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27
Nov

What will you find in those old boxes in your family’s attic?

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I found a treasure in a very old box. April 1966. In the San Diego Evening Tribune. I was 9 (bending down feeding pigeons). My 2 year old brother, Brian Christensen, my Mom, and my friend were at Balboa Park having a picnic. My Dad worked just a couple of blocks away. I’m SO glad the photographer captured this moment in my life!

Finding family photos is like a treasure hunt. What will you find in those old boxes? ~ shared by @shellnort

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26
Nov

Learning about my family history means finding my roots

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These are the roots that anchor me. My maternal grandparents in the early 1930s. He was a minister, mortician, magician, medical doctor, cobbler, and carpenter. She could cook any and everything, and I still have her recipes.
They did it all during tough times and prospered. I never met him, but thankfully my parents provided me with those same values and strong work ethic. ~shared by @caduceus_maximus

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25
Nov

Giving Thanks for Family Photos and the Stories They Tell

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My mother, as beautiful as a young woman as she is today, created a home that’s overflowing with hospitality. This Thanksgiving, I’m grateful for her love and warmth…and amazing, home-cooked food!

When I’m home for the holidays, one of
my favorite things to do is discover old family photos.
Will you take time this Thanksgiving to get out the shoeboxes of family photos?
You may discover priceless treasures. ~ shared by @rachellacour

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23
Nov

The Photos that Matter Most…to Me.

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Today, as I pack my bags for a high-profile photo shoot with a bunch of super successful, accomplished and famous folks, I remember which photos matter most…to me…photos like this snapshot of me and my Grandaddy in the late 1970s, looking love-filled in a pure moment of joy. It’s not technically sophisticated or perfect. Yet it’s everything a great image should be.

And something happens – I feel calm, my frayed nerves and performance anxiety go away, as I’m reminded of what really matters.
Photographs are memories made visible. And tangible. The technology doesn’t even matter much. It’s the content and the moment that are irreplaceably perfect. ~shared by @rachellacour
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21
Nov

Country Visits and Old Family Photos

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My Grandma and Grandpa, Hillsdale, New York.
August of 1969.
Grandpa had a stroke a year or so earlier. We went to the country place in the summers. They were good to us. Grandpa was 67 and Grandma was 73.

shared by @julietruex

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20
Nov

Our Family Pictures are more valuable than gold

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This is an homage to my paternal grandmother & great grandparents, shown here in the Mineral Hill Nevada homestead & silver mining claim.
My grandmother, Mary Pearl, is shown wearing a big bow and plaid dress along with her other siblings.

Photographs help us remember our stories. Save them. ~ shared by @1860_1960

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18
Nov

Our Old Family Photos are evidence of a life lived well

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Our Granddad, Charles Edward Niesen, was a kid at heart. A lifelong St. Louis baseball fan – first Browns, then Cardinals – “Eddie” always had his scorecard out at games, keeping track of every play.

He showed the same joyful, longterm commitment to his family. He and Grandma would welcome us into their home with hugs, and chili-mac or pizza.
As we drove away to our lives elsewhere, they always stood on their front porch, waving goodbye until we were out of sight. They cherished every moment with us.

After Granddad died, we went through our old family photos and found his highlight reel. They’re all one-of-a-kind images, of a life well-lived (and loved). Photographs are memories made visible. And tangible.

Save them. ~ shared by @rachellacour

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16
Nov

The Man Who Never Really Retired

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Meet my grandfather, Roy Holliday Sr.
This man had hands of sandpaper and never truly retired. I’m sure if he were to bleed, oil would come out of him, since that’s all he knew and worked with.
Not a day goes by that I don’t think of him when passing a field of pumpjacks. ~ shared by @loganholliday

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14
Nov

The Woman Who Taught me the Value of Hospitality

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My grandmother, from whom I inherited my love of using entertaining to make people feel valued, special and accepted. ~ shared by @thinksplendid

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14
Nov

A Woman Named “Joe”

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This is my grandmother, Joe Renee Shuffield Niesen. She was named after her father, who I think wished she had been a boy.
He kind of got his wish. In 1938 she was 18 and tenacious. She convinced the men’s military marching band in Little Rock, Arkansas to let her audition.

She was so good they made her the soloist. As the band toured throughout the Midwest, she got her own private hotel room, along
with a chaperone. ~ shared by @andrewniesen

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