Photography
Related: About this forumI've been scanning some pretty old photos, and I ran across this one.
She is one of my great-grandmothers, my grandmother's mother. Her name was Emma Peterson Lundin and she was from Sweden. I wish I'd known her...
hlthe2b
(102,331 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,678 posts)This was most likely taken in the early 1900's and I agree--it looks contemporary, more like something we might make today.
Hekate
(90,769 posts)...to which decade photos were taken in the 20th century.
This is a lovely picture.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)from years ago. Any guesstimate on the time frame on that one?
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,678 posts)So somewhere between those dates.......She doesn't look very old, so I'm guessing before the turn of the century. That century!
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)she died in 1927 of TB, but I have a wealth of photos of her and the family from the early 1900's in Central Illinois. Even have the wedding photo of my Great Grandparents along with an assortment of others. I scanned in a bunch of them about a year ago. It was a slow process as I was also putting in the information that she and my Mother had penciled on the backs of the photos.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,678 posts)But whoever looks at the scanned photos will know who these people were.
Labels are so important!
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Any information that we can pass along is going to be helpful to those in the future.
Glorfindel
(9,732 posts)I have photos of both my mother's grandmothers, but none at all of my father's grandmothers. His family never was much for taking photos for some reason.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,678 posts)I am so glad to have this photo.
Docreed2003
(16,869 posts)Thank you for sharing!!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,678 posts)I love to share.
braddy
(3,585 posts)They are two of the best movies that you will ever see.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,678 posts)I've heard of them, but never saw them.
yonder
(9,669 posts)Another very, very good movie.
braddy
(3,585 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,678 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,678 posts)Jane Austin
(9,199 posts)With strength and intelligence.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,678 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,400 posts)Usually, just formal, still portraits of whole bodies.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,678 posts)Only a couple were formal portraits.
Maybe that's the kind of people they were? No idea.
Squinch
(50,990 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,678 posts)Squinch
(50,990 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,389 posts)Thanks for sharing CaliforniaPeggy
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,678 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,389 posts)at140
(6,110 posts)Plastic surgery!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,678 posts)No scalpels anywhere in sight for her!
Omaha Steve
(99,691 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,678 posts)FakeNoose
(32,713 posts)In my family I was the first grandchild to be born in 1951, and my four grandparents were all still living and close to 60 years old at the time. So I have many wonderful memories of my grandparents and I'm very thankful. The really cool thing is that all 4 of my great-grandmothers were living when I was born. They all were able to see me and hold me as a baby. Sadly the great-grandfathers had already passed by that time. I have clear memories of 2 of my 4 great-grandmothers.
I really feel that family closeness and memories of the older folks is a thing that should be encouraged for all young families. The benefits to the children are much greater than any awkwardness or inconvenience that SOME families might have. Of course every situation is different and not all families can be together.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,678 posts)How very cool you knew and remember your grandparents! I remember mine as well, and it's great.
None of my great-grandparents (except for one) had survived till then and the one surviving great, I only have vague memories of.
The photos make them real. I agree about closeness and memories are important. We hung together pretty well except that there were far-flung family members that made it difficult to stay in touch.
I wish I had seen this picture and so many others while my parents were around to talk about them.