“Nostalgia is a powerful feeling; it can drown out anything.” – Terrence Malick My grandmother with my mom and my uncles in 1950. Most of the family photos from back then included the family car and / or the family dog! ~shared by @debgarr9903 View on Instagram →
This is my Nan holding my mum, around 1941. My Nan was about 20 years old here. Not only did she have a baby and a husband to look after, but her elderly father and younger sister also lived with her in this tiny house in County Durham. She is the epitome of a strong […]
My folks at their engagement party in the 1960s. They got married May 16, 1964, so they just celebrated their golden wedding anniversary! They raised 5 children and now also have 5 grandchildren. They’ve always been a very romantic couple. Their pet name for each other is “Cielo,” which means “heaven” in Spanish. I’ve never […]
1965. My mom (far left) was born and raised on the island of Raiatea (French Polynesia). She is pictured here with 4 of her 9 siblings and my grandparents in front of their home.
My grandparents got married without the support or consent of their families. They led a life of hard work on a farm, in very humble conditions.
Gosh, we really have it SO easy.
I’m grateful for the missionaries who not only changed their (and in turn mine) lives forever, but who were also able to document this.
With my grandmother and one of my aunties gone, these photos truly have become priceless. ~shared by @lobleebags
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We become who we are after understanding who they were.
This is my grandmother Velma Steward Sanders (center) with her siblings Emma and RT in Navarro County, Texas in 1922.
My sweet grandmother and her sister have lived in the same community in Texas their entire lives! They lived within a mile radius of their siblings.
Their father, Jim, donated the land for the colored school and part of the cemetery in Goodlow, Texas.
Uncle RT went to WWII and served overseas. He’s the baby in the picture, but he’s now 93!
My grandmother will be 97 in June. This picture is a great glimpse into their beginnings. ~shared by @aaronlmyers
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Dad riding low in the early 1950s.
He was a poor farm kid, the youngest of five, enjoying their treasured yearly outing to the Grant County Fair in Lancaster, WI.
This is a great photo to me because it shows the fun, adventurous side of my dad that he carried throughout the rest of his life.
He passed away in 2010, so I truly treasure any bit of him I can get. ~shared by @dahlidurley
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I just love this fun photo of my beautiful mother and her friends, circa 1954. My mother, Jacqueline Ann, grew up in a small southern town, Natchitoches, Louisiana. She was fortunate to have strong family connections. And, it was a simpler time. She spent a lot of time with her great-grandmother and her Aunt Frances […]
Mom. Miami Beach, 1950s. My father took this photo of her on the beach, when they were newlyweds. It’s one of a set; the other is a photo of my father, taken by my mother. Being born and raised in South Florida, my Mom loved to be around the water, a love she passed onto […]
“Everything around us, ourselves included, is in constant change. Photography is our means of capturing now, and to remember where we’ve come from.” -Amanda Van Grandma would have been 86 this year. Here she is teaching home economics. I love her perfect cursive handwriting on the blackboard with the recipe for angel food cake! ~shared […]
My grandparents were the repository of all of the family photos. When someone died, all the albums and shoe boxes ended up at my grandparents’ house. There were always old photos to go through when I visited! My grandfather took great pains to reproduce some of these photos. The sight of my grandparents working on […]
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