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My latest photographic find measures 2.5 x 4.25". On it are printed 10 (!) old pictures of my mother's family. They include the only photos I've ever seen of my maternal grandmother and one set of great-grandparents. This picture of my mom as a child with her Uncle Rudy (my grandfather's brother) measured only 3/4" square. They were from NJ . . . I wonder if this was taken at Long Beach Island. This would be 1920, give or take a year.
And this is from my mother's high school yearbook, 1932. She must have had a great time and wonderful confidence!
Got anything old to share?
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Comments (23)That's a great picture, Maybee, and how neat that your grandmother gave you such fanciful gifts. If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have thought she'd be much more practical. Oh, I agree about the corsets! I can't even tolerate a tight waistband on my jeans. Poor Bill Hickock's daughter! I guess it's a blessing that my grandmother had to retire from the stage when she had children. She did go back to it later, but I'm guessing her laces weren't too tight after that because she lived to be 88. And never fainted, to my knowledge. :-)...See MoreHigh School Class Reunion of a 60 Plus Year Old Lady
Comments (8)Good timing. We just got home from Harry's 61st reunion and those 79-year olds looked pretty darned good. And had a great time! Now I'm looking forward to my 50th next year in Indiana. We always have the best time and don't care that much that the guys have no hair and we don't weigh 105 anymore. We're just glad to see one another....See MoreThis old house plus church!!
Comments (4)Thanks! I will read your site. That is one of the biggest challenges staying true. I bumped into a volunteer at the historical society but she said they didn't have anything on it. Something this old and knowing its history finding period photos may never happen. I suspect I will just have to pull back layers and I hope to find people on forums who are knowledgeable in that era of architecture to help me pin point out period features that are long gone as in the bell tower and porches. Its a project I can put 365 days into but finding that pot of green paper for the entry fee I feel may never happen but I cross everything every night!...See More60yr old plus Hydrangea on her last legs...help?
Comments (16)If it were my hydrangea, I would cut at least 10 branches with 10 or 12 nodes each. Pop off the lower 3 or 4 depending on the distance between buds or if no buds, then the bud scars from last bloom. Punch 12 or so holes in the bottom of a five gallon bucket or pot. Fill the bucket with packaged garden soil - not organic. Soak the soil and let drain completely - no water running out the bottom and soil evenly moist. Pull off the bottom buds - 4 to 6 - leaving at least 4 buds at the top of the branch. Make a hole in the soil for each branch using a dibble, long screwdriver, long chop-stick or tree branch. Push the cutting into the hole in the soil, covering the bottom 4 - 6 bud scars, pat soil around the base of the cutting and place bucket in garage or where it will not freeze but get some daylight. When last freeze is over, the bucket can be moved outside in partial shade. The buds should start to swell in a couple of months or sooner depending on the type of hydrangea. Once the buds swell and then open up you can either check to see if you have roots and re-pot if you do or, just leave them to root and grow right in the bucket. I have some that are happy being together for almost two years. Make sure that the soil stays moist - water, let drain, dump excess water and check at least once a week. Don't use anything at the bottom of the bucket like rocks or gravel or pot shards - just the same soil from top to bottom! If your hydrangea is as old as you say, then there should be many branches from the root ball and you can cut off a few of those with roots attached and plant them in pots. You only need two or three branches cut from the sides of the root ball with small roots and they will also grow. Cut these rooted branches leaving 4 or 6 buds on the branch and put in garage until threat of freeze is over. Put the buckets or pots on trivets in a big pot saucer to make sure the bucket is not sitting in standing water and is able to drain off excess water completely. Trivets are easy to find in thrift stores and garage sales and most of us have several that we haven't used in years. Just be careful that you don't wind up collecting more trivets than plants! lol...See MoreAlisande
8 years ago
bob_cville
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoThis 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.
PKponder TX Z7B
8 years agoI 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
And my father in law as a baby in 1921
Alisande
8 years ago
nanny98
8 years agoUser
8 years agobob_cville
8 years agojemdandy
8 years agoSomething 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.
gazania_gw
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoThis 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.
Alisande
8 years agoBob, 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.
jim_1 (Zone 5B)
8 years ago
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.
gazania_gw
8 years ago1904 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.
PKponder TX Z7B
8 years agoGeorgysmom
8 years agojim_1 (Zone 5B)
8 years agoMildred 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.
caseynfld
8 years agoA 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.
caseynfld
8 years agoMy mother in her older brother's arms, my mother was born in 1931, she doesn't look very old here.
caseynfld
8 years agoMy 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.
caseynfld
8 years agoMy 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.
PKponder TX Z7B
8 years ago
bob_cville
8 years agoI'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
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8 years agoAlisande
8 years agoThese 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.
jim_1 (Zone 5B)
8 years agoIt took me a while to locate this one. Mildred and Alfred on what I believe was their 40th anniversary. She was 26 and he was 30 when they married in 1906. The table behind him was one he built, no nails. I have that table in my house.
jim_1 (Zone 5B)
8 years agoThis is a bit blurry, but I needed to crop it to remove water stains and tears. My grandmother is on the lower left. My mother's handwriting shows that Mildred was a member of the basketball team at Illinois State Normal University (at that time strictly a teacher's school). Really cute uniforms.
miss_sistersue
8 years agoMy 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.)
miss_sistersue
8 years agoAnother 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.
jemdandy
8 years agoMe 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.
happy2b…gw
8 years agoI 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.
jae_tn2
8 years agobob_cville
8 years agoA 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.
joyfulguy
8 years agomiss_sistersue
8 years agoAlisande
8 years agoJim, 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.
jim_1 (Zone 5B)
8 years agoMy mother was good about marking her photos. My father was not. Thus...this must be part of my father's family. I do know that they emigrate from Prague to Cincinnati and moved to Chicago right after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 as they were carpenters and wanted to help rebuild. My guess is that this was taken in Chicago based on the clothes and hair styles. I have zero idea who these folks were.
miss_sistersue
8 years agojim_1 (Zone 5B)
8 years agoSome of the same people as before. Outdoors rather than posed in a studio. Still no much smiling.
gazania_gw