Snapshots...Lets See Them!

[Chris-Counts]

Tim, you might be right about this one, but I have snapshots with rounded corners as far back as the 1930s, and I have one color snapshot that's from the late 1940s.

Originally Posted by todeen

What's your assumption for Korean War? Personally, for it being in color with rounded corners like that, I would make the guess Vietnam era. My mother was born in 1952, and her earliest photos were developed in B&W. She didn't start getting color snapshots until after 1960.

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[gonefishin]

My guess early to mid 60s. Looks like a U.S. Marine, and also looks like a Marine base - my guess would be Barstow Logistics Base, or Yermo, in California. The young man is wearing a sateen utility uniform with a Marine style web belt and his boots are bloused. A white t-shirt was also standard. This uniform was phased out in the mid 70s. The Quonset huts in the background were also very common during the period. They also were phased out (there are a few left) beginning about that time. Roberto Clemente was a U.S. Marine but unfortunately that's not him in the photo. Hope this helps.