Many of my fondest memories of my childhood took place at my grandmother’s house. Each weekend, my entire family would descend upon her home to enjoy each other’s company and a home-cooked meal. It’s been almost nine years since I lost my grandmother; there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think of […]
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 […]
This is my favorite photo of my Grandma, Kay Padovano, circa 1944 when she was about 18 years old. She was the eldest daughter in her family and her parents, recent Italian immigrants, expected her not to marry and to stay home and take care of them as per family traditions of the time. This […]
This is one of my parents’ wedding photos, circa 1943 in New York City at the Hotel Roosevelt. They’re the couple on the left. Guy Lombardo and his orchestra were playing in the hotel this particular night. When Mr. Lombardo was told that a young couple in the room had just been married, he played […]
This adorable couple is my maternal Grandmother and Granddad. They met in the Spring of 1939 when my Granddad was on a date with her older sister. These two started dating soon after. They got married in Reno, Nevada in December of 1941, one week after Pearl Harbor. They went on to raise 6 children. […]
This photo defines the way I learned to travel — cheaply. With little money growing up, my parents made adventuring about road trips, exploring on foot and free entry. It taught me that you don’t need much to enjoy and capture this big world. Ours heart becomes full with new sights, sounds and smells, all […]
Ancestry is pretty darn cool. Here’s a family picture I found tonight that I’ve never seen before. My great-grandfather Adolf Koerber and 6 of his 7 sons. Aren’t they handsome!? These are my grandmother’s brothers, so they’re my great-uncles. My grandmother talked about them all the time, so it’s so fun to see them now. […]
When Mom dressed us, fed us, took care of everything…remember?! In this old family photo, I’m grateful for Mom dressing me in the height of 70’s fashion & not Garanimals. 🙂 My single mother worked two, sometimes three, jobs but I never, ever knew we were money-poor, as we were so rich in love. Looking […]
Stories are the lifeblood of family history. They keep us connected to those who represent our past, and they bond us to those who fill our present-day lives. But what happens when family stories are missing key chapters? What if some family stories are tragically broken? For one documentary photographer, family photos are keys to reconciling her fractured past with […]
Meet two of my favorite people – Helen and Ray Malesky, photographed around 1949. Helen was a nurse in the Schuylkill County region. Ray and his friends lived in Centralia, PA. A friend of Ray’s ended up being a patient of Helen’s for a few days and Ray seemed to always stop by to visit his […]
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