Old photographs: Remembering the past

[askmatrix]

My grandfather, 85 years old found some old film and slides from the 40's and 50's he sent them to me. He cried when he saw these pictures. They have never been seen by him. My mother even got to see a picture of herself as a baby. The photos were taken in Toronto Canada and the color slides were on Kodachrome, the b&w shots were from an old leica. The film was in old metal canisters. The black and whites lost a lot of the quality a had to do a ton of photoshop work to make some of them even viewable. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy my first post.

Regards,

Matt

http://flickr.com/photos/jomatt/sets/1066432/

[Paul Shields]

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy my first post.
http://flickr.com/photos/jomatt/sets/1066432/

Matt, they are brilliant. Such simple 'snaps' have much greater power when viewed over time. Thanks for sharing.

[Patzt]

Matt, fantastic to see.* (Almost thought I recognized the area too!)* I was born and brought up in Willowdale, (Lansing in the 40's).

Thanks for the glimpse into the past via that link.* Love them!

[dc2]

The lady in the middle is Aunt Jessie . Believed to having been taken At Pretoria Sth Africa during the boar war.
Her fob watch below

[dc2]

And I still got her still ticking fob watch

[cedric_r]

This photo shows my great grand parents (at a wedding?) at the start of the century. It also shows my great grand father's brother and his wife (you can easily guess who the brothers are). The only other person my grand parents recognised is the tall girl in the middle second rank who was a cousin of my great grand father. Nobody know who the other people are.

[dc2]

I forgot for a long time to add too this thread Cedric R So pleased to see your addition so quickly ,
Nice to see history being kept like this

[dc2]

Originally Posted by bauerman

Thanks to you guys for keeping this going - the thread has kind of died over here in the "Hall of Fame".....I have more to post and will do so soon......Your shots posted recently are GREAT - still looking at them.

Jared

Glad I left it late then Thanks Jared

[Patzt]

This photo is of my Grandad and his brother taken in 1928.* My Grandad was a beekeeper in Aberdeen, Scotland and came to Canada and carried on this hobby.* My father took it over from him when Grandad grew too old and my late husband and I took it over from my Dad.* Here is Grandad sitting at the Smithy door putting together bee frames.

[edawn]

Wonderful photo, Patzt!! Thanks for sharing it.

Elaine

[Patzt]

Thanks so much. I really like this topic.

My father too was the double of my grandad.

I have some more as well for this topic.

[Paul Shields]

Originally Posted by Patzt

I have some more as well for this topic.

Please post some more. There is something timeless about this thread.

[JDArt]

Mother, her little sister and father, circa 1930, depression era, West Virginia, USA.

[Sidebyte]

All of my really old photo's of my family dating back to "tintypes" are all in storage in the states.
This is the only OLD one I have....a photo of me and my first STEELHEAD TROUT when I was 30 years old in Oregon.

[CJMax]

You can view my gallery of restored and in some cases slightly retouched old family photographs at: http://www.pbase.com/cjmax/photo_restoration&page=all

Enjoy,

Cliff.

[Jon Foster]

This is a very cool thread! I've been interested in finding out about my families roots for at least 10 years but never did anything about it. When I was laid off from my job I started to spend some time doing research. In the last year I've found out more information than everyone in my family has ever known. Among some of the research work pictures have started popping up here and there. Here's one to get started but I'll post more later.

My grandfather, William B. Foster (his real name was Boleslaw Scyzoryk) circa 1918.


Jon.

[Jon Foster]

Originally Posted by CJMax

You can view my gallery of restored and in some cases slightly retouched old family photographs at:* http://www.pbase.com/cjmax/photo_restoration&page=all

Enjoy,

Cliff.

Cliff, those all look fantastic! What or how do you charge people to do restoration work?

Jon.

[Jon Foster]

Here's one more I cleaned up. And if I'm right, the guy in the picture should be Charles Rieck my wifes 2nd great-grandfather born around 1844 and the kid should be her grandfather born in 1910. The lady on the left might be his wife Louisa and I have no idea who the girl on the right is.



Jon.

[Bob]

I love this thread - it reminded me of the stash of old family photos I have tucked away. The problem is which ones to choose so I put a few together.

A classic station photo

And since St. Patrick's Day is coming up


Thats my great grandfather on the left in the last Photo, so I don't just go to the bar I carry on family tradition!
What amazes me is the detail to be found in some of these, with a strong magnifying glass I can read some of the labels on the bottles.

Bob

[Paul Shields]

Originally Posted by Bob

I love this thread - it reminded me of the stash of old family photos I have tucked away. The problem is which ones to choose so I put a few together.

What amazes me is the detail to be found in some of these, with a strong magnifying glass I can read some of the labels on the bottles.

Bob

Excellent compilation Bob. It really is fascinating seeing these old shots. The bar shots are great. We still have a few around my way that look like that.

Talking of Paddie's Day - I've already booked next Friday off as it's always a great day/night out in my home town (Liverpool, UK).