Re: Spinoff: Do you have family photos of your great grandparents or further back?

This is a formal photograph of my maternal great-grand parents. It was taken in St. Petersburg, Russia, circa 1910.

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Re: Spinoff: Do you have family photos of your great grandparents or further back?

My parents them all. I wish they were in color it would have been cool to see the actual colors they wore back in the day.

And another thing I wonder is why did noone ever smile in photos

Re: Spinoff: Do you have family photos of your great grandparents or further back?

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Re: Spinoff: Do you have family photos of your great grandparents or further back?

Posted by WhatNow

Posted by blondiebabyZ

And another thing I wonder is why did noone ever smile in photos

Don't forget-beign photographed in those days was an extremely important and very formal event.

People would make an appointmet, get very dressed up, be seated and styled by the photographer. This is something that people would not more than once a year, even even that often. It took a good amount of time and I would imagine, cost a considerable amount of money. So I think the seriousness of the event dictated the subject's disposition!

Re: Spinoff: Do you have family photos of your great grandparents or further back?

I have a picture of my grandfather as a young baby with his parents and older siblings from 1892. It is so neat to see these old photos especially since I am interested in my family's genealogy.

And, yes, it was a very big deal to go and have a professional portrait done. None of my ancestors were rich, so I think they may have only had it done once (I haven't been able to find any other portrait photographs).

Re: Spinoff: Do you have family photos of your great grandparents or further back?

I was fortunate enough to have my maternal great grandparents in my life througout my teen years and they took very good care of the pictures that they had. My paternal great grandparents had 7 boys so there aren't many photos because they didn't have the money. I am lucky to have a picture of my paternal great grandparents from their wedding day. I have it hanging on the wall in my living room.

Re: Spinoff: Do you have family photos of your great grandparents or further back?

Luckily my father put together a very thorough family tree book/album for me and my siblings. It has all sorts of pics going way back - great grandparents and even further back. I'm so happy my dad took the time to do this so it will be something I can pass down to my children.

Re: Spinoff: Do you have family photos of your great grandparents or further back?

Yes....my mother has been collecting them, scanning them and sending them to her siblings and putting together a scrapbook.

She hasn't given them to me, but she's shown me the pictures.

Re: Spinoff: Do you have family photos of your great grandparents or further back?

I do. we have from my family in norway back a few generations. on tin reliefs and everything.

I've also been blessed enough to meet some of my great grandparents, so I have picturs of me with them!

OP, I love your photos!!

where is Susak?

Re: Spinoff: Do you have family photos of your great grandparents or further back?

Re: Spinoff: Do you have family photos of your great grandparents or further back?

yes i have a few mostly 1920s and up, we have a few further back but the majority of those are with other family members. I started collecting late victorian photographs! I plan on making a whole wall art piece with them.

Re: Spinoff: Do you have family photos of your great grandparents or further back?

Re: Spinoff: Do you have family photos of your great grandparents or further back?

I have a picture of my great grandmother and great grandfather. I also have a picture of my great grandfather and some of his 10 or so siblings when they came to the US from Italy. I treausre these pictures even if they are just copies or scans.

Re: Spinoff: Do you have family photos of your great grandparents or further back?

Yes, I have a picture of my great grandparents sitting on the porch of their house back in Puerto Rico I love the picture!
And on my mom's side, we have tons of pics of my great grandparents. But not further back.

Re: Spinoff: Do you have family photos of your great grandparents or further back?

My dad has his grandparents, but my mom is not from the US, so I don't know. I could ask my cousin - I wonder if they have any!?

Re: Spinoff: Do you have family photos of your great grandparents or further back?

Posted by Ophelia

I do. we have from my family in norway back a few generations. on tin reliefs and everything.

I've also been blessed enough to meet some of my great grandparents, so I have picturs of me with them!

OP, I love your photos!!

where is Susak?

Re: Spinoff: Do you have family photos of your great grandparents or further back?

My grandmother does. She has photos of her parents and my grandfather's parents hanging up in the house.

Re: Spinoff: Do you have family photos of your great grandparents or further back?

Not a photograph but we do have a painting of a relative from the Civil War. He was some kind of commander and won a bunch of battles (for the north )