{"id":6285,"date":"2018-04-24T07:53:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T07:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casbonjourney.wordpress.com\/?p=6285"},"modified":"2020-05-06T14:37:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T20:37:36","slug":"photograph-donald-g-and-herbert-a-casbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casbon.one-name.blog\/wp\/photograph-donald-g-and-herbert-a-casbon\/","title":{"rendered":"Photograph: Donald G. and Herbert A. Casbon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Donald Glen Casbon (L) and Herbert Aylesworth (R) Casbon, undated photo; courtesy of Michael J Casbon (Click on image to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I just love old photos, and this is one of my favorites. It was posted to the \u201cCasbon Family\u201d Facebook<\/em> group several years ago by Michael Casbon, grandson of Herbert.[1]<\/sup><\/a> The two subjects are Donald Glen Casbon (1913\u20131990) and Herbert \u201cHerb\u201d Aylesworth Casbon (1910\u20131989). Both were sons of Amos James (1869\u20131956) and Carrie Belle (Aylesworth, 1873\u20131958) Casbon.<\/p>\n

There are so many things I like about this photograph. Unlike most snapshots, it is taken close up, so we can see wonderful detail in the faces, the clothing and the automobile. Are those freckles? We don\u2019t have those on my side of the family. I wonder where they came from? I\u2019m almost certain the car is a 1926 or 1927 (the last two production years) Model T four-door sedan. Don and Herb are both wearing identical overalls and shirts and they look like they are either getting ready to start, or just finishing the day\u2019s work. Herb has the hint of a smile, a self-assured look, like he\u2019s happy to have his photo taken. Don \u2013 well, maybe he\u2019s had a long day, or wasn\u2019t in the mood for a portrait! At least it looks like he brushed his hair back for the picture.<\/p>\n

The photo is undated, but my guess would be the early 1930s. Don would have been 17 in 1930 and Herb 20. Don looks like he\u2019s in his late teens, but he could be in his early 20s. Both were still living on their parents\u2019 farm in Porter Township, Porter County, Indiana, when the 1930 census was counted.[2]<\/sup><\/a> That\u2019s probably where the photograph was taken.<\/p>\n

The photo reminds me of so many pictures taken during the United States\u2019 dust bowl years of the 1930s (even though the dust bowl wasn\u2019t in Indiana). As a matter of fact, it reminds me of a very specific symbol of those times. Did anyone else have this impression?<\/p>\n

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Henry Fonda, “The Grapes of Wrath” 1940 20th Century Fox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The straps on his overalls are a little different, but otherwise Henry Fonda is wearing the same outfit as Herb.<\/p>\n

If anyone has favorite memories or stories about Don and Herb to share, I would love to hear them!<\/p>\n

[1]<\/sup><\/a> Michael Casbon, posting at \u201cCasbon Family,\u201d Facebook<\/em> (https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=3626508547088<\/a> : accessed 23 April 2018), photograph of Donald & Herbert Casbon.<\/strong>
\n [2]<\/sup><\/a> 1930 U.S. Census, Porter County, Indiana, population schedule, Porter Township, enumeration district 64-19, sheet 5A, p. 180 (stamped), family 108, Caston, Amos; imaged as “United States Census, 1930,” database with images, FamilySearch<\/em> (https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/3:1:33S7-9RH7-F18?i=8&cc=1810731<\/a> : accessed 14 April 2017), Indiana > Porter > Porter > ED 19 > image 9 of 20; citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 622.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just love old photos, and this is one of my favorites. It was posted to the \u201cCasbon Family\u201d Facebook group several years ago by Michael Casbon, grandson of Herbert.[1] The two subjects are Donald Glen Casbon (1913\u20131990) and Herbert \u201cHerb\u201d Aylesworth Casbon (1910\u20131989). Both were sons of Amos James (1869\u20131956) and Carrie Belle (Aylesworth,… Continue reading Photograph: Donald G. and Herbert A. Casbon<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,86,159,267,302],"class_list":["post-6285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genealogy","tag-amos","tag-carrie-belle-aylesworth","tag-donald-glen","tag-grapes-of-wrath","tag-herbert-aylesworth-casbon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbXrZc-1Dn","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/casbon.one-name.blog\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/casbon.one-name.blog\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/casbon.one-name.blog\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casbon.one-name.blog\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casbon.one-name.blog\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6285"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/casbon.one-name.blog\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8654,"href":"https:\/\/casbon.one-name.blog\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6285\/revisions\/8654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/casbon.one-name.blog\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casbon.one-name.blog\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casbon.one-name.blog\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}