Generations of Men: A Family Photo Album, Part 1

Riddle: What kind of monster is safe to put in the washing machine?

This is for S, who in a comment on my last post, asked for equal time for the men. Any grandmother knows a grandchild's wish, if humanly possible, is our command. I don't have an unbroken line of fathers of fathers of fathers, as I did with our matriarchal line through my mother, but here are some historical photos of the men in our family.




Generation 1
S, the only male in this generation,
born 1990 in MA
Photo: 1993























2. B, his father, our son-in-law,
born 1958 MA
B.S. in Cartography
High school yearbook photo, 1977







3. B's father, 1926 - 1997 I have no photo







4. B's grandfather
1878 - 1948 MA















Also in generation 4:
B's other grandfather,
Physical Therapist
Gardner Perry 1909 - 1993 MA
















On Grampy's side of the family, here are:






Generation 3
Grampy, born 1942 ME
Machinist and
Quality Control Engineer.
High school yearbook photo
1961











4. His Dad, Merrill Frost
1909 -1966 ME
A salesman.
High school yearbook photo
Bar Harbor, ME 1927


















5. Merrill's father Irving Frost
1875 - 1968 ME
A lumberjack in the woods
of northern Maine
in his youth.

















Also in generation 5:
Grampy's other grandfather,
Eben Pike 1897 - 1950 ME
A farmer in western ME.
Wedding photo, 1919
















6. Eben's father, Edward Pike
1863 - 1937 ME
A farmer in western ME.
Photo: 1930



















Grampy's Grandmother Pike's father
7. Joseph Jessome
1866 - 1946 Nova Scotia
Mill worker










Riddle Answer: A wash-and-wear wolf