is!
on August 12, 2012 at 7:50 am Alan Burnett

It really is a beautiful photograph. Thanks for sharing it with us all.
on August 12, 2012 at 9:10 am Wendy

It’s a boy’s bike. I wonder whose.
on August 12, 2012 at 10:37 am Bob Scotney

Beautiful girl. I’m wondering the same thing as Wendy.
on August 12, 2012 at 12:32 pm Donna Pointkouski

Thanks, everyone! I should have asked my Mom for the backstory ahead of time, but I asked her now. She says the photo was taken in her middle school schoolyard – it was someone elses’s bike and she doesn’t know whose. A girlfriend took the photo. And, believe it or not, THAT is how nice they dressed for school. Today you don’t even find kind of classy dressing in the workplace!
on August 12, 2012 at 5:12 pm beeskneesdaily

Your mother was a beauty. Glad you posted the backstory for the picture. Back then girls wouldn’t dream of wearing pants to school, it was always dresses or sweater & skirt.
on August 13, 2012 at 7:49 am Wendy Littrell

Gorgeous!
on August 14, 2012 at 2:17 pm MHD

Thank you for sharing such a beautiful photo of your mom. Wow! I’m only 10 years younger than she, but we never dressed so finely for school. Even if I had, I wouldn’t have looked so beautiful.
on October 25, 2012 at 1:05 am elizabethartgirl

I adore this one. can I have your permission to save this picture
I am a visual artist in sc and I have been looking for subjects to paint would this be okay, what a wonderful classic pic
on October 27, 2012 at 9:23 pm Donna Pointkouski

elizabethartgirl…after my mother stopped laughing, she said, “Yes” – she’s honored that you would want to paint this photo. All we ask is – can we have a photo of the painting if you do it?
on December 18, 2013 at 3:49 pm onepawfectday

Reblogged this on onepawfectday and commented:
Love this olde photo.