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PHOTO ALBUM
B. D. McKay's life spans black-and-white photography to
color. These are some photographs of him.
B. D. kept two pages of his Business
Cards in his scrapbook. This helps reconstruct the chronology of
where he worked and when.
Before The War
| BD On A Horse Undated
picture with "6 Graham" and an illegible scrawl on the back. I
can only guess this is an address, although I can't imagine why
anyone would record the address and not anything else. We believe
this to be the earliest picture of B. D. Elsewhere, B. D. did say
that McCall St. on which he lived in Charlotte had once been
called Graham St. |
| BD in Sept 1920 At 4
years and 7 months of age. Larger
version. Another copy,
this one labeled Oct 1920. |
| BD With A Horse
Larger version of B. D. with horse
and buggy
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| BD The Musician
Larger version of The Pine
Needle Serenaders: B. D.'s band, February, 1934; picture
includes Ronald Moore who is mentioned in B. D.'s memories of
Charlotte.
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| BD On His Bike
Larger copy of B. D. on his
Hawthorne Flyer, March, 1928
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| BD In Flight Suit This
picture is of BD when he was 20 years old, dated January 1,
1936. |
| Young BD Dated May, 1939 |
| BD Leaning on
Hood Undated. Likely the same as the next picture. Larger version of B. D. posing on a car in the
1930s. |
| BD Leaning on Trunk Dated
September 7, 1941 |
| BD In Uniform Stamped
August, 1954 on the back. Another copy
of the same picture exists. |
| BD Before Reporting This
picture is labeled on the back "left for camp Feb 4" and is dated
Monday, January 10, 1944 (BD age 27). This must be right before
BD reported to the army for World War II. |
| BD (r) and ... ?
The unidentified man in this picture is almost certainly Thomas Frank Baker. Aviator's wings
are visible on the uniform.
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| August, 1942 |
| Undated Photo |
World War II
Smoking A Cigarette In Uniform
In Uniform, 1943
The 1940s
Electronics repair
workbench in Pageland, South Carolina, 1949.
The 1950s
The back just says "Bk picnic",
undated, likely the 1950s.
| BD With His Airplane
- Upper picture: B.D with airplane, Summer
1958, at Emma Airpark, Asheville, NC
- Lower picture: B.D. with Piper, June, 1959,
Hendersonville. (Note that Meyer Flying Service is an older name of
the Allen Airport I reference in my writing and photos of
Hendersonville.)
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The 1960s
Sunday, June 8, 1969: Associate At
Matthew's Ford. (Clipping from the Asheville Citizen-Times.)
The 1970s
Royal Arcanum Award:
Undated, but the photo was developed in May, 1977. Back says "Royal
Arcanum Award". The other man in the photo is not identified.
McKay promoted manager of Long's
(undated and unattributed clipping)
| BD In The 1970s Dated
1974. The photo was taken at the McMahan residence on Beverly
Road. |
The 1980s
The house in
Hendersonville: From the end of the field in back, looking towards
the back of the house.
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