I love that her favorite thing to say was "Oh Prunes." lol

So true, Gazania.

I'm thinking of reviving "Oh Prunes." :-)

My great-great grandfather's "old" headstone and footstone

This is the only picture I have of my maternal grandfather who died before I was born. My mother is on the left, and my grandmother is in the middle.

Wonderful pictures--I love looking at them.

Love,love, love your pictures!!! How wonderful!

I just scanned lots of my In Laws old pictures to share with the family after their recent funeral/ memorial service.

Here's my Mom in Law in the fifties or sixties

PK, she was a stunner! That looks earlier than the sixties--must have been the fifties. Good of you to scan and share after the memorial service.

Betsy, seeing my g-g-grandparents' gravestones online, and being moved by the photos, is what got me started volunteering as a gravestone photographer.

Bob, that's a great picture. Fortunate that it's so clear. I'm grateful that my dad had such good cameras at a time when most people didn't.

My parents wedding picture, July 1942,

Goodness Bob, Grandma looks just like MY Grandma! Thanks for sharing!

My paternal grandparents on their wedding day.

I'm so jealous of you guys with old pictures of your family. I know you know how lucky you are.

Well Nan, she did have 12 children, and 36 grandchildren so maybe you are my cousin. :-)

Something Old, a photo of me.
JemDandy ca 1937.

Dig that rocking chair. If I had that today, I'd take it to the Antiques Road Show.

This is my uncle Junior. His name was Royal after his father of course. He is home from the war here in 1944. Those are nieces and nephews with him. I am the little one in front with bonnet on.

Bob, where was the wedding? People were so much more serious in photos in those days. No one told them about "cheese." :-)

Here's my grandfather's sister, "Aunt Lou," dressed for the beach, as my mom and Uncle Rudy (Lou's brother) were in the pic above, and photographed in the same spot. The sign in back says Soldiers Bathing, and then something about Suit Towel Reduced Rates. WWI had ended less than two years earlier.

Jane Knox Blackburn (b. Donegal, Ireland, died 1888) and Joseph McKinney (died 1881) were married on December 25, 1873 in Madison County, Illinois. My maternal great- grandparents. My grandmother was born December 2, 1879.

1904 one room school house of course. Look at all the smiling (?) faces. I only know that my 3 of my Dad's older siblings are among these happy children.

Great old pictures folks!

Oh my goodness. What great pictures. Such fun.

Alisande, I'm resurrecting "oh, prunes" tomorrow on the golf course. I'm sure there will be many times to use it. Today I had everyone in stitches because I said something (in jest) when my ball went into a sand trap. They were shocked because they've played with me for years and never heard me say anything like that. In my defense, I did not say it in anger, I was just being silly. For curiosities sake, it was the SOB phrase.

Mildred McKinney Corrington (my grandmother) on her wedding day in 1905. Most of my relatives got married in their home. I don't know why the church wedding was not favored. Mildred lived in town, not on the farm.

A birthday party for 2 of my mother's cousins. My mother coloured this picture when she was small. All the children are either cousins or friends from the neighbourhood. Taken around 1939. My mother is in the middle in the "yellow" dress, on either side of her are twins, turns out one is the mother of one of my best friends and not only did she look just like her mother at that age, her daughter looks just like her too.

My mother in her older brother's arms, my mother was born in 1931, she doesn't look very old here.

My Aunt Lucy, Aunt Ruby & my Mom. Mom said they were frightened of the photographer, he yelled at them not to move. That's why they are not smiling. He also posed them in this odd way.

My mother with her cousin on the logs in the lake. She grew up in a logging town, the logs were dumped into the lake and floated downstream to a paper mill.

I am falling in love with these fabulous photos of history. Thank you all for sharing!

I'm not sure where the wedding was, my guess is Cincinnati, the year was 1926

This one was scanned from a large format negative. The two on the left are my grandfather and my grandmother. The two boys are probably my father and his younger brother. The other ladies might be my great aunts Elsie and Bertha. Judging by the age of the boys I'd say this was 1933

Here's my Father and his two younger brothers from 1935

Jim,

We may be related! My great grandmother was a Blackburn. Do you
belong to the Blackburn Family Association?

http://www.blackburn-tree.org/

These are great! I'm loving them all too, especially the brides. (Ah, Mildred, you were lovely in that dress.)

Bob, my maternal grandmother's name was Bertha, and one of her daughters was my Aunt Elsie.

Casey, I'll assume that professional photographer didn't last long in his career. LOL

The shot of the birthday party is super. How neat that the tradition continues with you and one of your best friends. I love the little boy in front, raising his hand (to go to the restroom?), and the little girl who looks like she's brushing her teeth.

Oh, and your uncle is very handsome! But my favorite is the pic of your mom and cousin on the logs. A logging town . . . Canada's romantic appeal! It reminds me of reading Mrs. Mike (more than once) as a child.

Georgysmom, let me know how "Oh, prunes!" flies on the golf course. :-)

Here's my mom (left) and her sister Elsie doing some ironing--early 1940s.

And a better one of my mom.

My father's family about 1900. He is the curly haired one at his father's knee. They went on to have 5 more children, which is why they had 75 grandchildren. (15 of the grandchildren still living.)

Another picture from about 1900, of a log rolling on my grandfather's farm. Friends and family. Grandpa's brother is sitting on his horse in the back. Grandpa at far right. Love the hats.

Me servicing a 1928 Model A Ford, ca 1952.

My sister made this shot with an early Brownie Box Camera. She claimed it was my good side.

I want to thank everyone for sharing. These photos are gorgeous and fascinating. Introducing my MIL, Mildred, who is turning 99 this Wednesday. Here she is on her wedding day in 1945. To celebrate her milestone birthday, DH and I are traveling to celebrate with her tomorrow. As a surprise, one of her nieces and her other son and his wife will join us. (Heck, my arrival may be a surprise. Last week she forgot my daughter was visiting. Luckily, it was a Friday- MIL stays home to do her hair on Friday.) We will take her out for dinner and then have birthday cake at her place. She asked my husband to bring pink champagne. I created a label with this picture to put around the bottle. She is very excited and proud of her age. She lives independently, takes several buses to the old neighborhood for lunch and bingo at the senior center 4 days a week. Looking forward to a lovely day.

sistersue - When enlarged (which I did by accident) you can see that at least a couple of the dresses and the boys shirt were made from the same fabric. I wonder if she sewed them or had a seamstress who did them for her?

A somewhat later picture, with my father, his two younger brothers, my grandmother and my grandfather. I think my father was in high-school at this time, since the story I remember is that my father had to delay going to college for a year (or two?) because his father passed away and he had to help support the family.

Hi Happy to B,

Please wish your MIL a happy birthday from a bunch of us here on her big day.

I'm pleased that she is still as mobile and mentally active as you tell.

ole joyfuelled

jae, yes, much of the same fabric! I think my grandmother probably bought the material from a passing peddler and sewed them herself. Probably just got a couple of bolts and made as many as possible from each. Her daughters also sewed. She was married at fourteen but had her first child at eighteen. Her mother died when she was an infant and she was taken by her grandfather on horseback to their home about 30 miles away. Her father remarried but she continued to live with the grandparents. My grandfather was a neighbor, all of 18 years old himself, and the oldest in a large family. Wonderful loving people. Thanks for looking!

Jim, I don't know how those girls played basketball in those outfits! Actually, I don't know how women did anything at all in the clothing of the day.

Sistersue, those are wonderful photographs. You're lucky that they're so clear . . . unusual for the times, when people had to sit perfectly still for long exposures. (Something the little rebel on the right wasn't thinking about. LOL) Married at 14, and had 12 children . . . wow! You must have good genes in your family.

My dad had curls too. Here he is with his sister Estare, who was always called Babe.

Alisande, the little rebel on the right was my Aunt Maude. She hunted and fished with the best of them, and played four or five musical instruments, mostly guitar and fiddle. If you noticed, her dress was of a really different print too. She always fascinated me. I was lucky in that I received my grandmother's photo book, with lots of those early pictures.

I love this thread! Everyone has such interesting stories of interesting people. Thanks to all.