Good Morning. Welcome to Show and Tell Friday! If you'd like to join in the fun, please link over to Kelli's blog, There Is No Place Like Home. All the details of how to participate are listed for you.The picture above was taken in the early 1900s. The girl in the picture is a cousin of my grandfather's. I've always loved this photo because of its old-fashioned look. It is hard to see in the picture, but her blouse is very pretty, with a lot of intricate embroidery and cut-work in it.
I have many old photographs taken from the era above and I love to display them in my home. Many of them were taken by my great-great uncle, a photographer that traveled these mountains offering his services to the remote mountain farmers.
I also wanted to share the above picture with you. I do not know exactly who the woman in the picture is. Some long-ago relative, I think. We have speculated that it is the mother of my great-grandmother, as the dating would be about right and the picture belonged to her. The picture is actually a sketch that has been painted with water color type paint. I especially love the frame. All of the carving is done by hand and has some sort of gold leaf or paint inside of it.
I hope you have enjoyed stopping by and will come again!
Have a great day,
RMary
I love old photos. Aren't they great? :)
ReplyDeleteWhat neat treasures to have. The photos are very lovely. I love old photos. I also love the sketch.
ReplyDeleteThat second frame is great. I think I can see lots of little buttons on the blouse in the first photo. I love the intricacy of these old blouses. blessings...
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Cool. My grandmother used to color tint my grandfather's black and white photo. It gives suck a neat effect. Thanks for sharing these wonderful pictures with us.
ReplyDeleteI love these old photos. I have a passion for vintage romantic style clothing as well.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing!
Great photos nice to have. Now a days things are getting so electronic that people won't have photos. lol
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I LOVE old photos, I have so many that belonged to my great grandmother and I treasure them :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these photographs. How special that your grandfather was a photographer. In this day of digital camera we forget what a special thing it was to be able to have a photograph of your loved ones. Yet another thing we take so forgranted today.
ReplyDeleteSusan
What treasures those are!
ReplyDeleteBarbara H. @ Stray Thoughts
I so luv to view nostalgia and to think of the people in such photographs and of the era, what is must have been like living in that time.
ReplyDeleteThank you for such a wonderful viewing.
I, too, like old photo's. Sometimes when I go into antique stores, I'll spend WAY too much time, just looking through their old photo's that are piled in boxes. It's also fun to look at our own family's photos and see the same features in the faces of family that are living now.
ReplyDeleteWhat great pictures! I have the picture of my great grandparents on their wedding day. It's on the list of things to grab if the house is on fire!
ReplyDeleteThe old photos and frames are so neat.
ReplyDeleteThey are neat treasures to have.
Your pictures are lovely! I love old pictures and have them displayed in my home. I've done a few posts on them too.
ReplyDeleteI just love your show and tell Fridays and to see what your showing, what a great thought... Nice pictures too.
ReplyDeleteGreat Show and Tell, Rose Mary. I love old photos, too!
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You remembered. :-))))) Good for you. I didn't today. Maybe next week.
ReplyDeleteI love the pictures you shared with us. And the frames also. My husband does carving and gold leaf, so I really appreciate things like this.
Mari-Nanci
Oh wow, both these vintage pictures are gorgeous! I so love old photographs like that and see the style of dress and such:-) Have a wonderful weekend! xox
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ReplyDeleteMari-Nanci
I love looking at old photos, yours are just lovely. The blouse is beautiful, so much detail!!
ReplyDeleteKelli
I love old black & white photographs too. Yours are wonderful as are the frames!
ReplyDeleteI am currently into old photos. I have been taking mine to the local copy center and having them copied in black & white... then I paint the copies with some watered down acrylic paint, add some fairy wings and/or glitter etc... its been a lot of fun. If you poke around over at my blog you can see one that I've made into a fairy. She is not finished yet, but you can get an idea of what I'm talking about. If you want to try this as well... make sure you have them copy it as they always have better machines behind the counter lol... it cost a few pennies more, but well worth it! (mine were 8 cents each copy) ~Cheryl
ReplyDeleteJust found your blog. I love your photos. The very first really old photo I got was given to me by my motherin-law. It is of her mother & father's wedding in 1904. I went out and bought a special vintage-type pewter frame for it and have since collected sooo many more of these lovely olden-type photos. I just love them. Enjoy!
ReplyDelete:-) Brenda
Very nice pictures. I love to look at old pictures as well. I will have to check out your blog and see if there are pictures of your cordwood cabin!!
ReplyDeleteI love old photos too. I especially love the frame in the first one...very pretty indeed.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing and have a blessed weekend.
Lyndy
The frames you chose for the vintage photos are perfect! I love old photos too!
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