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Strong man, George Benning

Updated Jun 26, 2025
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Strong man, George Benning
A photo of George Benning, age 16, holding up his girlfriend. We don't know who she is. :(
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Sweethearts, 105 years ago. Reminder to everyone, Valentine's Day is coming!
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02/07/2019
Wonderful and unique picture.
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02/07/2019
Love it!
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02/07/2019
OF course! LOL
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02/07/2019
AncientFaces yeah, bet Grandma sure loved it....hahaha
What a fun picture!
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02/07/2019
Those silly swim caps were still around when I was a kid....I hated how they felt, and when I was a bit older I hated how they made us look...LOL
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02/07/2019
Nice parents!!!!
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02/07/2019
Lovely
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02/07/2019
Love this photo. He's handsome and having a blast. lol
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02/08/2019
Lol - as I understand it, he had a blast all of his life!
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02/08/2019
AncientFaces Good for him!
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02/07/2019
Grandpa looks like a cutie, quite honestly.
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02/07/2019
Great photo!
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02/07/2019
What is wrong with her right arm?
Patricia Seaton I thought the same!
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02/07/2019
I don't know if it's the photo or her arm - my grandmother (and my mother) didn't know who she was and, of course, there was nothing written on the back but "George and girlfriend" :(
AncientFaces I was just confused, as it could just be a tear or mark on the pic. I love the photo! He’s so cute, but died so young!
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02/07/2019
Looks like maybe some sort of bracelet or something pulled up high?
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02/07/2019
AncientFaces the poor thing looked cadaverish. Could be the photo itself had a tear?
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02/07/2019
Joanne Latham Jacobellis ....I did not want to offend..but..since you ask...look at her toes...my own mother was born with half a left arm..so am not trying to be rude..just curious.
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02/07/2019
Karin Tydeman I agree...she was cool
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02/08/2019
I wonder if it is a bit blurred because she moved. Her fingers and feet look a little odd on closer inspection. So maybe its the film back then.
He was a handsome young man.
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02/08/2019
Joanne Latham Jacobellis He did. Unfortunately, he died 3 years before I was born. My mom missed him all of her life. He could play any percussion instrument - including piano - by ear and sat in with many famous bands of the time.
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02/07/2019
Such cuties!
Photo of Gloria Rodas Gloria Rodas
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02/07/2019
Awesome pic great memory
Hi, Grandpa and friend! :D
Photo of Emma McCourt Emma McCourt
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02/07/2019
How could anyone not be nice? He was a truly beautiful man and its a fantastic photo. ❤️
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02/07/2019
Except for the nose, my son looks just like him! :)
Photo of Emma McCourt Emma McCourt
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02/08/2019
Then your son is going to drive the women wild! Lucky feller. 😊
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02/08/2019
Emma McCourt He did. Lots of women in his life when he was younger - but now he's a married man in his late 30's! :)
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02/08/2019
Ancient Faces, oops, bet you had some sleepless nights. 😂
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02/07/2019
Very sweet picture 💖💖💖💖Happy Birthday
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02/07/2019
I so love seeing pictures of grandparents when they were young, it reminds us they were once young too, a whole life ahead of them, dreams and plans they may have had.
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02/07/2019
What’s not to love-great looking guy
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02/07/2019
Very sweet! Two young people enjoying life and their youth.
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02/07/2019
Awesome‼️‼️‼️ Such a long time ago, but then again, really not❣️. Wish these swimsuits were still fashionable!
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02/07/2019
Very handsome young couple.
Handsome guy.
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02/07/2019
Grandpa was quite the handsome young buck!
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02/07/2019
Great eternal smile
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02/07/2019
Love these old pictures. 💕💖💜🤗🤩🌞
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02/07/2019
I was going to say "gramps was a hottie" but then I clicked the link and saw he was 16 and now I feel weird.
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02/07/2019
Sharon Burns Don’t feel bad...he was my grandfather and...he was a hottie, and he does look older than 16! You cracked me up!
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02/07/2019
Thats history❣ 105 years ago❣ How sweet this is.
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02/07/2019
Lucky you! What a nice photograph!
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02/07/2019
So cute together!
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02/07/2019
I love this so much!
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02/07/2019
Grandpa’s a cutie
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02/07/2019
What a handsome guy!
❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
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02/07/2019
He was extremely handsome! Don’t worry, I thought it before I even saw your caption!
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02/07/2019
he was a looker , lucky grandma!
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02/07/2019
You come from good genes...
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02/08/2019
What a jewel. They were gorgeous
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02/09/2019
Grandpa was a good looking guy!
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02/10/2019
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Fun pic!
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George Benning
George Lawrence Benning was born to William Joseph Benning (1852 - 1930) and Imogene N. (Millard) Benning (1854 - 1916) in Boone, Iowa. He had 9 siblings: Nelson, Henry, Lois, Cora, Walter Joseph, Grace, Arthur, Mabel and Lloyd. He was the youngest. George was married twice, first to Mildred Wilson, and his second marriage to Eileen Constance (Tasker) Benning had Marian Joyce (Benning) Kroetch. He also had a daughter, Lois (Benning) Ewen, from his first marriage to Mildred (Wilson) Benning. His second family lived first in Seattle, then Portland, then in Bremerton Washington, a small port town which grew during WW2. He owned the Chevrolet car dealership in Bremerton. Micky Reed, the owner of the Reed Chevrolet dealership in Bremerton Washington, was on a local river fishing trip and drowned. Micky's widow, Meeka (who I, his granddaughter knew, since she and my grandmother were friends until they died), sold the dealership to George. He called it Reed-Benning dealership as an homage to Micky. Chevrolet didn't like the fact that a woman (oh lordy, a WOMAN!) sold the dealership on her own so they made new rules. The upshot? When George, my grandfather, died, my grandmother couldn't sell the dealership! He was very active in the business, social and political components of the community. I know that he was a Freemason and a Shriner, and that he had some strong relationships with State politicians. (Note from his granddaughter: George was good friends with Warren Magnuson, first a US Representative and then a US Senator. Evidently, Magnuson used to spend summers at my grandparent's house - I saw a letter of condolence from him to my grandmother when George died, expressing how much he would miss George and referencing the wonderful summers he spent at their house. Also in their social circle? Names that you would recognize today: the Gates' - yes, that Bill Gates family - the Nordstroms , and more. The Seattle/Bremerton community was small then.) George also was instrumental in establishing the Elks Lodge in Bremerton, and was involved with the creation of the Washington Athletic Club in downtown Seattle. George was also a founding member of the Isaac Evans American Legion Post in Seward, Alaska in 1919. One cool story about George: He had a bit of real estate in Bremerton and rented these homes to his employees. Upon George's death his will stipulated that the deeds to the homes get passed along to the employees. Also, the story my Mom (George’s daugher) told me about the homes - the people weren't employees but simply people who lived in Bremerton at the time. Since George was a Mason, he was also involved in charitable activities. Mom said that no one (including family) knew that he had bought (I heard 3) houses for people who had problems paying rent and were going to be evicted. (This was probably around the end of the Depression.) He didn't charge the tenants rent and when he died he left the homes to the tenants. However, my sister (who says she has a copy of George's will), notes that there is no record of any homes being deeded.
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