Family Treasures

I have a photo of my parents that reminds me of the first in your post. It was quite small, and I've enlarged and framed it for them and for me. Friends look at it and always ask, who is that?, and are delighted (and surprised) to hear it's mom and dad. They are so young, and look Hollywood-esque, even though they are complete Minnesotans and sitting by a Minnesota lake. It's a favorite, all around. And fortunately someone stashed it away in a box and it found it's way to me :)

Those photos are an absolute TREASURE! What a wonderful surprise for you.

I know this may sound like a weird question, but did your cousin give them to you in a form other than posting them on Facebook. The file size of those photos on Facebook is so small that I don't know how to enlarge them or even print them normally. I'd like to do a similar type of family photo swap, and we're all on Facebook, or so it seems, but I don't know if that's the best avenue. Thanks! (Old family photos really ARE a treasure!)

Oh my gosh! These are awesome. Thanks for sharing. I especially love the photo of the two guys and a girl infront of the old car having fun.

i am in the midst of a similar (scanning) project w/all of my parents photos. i am creating heritage scrapbooks, but the fun of just looking at the photos and imagining the story behind them has been the best part. unfortunately, my dad is gone and my mom is too, (although she is still alive), so i have some blanks that may never be "filled in." nonetheless, they are treasures and i am so grateful to my dad, especially, for saving everything in one neat place! (i even have the receipt for his first car!!!)

you're very lucky. My grandparents were Mennonite farmers and there are VERY little photos of anyone. the few I have, i treasure.
sarah

I am lucky to have many old photographs from my family, some going back five generations. I'm in the process of framing dozens of them to do a massive photo wall spanning 50 feet in my upstairs hall. I lucked out last year and found sets of black frames in various sizes (10 total) for $19.99 at Walmart.com. I bought three sets. I have them all filled already and need at least three more set possibly! As soon as my oldest is back in school, up they go. I've been wanting to do this project for seven years! My theory is that while it's nice to have photo albums of your precious photos, it's more important to see them...have them part of your everyday life. So, wall space available, I say frame a bunch of them together.

Ali...
They still have the set online...and other sets too at very good prices (even a set of 10 scrapbook frames for $10!!). Here's the link:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=8204018
I have the set and it's just a typical black frame, good quality with a bith of detail, but not ornate.

These ones here are all low-res (not print quality). He just sent a message through facebook with a link to download a file on another server :).

Hey Kim - I won't be at the summer show but am planning to be at the winter show.

What a treasure Ali, I have so many old photos and it is what I struggle the most with, to give them justice. Would love to see some of your ideas in your class - it would help immensely. They are the ones that make me the happiest!!
Have a great day!!

Whenever I visit my maternal grandparents I browse through my grandmother's shoe boxes of memories. Sometimes I jot down the memories and stories she tells me while we look through them together. Complete treasures.
Have a nice weekend.
Bises, D

I love old photographs you are so lucky to have so many. They always tell such great stories :)

Ali,
I almost posted this the other day in response to your question about photos from the past. I think it's important that everyone get the stories behind the photos (names, location, date--the details behind the photos) before the older generations are gone. My mother had boxes and boxes of old photos, many without anything written on the back, with the stories about them in her head only. Unfortunately, she died a few months before we were planning on tackling them. There isn't anyone else that knew all that she knew and now that's lost. It's one of my biggest regrets but it's also my biggest incentive. I make a point of photographing my son as much as he will allow and scrapbooking the stories behind the photos so that when I go he will have a record of his personal history. I only hope he will appreciate it and cherish it for the treasure it is.

That first picture of your paternal grandfather really shows an amazing likeness to Simon. Isn't that fun to see how the family genes can get carried on like that?

This is so special. My bf has been working on a project like this, too … gotta love the new scanner, especially the extras for scanning slides and negatives! (It's a CanoScan 8800F) I have lots of old negatives from my family, too … haven't done anything with them yet as I am working on another big project right now (my last university project, which fits into this whole collecting of family stories, too) but I am really looking forward to learning more about your upcoming class.

Coming out of lurkdom to comment....but I couldn't NOT. Oh my gosh, that 4th photo down, you look exactly like your grandmother! Genetics are such a weird thing! That is very cool!

Those pictures are awesome. Kudos to your cousin! I think my mother-in-law has a stack of pictures but I'm daunting by our slow scanner. Does your cousin have any suggestions or tips, e.g. scanner recommendations, attaching info to the pix? I would be all ears!

Lucky you...your cousin is doing all this and sharing. I've been going through a box of photos like this myself so that I can and to our family history album.
I love the layout you did for the creating keepsakes blog. I find myself short on time lately so I have also been making my pages simple. It's what appeals to me now.
Thanks for sharing. You've inspired me to tackle the box of family photos again this weekend.

My father-in-law did this for my husband's family years ago, and we love having a CD of all those images. There are some wonderful stories that go along with them...