Meet my grandpa, George Becker Hesse, who taught me so much about living well and dying well. Born in 1913 in Pennsylvania, his dad died when he was very young so my grandpa ended up settling in Kansas, farming his whole life. This photograph had to have been taken in his twenties. Not sure, since […]
This image is of my Grandad Andrew and his late wife Marie. I believe they were on their honeymoon when this photo was taken. They would have been in their mid-twenties in this photo. That’s all the information I have, but isn’t it a magical picture? I love seeing them young together. Grandma Marie passed […]
My grandmother Dorothy rocking a white one piece and bathing cap in the late 1930s. But the best part? She’s wearing a Mexican silver cuff on her left wrist. I love wearing that cuff and its’ matching twin now, but I admit I’ve never worn them to swim! ~shared by @duvenay View on Instagram →
Long before she ever dreamt of having an adoring husband for 62 years, before she had three beautiful and diverse daughters, before the five loving and silly grandchildren came along, there was ten year old Margie Lee Walters. Her kindness, compassion, dedication and strength has been stamped into the soul of anyone fortunate enough to […]
My grandparents back in 1961 or 62, just reading the paper on a Sunday afternoon. I love the mid-century furnishings. Oh, and grandma’s hat. Love it! They got married when grandma was 18 and grandpa was 34; then they proceeded to have 7 children. Grandpa had been in the Army stationed in Panama and went […]
“This device isn’t a spaceship, it’s a time machine. It goes backwards, and forwards; it takes us to a place where we ache to go again. It’s not called the wheel, it’s called the carousel.” ~Don Draper, describing the Kodak Slide Projector. Mom, 1960s. Having been born in Sumatra, Indonesia, my Mom had a natural […]
My Mom on her first bike ride. 1950 in Wyoming, small town America. This photo is from my granddad’s slide collection. Whenever we would all get together over the holidays, part of the family tradition was to gather in the living room for a slide show and share the stories behind the photos. ~shared by […]
My grandparents on their wedding day back in August 1939. When my grandpa first laid eyes on my grandma (who was stunning), he offered her a candy bar to impress her and fibbed that he was related to the Pauls of the Peter Paul Candy company. How smooth! They were married for over 60 years […]
It’s such a great experience for me to be able to go through and scan old slides that were my Dad’s and Grandfather’s. I wish I could have done it with my Dad while he was still here, but at least I have these captured memories of theirs. This photo is of my Dad on […]
This is a photograph of my grandmother Carolyn, taken in 1945 in Hollywood, Florida. Sitting next to her is her mother Mary. Across from her is her sister Dorothy (in the white sunglasses). I recently discovered a suitcase of old prints and negatives from this time period, right before my grandmother met and married my […]
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