Family Treasures

Ali this is wonderful!! I'm so upset because years ago my mother threw away all of her old photos. I tried to salvage some but I only have a handful. I would LOVE to see photos like this of my family.

Ali,
I stumbled on your site through Etsy the other day. I come here everyday now as a result of the intriguing and interesting works you create.
I have just purchased my own camera this morning, and I am extremely exited to use it when it arrives. Can I ask though, what camera do you use? I now own a Nikon D40!

Ali--I have just recently found boxes and boxes of old photos like these that span over 7 generations of my mom's side of the family and I don't know where to begin--I would love to see you incorporate some of this into the class!
thanks for sharing your people with us!!

Ali, that is so awesome. How lucky you are. I've been wanting to collect family photos like that and have come across a few. I was able to scan some of my father in law as a child(my younger son is a dead ringer for him as a boy). The more and more I get involved in scrapbooking I realize how little I know about my parents and grandparents and I don't want my children to miss out on that. They and I need to know our roots. Thanks for sharing those with us.

love the old photos, my mom just gave me old photos from when I was a kid. I guess my family wasn't big on pictures, they are few and far between of my grandparents and their families. i was a bit taken aback it looked like Simon was in one of those photos!!!
That's what I love best about old photos, the family resembelence. Enjoy these!!!!! Have a great weekend.
Annette

Not long ago I started scanning many of my maternal grandma's old pictures. They are so fun, so beautiful! And it's fun to have them on my computer and use them as screen savers or wallpaper. I am interested to see what you do with some of these old photos of your family, I've wanted to do something with the pictures I have but I'm not entirely sure what. Maybe I'm just looking for a little inspiration!! :)

I scanned in all of my parents photos (1940s forward) a few years ago. At the time my mother thought it was a silly thing to do and didn't express much thankfulness. When my one grandfather died, it was really nice to have quick access to the digital versions of these photos. When my other grandfather passed away, my mother was very quick to ask for all the digitally scanned photos of him. It's great to have this historical record of the family at our fingertips. Now that we've received even more historical photos, looks like I'll be busy scanned for quite some time!

oooppps "busy scanning for quite some time!"

that is SO wonderful ali
i'm a vintage scrapper
and love heritage photos so much
i'm also, always going through the antique store boxes
looking for cool old photos
thanks for sharing!
xo

Ya know what I love most about these pictures? The people are being silly and having fun. In so very many of these old photos the tone and look is so formal - with people all dressed up and stiffly posing (has a lot to do with the high cost of photography and thus, being used only for the most special occasions). But I just love seeing people in swimsuits fooling around in front of a car (with writing in the dust on it). God, how many of those exact same pictures do I have?!?!

it is itneresting how familiar all the photos look ... just like pix of my Dad and his family. Same looks, hair, shorts, styles. Will we look so alike 50 or so years from now in pix to our kids?

This is the story we need to scrap about, for the next generations! Precious and priceless! I have been going true old slides, that my Dad and grandfather took; so very nice to see part of our history! Enjoy!

What a great gift from your cousin! Glad you have your Dad to share the stories behind the photos. Lucky for Anna & Simon that these will be documented. I always feel that way at antique stores, but it's worse when I look at my own photos of my grandparents and think that there's no one alive to retell those stories so they can be written down.

I was sooo excited to see your post today because I AM DOING TO VERY SAME THING!! My grandmother was one of TWELVE siblings. She is 92 years old and the only one of the twelve still alive. I'm in the process of gathering pictures from all twelve siblings' relatives - scanning them, making some edits to correct damage, etc. We are having a big Horton Picture Pary next weekend to review all of them together and share as much as we know about all the photos. I have 286 photos so far. As soon as I have all the photos and information gathered I know I will want to scrap them. So I CANNOT WAIT to see what you come up with! And I am definitely excited about your upcoming class and hope you incorporate these older photos A LOT ;-) Thanks so much for sharing with us!

wow I can't help but get all teary eyed looking at these photos. You gotta love how fb and scanners have raised the bar! Congrats on your treasure trove.

Thank you so much for sharing thses photos. They gave me goosebumps!

great pictures- it will be fun to hear what the stories are... :)

Love the old photos -- what a treasure. I am anxious to see what you do with them. I keep wanting to go throught the photos at my parents house -- not to sound dark, but I want to do it while they and my grandmother are still around so I can attach the stories to the photos.

those photos are amazing. what a wonderful thing your cousin did!
what is it about old, b&w photos that are so freakin' cool? like everyone is always having the BEST time!
I think sometimes my husband gets annoyed, or just doesn't understand, why I take so many photos, but this is our life, our history, and I hope someday my daughter & my grandchildren enjoy looking at our life as much as I enjoyed documenting it.

Wow, Ali. I think you bear a striking resemblance to your grandmother. Throw a pair of dark-rimmed glasses on her and it WOULD be you. Enjoy those photos - I know you'll do something wonderful with them! :o)