Mystery Monday.....Can you identify this uniform?

original post in August:

This is grandpa, Carl Borgreen, circa 1925. Can anyone help me identify this uniform?

He graduated H.S. in 1925 and would have been about 18. Thank you in advance.

Update! 4 Aug 2011
 The mystery may be solved. I sent an email to an uncle (son of this grandpa) and received this reply:

Hey Bum, Thanks, these are great. I have never seen these actual photo's  before, but  the one on the right is in the 1925 GFHS yearbook. I have 2 copies. What I remember Dad saying was that he graduated early and joined the army, so I am sure these are when he was in boot camp. He went in as an enlisted man and came out an officer, 1st. Lt. , your Mom has one of his silver officers bars. For a time he was in the cavalry on the border chasing bandit's into Mexico. He loved that country, spoke the language well, loved bull fights and Mexican food. He was a smart, tough, cocky, daredevil in his younger years. Was a barn stormer biplane  pilot, rode motorcycles, was a great athlete and outdoorsman. Not to mention a great husband and father. SOOO, there is a little info for you sweetie. 

Thanks for doing all this, it means a great deal to me as well as the rest of the family.

Love you, and looking forward to seeing all of you soon.

Uncle J

So more research on this new development. Things to search out; HS grad info, 1925 HS yearbook, military enlistment records, service records, those officer's bars that my Mom may have, etc. 

To Be Continued....

Update: 14 Nov 2011

Nothing is panning out. Mom says she doesn't have any officer's bars. There are not records, that I can find, that indicate military service. There is no mention in any written material re; Carl Borgreen, to support this claim either. I'm stumped, and I'm not convinced that the uniform is military at all. It could be a boy scout uniform, for all we know. Beating my head against this brick wall.

Wordless Wednesday.....Little Carl Borgreen tolerates a photo session

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Carl T. Borgreen
1906-1959
photos circa 1909

Wordless Wednesday...follow the sound of the whistle

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William Johnstone
1854-1911

My Great great grandpa, William Johnstone. Here he is in his field in Green Lane, Liverpool, with his trusty sheepdog. The dog was blind but could corral sheep by following the sound of William's whistle. The young boy is a grandson to William.

source: Philip Green, great-grandson of William Johnstone.

Wordless Wednesday...Grandpa Eddie Marxer

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Edward Marxer circa 1982

This is one of my favorite photos of Grandpa Marxer, taken a couple of years before his death. We were all at the cabin. He loved to sit and watch the little ones run around and play. He was a gentle soul and always had a kind word for everyone.

Wordless Wednesday....double take

                (L) Me in 1966                (R) My granddaughter in 2009

I never felt that my own children looked much like me. Their father's Chinese genes were too

strong a match for my muttiness. But then our granddaughter came along and I can see myself

in her so clearly.

Wordless Wednesday...The Grand Canyon Tour

Johanna "Jennie" Borgreen, her daughter and son Carl Borgreen
Grand Canyon circa 1930

Of course they're visiting the Grand Canyon, look how they're dressed!