This is my grandad, Abraham Quioto Lopez, in 1947 with his sax. He was a true “jack of many trades and master of none, ” as he’d call it. He came to the states from Honduras in the early 1940s in search of a better life. He also played the guitar, was an avid photographer […]
My grandparents, 60 years ago. July 1956. From what I understand, my papa had to really chase my grandma before she gave him the time of day. I’ve always noticed how in every picture of the two of them, he is just beaming. ~shared by @michellepetersonpaints View on Instagram ?
A group of college students came across an album, a lost collection of photos of a woman and her family, frozen in time. Captivated by the beautiful family snapshots, the students made it their mission to find the owners of this lost family treasure. Here’s who they are, and why they care about lost family photos: We […]
This is my great-grandmother Ellen in the middle of harvesting hay in the late 1950s, at the family homestead in Bjurholm, northern Sweden. Those wooden rakes are handmade, down to each hand carved peg. The labor was done by the family and the hay was moved from field to barn by horse and wagon. This […]
My parents had a restaurant in Chicago in the early 1970s. It was a place of real camaraderie, great burgers and drinks. It had a real Cheers vibe! My parents are on the far left; my mom is sitting on my dad’s lap. This image is a great memory of my childhood. I remember each […]
My grandfather, Stanley Marcus, at five years old, circa 1910. This boy grew up to become one of the world’s most well-known retailers with a refined sense of taste and style, whose leadership transformed his family’s Dallas clothing store, Neiman Marcus, into a globally recognized arbiter of fashion. However, his refined sensibility was also expressed […]
My grandaddy and my step-grandmother on their honeymoon in Tennessee in 1976. The memory most associated with this picture is my step-grandmother, Esther Mahone. My mom would always tell me stories of how much of a “fox” she was in the 70s. When you grow up and people are older for most of your life, […]
When I was visiting my family in Scotland, I found one of my Granny’s cameras. Inside, there was a roll of film. There were just 5 frames shot on it. My Granny, Jessie, had passed away 18 months before my discovery. Her camera probably hadn’t been used for years before that. The film wasn’t in […]
Meet my grandmother and her five children. My dad is the guy in the white shirt more focused on his snack than what everyone else is looking at. Like father, like daughter! I don’t know where they were, or where they were going, but I know they were probably getting there with all of them […]
Easter Sunday. Way before the days of Frozen and mass-market Princess everything, my mother bought this Alice in Wonderland dress while we were on vacation in Disney World. I was about 7 or 8 and it was a BIG purchase only worn on special occasions…this was no plastic costume! There was a petticoat and a […]
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