My Pappaw’s Air Force photos are my favorites. There are so many, but the one on the left is a postcard from 1942 to my Mammaw, back home in South Carolina, and it reads: “Darling, now don’t laugh, it’s me, but I don’t believe it. Get a load of those eyes, I’ve taken up hypnotizing. […]
The family album is dying. For years, families captured their daily lives on negatives and slides. Snapshots were then selected and collected into books, slide carousels and albums. Photo corners, sticky pages, scrapbooks, and slide projectors were the tools of the trade. The process itself was slow, requiring a camera, film and a lab to process and print. Collectors like Erik Kessels have […]
I never had the chance to meet my grandfather. He died a few years before I was born. I am named after him, Claudio Majorana. All that I know about him comes from stories my father told me since I was a kid. I know that my grandfather was an engineer and Sicilian Politician. But […]
Memorials mean more as the years go on, memories steeped in age and history. Lately, I have been thinking about the measure of a photograph. In a split second, a photo can capture memories and emotions that may have nothing to do with the actual photograph. I’m sure many books have been written on the […]
I love this photo of my grandmother and her twin sister, beyond the obvious that it is a great composition of two beautiful twin sisters. I recently saw this photo for the first time and I could immediately tell which one is my grandma Marian (on the left). Her sister Madeline is on the right. […]
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 father, Kevin, and my grandfather, Cleo, in middle-of-nowhere Alabama during the summer of 1957. My dad was the oldest of three boys and I’m sure shenanigans like this happened all the time, especially with my grandfather at the helm. I know things like this would probably have many mothers shaking their heads, […]
This is my mom, Dorothy, who grew up in a small town in Wisconsin. Looking at this photo, I always wondered if she was afraid of the horse or if she was ‘hamming it up’ as she enjoyed performing in school plays…probably a bit of both! Mom liked being fashionable and dressed up for her […]
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