Today we look at a portrait of the McElhinney family, location unknown. They are identified on the back as: Uncle Frank McElhinney Aunt Meta Montgomery McElhinney Rae McElhinney Reid John Harold McElhinney About 1920 My assumption is that the older two are Uncle Frank and Aunt Meta, and the younger two are Rae and John. …
One of the sad aspects of my hobby is that I find so many photographs of babies, couples, families etc., all unidentified. They wind up on ebay, in antique shops, and otherwise available for sale as “vintage ephemera.” It really is sad, when you think about how early photography was not just a simple “point …
Here we have two virtually identical photographs of a Rudd family gathering, in an unknown location, but it appears a few generations are present – from a young girl center front to an old grannie in the middle of the group. You can see the photographs are from just slightly different angles, and one was …
I love this one! The little girl was really upset, wasn’t she? These candid moments remind us that we are all fallible, don’t they. The card was imprinted Season’s Greetings, then written underneath was “From the Ehrenbergs.” The family was identified as Roberta, Ellen Louise crying, and Scott the baby. I do wish Dad’s …
A Christmas card with no last name, from 1957. We have Mike, Sandra, Bob, Jim and Tammy the dog. These old photo Christmas cards were often created from a photo taken ‘sometime’ that year. This particular photo looks like it was from spring or summer – the boys have short sleeved shirts and the …
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