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1_My paternal grandfather, Daniel Denton Cooley, as young man.
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2_Grandfather Cooley as I remember him.
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3_My paternal grandmother, Helen Winfield Cooley.
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4_The Cooley Mansion, built in 1893 at 1802 Heights Boulevard.
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5_Arthur Cooley (my uncle), Ralph Cooley (my father), and Denton Cooley (my uncle).
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6_My father, Ralph Clarkson Cooley, in about 1909.
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7_My father in the 1930s.
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8_My mother, Mary Fraley Cooley.
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9_Me at about age 6 months with my nurse, Jaybird.
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10_Me again, at about 9 months.
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11_Myself as a toddler.
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12_With my older brother, Ralph, and Jaybird.
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13_With Daddy and Ralph (L) on Armistice Day, 1922.
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14a_Stumping with Ralph (L), 1920s.
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14b_Posing with Ralph, about 1926.
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15_Montrose School, 1926. I am second from the right on the back row.
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16_An early fashion statement.
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17_On the rocks with Bobby Pearson (L) and Ralph (R), Estes Park, Colorado.
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18_Vacationing in Kerrville, Texas, at about age 10.
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19_At my angelic best as a choirboy, Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, late 1920s.
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20_My birthplace, the Manger, after a rare snowfall, early 1930s.
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21_With Ralph and Mother at a pool in Kerrville, Texas, around my 12th birthday.
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22_With the Model T that Ralph and I bought and fixed up in 1933.
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23_With Daddy, Ralph (R), Charles Shepherd (seated), and our boxer Beauty, early 1930s.
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24_Shooting it up in Galveston with Ralph and Mother.
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25_Cartoon of Ralph (L) and me (R) in our high-school newspaper.
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26_With Daddy's Lincoln Zephyr, which Ralph and I used to clock our racing car.
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27_DAC Portrait_Head Shot.