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Planking and the one wheel motorcycle get my vote for best picture. That was fun.
 
Neat stuff. I do call into question the photo of the woman sneezing...in early 1900s, portraits took several second long exposures. If the model didn't hold perfectly still for all of those several seconds, they would not be in clear, sharp focus. They would have motion blur, especially around the edges of their bodies. It was so bad that, photography studios actually had contrapments that clamped you feet, waist, and neck, to hold you still. This photo is very sharp, very clear. That lady posed that way, and held it.
 
Those were awesome. I love old pictures and those actually taught me some things I didn't know.

But it begs the question: who knocked up the knocker up? :)
 
BrewerBob said:
Those were awesome. I love old pictures and those actually taught me some things I didn't know.

But it begs the question: who knocked up the knocker up? :)
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My mother recently found some old pictures that were my fathers. SHe had gone to my grandmother to find out what the pictures were right after my father passed, put them away, and forgot about them for 30 years.

One of the pictures was of my great great great great grandfather. Another was merely 3 times great (from a slightly different branch). Knowing who these old folks were, and knowing my relationship to them was rather neat.
 
RAMOSS said:
My mother recently found some old pictures that were my fathers. SHe had gone to my grandmother to find out what the pictures were right after my father passed, put them away, and forgot about them for 30 years.

One of the pictures was of my great great great great grandfather. Another was merely 3 times great (from a slightly different branch). Knowing who these old folks were, and knowing my relationship to them was rather neat.
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My dad and his brother do the family genealogy and man oh man do we have some great old timey pics. Way back into the mid to late 1800's.
 
poweRob said:
My dad and his brother do the family genealogy and man oh man do we have some great old timey pics. Way back into the mid to late 1800's.
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I wish I had more of them.. but the photos were a delight to find after I though my mother lost them for 30 years. I also had a picture of my great grandfathers sister. When I posted it on my facebook account, my uncle, who had never been interested in that sort of items when he was young said 'I didn't know he had a sister. She was a refugee that escaped Russia during the pogroms... via siberia to japan to the USA.
 
RAMOSS said:
I wish I had more of them.. but the photos were a delight to find after I though my mother lost them for 30 years. I also had a picture of my great grandfathers sister. When I posted it on my facebook account, my uncle, who had never been interested in that sort of items when he was young said 'I didn't know he had a sister. She was a refugee that escaped Russia during the pogroms... via siberia to japan to the USA.
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Here's one:

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Great, great grandfather. Died in the famous Johnstown flood. Photo was taken by a famous Civil War photographer William H Tipton.
 
This is one I really get a kick out of.

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Now... the woman on the left was my Great grandmother. I used to go visit her when we went up to see family. She lived to 98. Born in 1883 died in 1981. The lady on the far right is her sister... my great, great aunt. She was living with her when we'd go visit. She lived to 103. The lady 2nd from the right is there mother. And the lady sitting down in black is her mother. So we are talking about people in this picture dating back to early 1800's. I like seeing all that lineage in one photo.
 
poweRob said:
This is one I really get a kick out of.

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Now... the woman on the left was my Great grandmother. I used to go visit her when we went up to see family. She lived to 98. Born in 1883 died in 1981. The lady on the far right is her sister... my great, great aunt. She was living with her when we'd go visit. She lived to 103. The lady 2nd from the right is there mother. And the lady sitting down in black is her mother. So we are talking about people in this picture dating back to early 1800's. I like seeing all that lineage in one photo.
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That's fantastic. So many families have lost that history.
 
poweRob said:
This is one I really get a kick out of.

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Now... the woman on the left was my Great grandmother. I used to go visit her when we went up to see family. She lived to 98. Born in 1883 died in 1981. The lady on the far right is her sister... my great, great aunt. She was living with her when we'd go visit. She lived to 103. The lady 2nd from the right is there mother. And the lady sitting down in black is her mother. So we are talking about people in this picture dating back to early 1800's. I like seeing all that lineage in one photo.
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Generation photos are great. I have a couple of four generation photos....my mum (born in 1927 and passed away in 2012, myself, my son and daughter and their four daughters).
 
LadyMoonlight said:
Generation photos are great. I have a couple of four generation photos....my mum (born in 1927 and passed away in 2012, myself, my son and daughter and their four daughters).
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Yeah... I just wish I was old enough to have appreciated her experience when she was alive. I'd ask her so many questions now. Being born in 1883 and living to 1981... she saw a nation traveling on horseback. Turned to horseless carriage. Turned to car. Turned to plane. Turned to jet. Turned to rockets and walking on the moon. She saw that whole transition.
 
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Thanks for this. Some great photos. I am curious so do you know why the bottom of the prison is painted white? Any particular reason you know of?

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I've no idea. Says it was a prision where they took the union officers. Maybe lower ranks in the white upper ranks in the higher floors or vice versa?

Another great but morbid pic you can find in there is the Lincoln co-conspirators standing at the gallows as the nooses are being put on their necks (Pic #3). And another pic after they are dangling. (Pic #18)
 
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