Old family photos

See a wonderful collection of Vintage Family Images! Old Family Photos, Fancy Family Illustration, Family Silhouettes, Retro Family Image.

What a handsome Bohemian family! Do you have ancestors from Bohemia?

Sandra,Joanne,Neil & Lisa - early 1970s.

A cabinet card portrait with a Stayner, Ontario imprint. Contemporary pen and ink inscription on the reverse reads; "The Day Family". A brother and sisters I would say. A handsome group. My guess would be that this photo was taken during the first decade of the twentieth century. It is possible, in that case, that these may be the three eldest children of William and Diana Day who were listed in the 1901 Census of Canada for Nottawasaga Township, Simcoe County (North). Mary Agnes Day was…

While everyone else said, "Cheese", Jerry said to himself, "Christ, what will happen if my other family in Sandusky sees this picture?"

Most of these lovely photos documented everyday life of a family in Watford during the 1920s. It tells us that life is very simple but so happy and full of joy. (Photos from Mike)

Couple in Parkersburg, Iowa Couple with woman sitting at man's feet Elderly couple Elegant young woman, Rockland, Maine Family portrait, Duluth, Minnesota Family portrait, Great Falls, Montana Family portrait, Prague Fashionable black woman, Reno, Nevada Florence Mette Young, Mount Vernon, Ohio General Horace Porter, Civil War hero Hershey family, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1907 [I wonder if the gentleman is Milton Hershey, who gave the world the "Hershey bar". Comparing this with the picture…

Recently I have gotten more into viewing old family photos from the 1920s through the 1960s since buying Charles Phoenix’s Americana the Beautiful (I highly recommend!).

We tried. * "The next time you lose heart and you can't bear to experience what you are feeling, you might recall this instruction: change the way you see it and lean in. That's basically the instruction that Dzigar Kongtrul gave me. And now I pass it on to you. Instead of blaming our discomfort on outer circumstances or on our own weakness, we can choose to stay present and awake to our experience, not rejecting it, not grasping it, not buying the stories that we relentlessly tell…

Total frickin' awesomeness from Olan Mills, Sears and other fine portrait studios. 1. Those glasses came free with a purchase of Brut cologne. 2. Thoughtful Lance. Mirthful Lance. Two sides of a delightful coin. 3. Drake won Bitchin'est Senior Mullet by a landslide. 4. That dude wore a tie for nothing. 5. The Purvis family made several stops along the Oregon Trail to document their six-month journey. This photo was taken just two weeks before the dysentery took Momma to Jesus. 6. I wanted a…