My grandmother, Helen May Rickard, grew up in Boston, MA and Detroit, MI during the Great Depression. Estranged from her father, she lived with her mother, the two of them working menial jobs and attempting to escape from the monotony and disappointments of everyday life by going to the movies and reading novels. A gifted […]
My favorite picture ever. (I’m the youngest, in the middle.) I don’t know exactly where this was taken, but I do know it was during one of the many summers our family spent traveling around the western United States in our station wagon and Aloha trailer. Since my dad was a school teacher, he was […]
These guys are my heroes. My grandparents were married in 1941. They had known each other since grade school but apparently my grandma was involved with someone else when my grandpa first fell for her. The story goes that when she was ready to receive my grandfather’s attention, she wrote a note to a friend […]
These are my two little brothers, Mike and Chris, in about 1976. They were very close in age, only fourteen months apart. Everyone thought they were twins because my mom dressed them the same so they wouldn’t fight! They were the best of friends and had a grand time on their tricycles (as you can […]
Nostalgia never gets old. In fact, the emotional allure of nostalgia is one of the reasons the hashtag #throwbackthursday (#TBT) is so successful. Since 2011, nearly 300 million photos have been shared on Instagram using the #TBT hashtag. Articles have been written to analyze why we embrace this trend wholeheartedly. In her insightful piece in […]
Some stories seem lost forever, until a kind stranger fills in the missing pieces. This is my great-great-great grandmother on my mom’s side. This photograph was sent to me by a thoughtful internet stranger who purchased a stack of old photos and a family tree at an estate sale and used @ancestry to track me […]
Vintage vibes aren’t limited to Throwback Thursdays. Since nostalgia never goes out of style, everyone enjoys a daily dose of vintage photography! From abandoned Polaroids found in thrift stores to old family pictures unearthed during holiday gatherings, there’s a bevy of vintage photographs just waiting to be discovered. Here are three instagram feeds to follow […]
My grandparents, Jean and Tim, on their wedding day in 1957. I recently spent an afternoon teaching my grandparents how to scan their wedding pictures. My grandfather’s brother took all the photos and my grandparents printed the pictures themselves in his darkroom. ~shared by @coreytorpie View on Instagram →
“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.” -Eudora Welty My father recently shared with me a photo that he’s saved for many years. It’s of the two of us, probably around 1964 or 1965. My father is in the boat, ready to take me for a spin in the water behind our house […]
When I was home for the holidays in Indiana, my mother and I uncovered this gem. Meet my father’s grandparents – my great grandparents – Mae Ruth (far left) and George Van Arsdale (middle). This photograph was taken on their awesome-looking honeymoon out west around 1903. My mom has been sorting family photos and this […]
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