I just love this picture (click on it to see the detail). I am smitten with those happy girls that so obviously love the photographer (who else would they give such pure and true smiles?). I love the scallopy fence behind them and the straight little bangs on the younger and the cowlick on the older.
Their faces are happy and relaxed but their posture is a little formal, like the occasion warrants (I’m supposing that getting your picture taken back then was a much bigger deal than it is now with our digital cameras with 2 GB flash cards).
I found this in a box of photos during my antique foray earlier this week. I love old pictures of people standing in front of their homes. Don’t know what it is about that configuration that appeals to me but it does. I also bought one that shows two elderly women standing in front of a small home with an inviting porch and the most interesting fishtail siding on it. A small house but beautiful details.
I have quite a number of these found photos – I’m going to have to write on the back that I have no idea who they are – I can just picture my great, great grandchildren going through my things and trying to figure out who these people are and where they fit in the family.
With digital photography I wonder if old photos will be a thing of the past? I rarely print out my pictures anymore – I just look at them online. I’m going to have to print some off and put them in a box for someone to find years and years from now.
I love old photos, too. I’ve started putting them out where people can touch them and see them. I have a couple of neat boxes that I have pictures of “our” dads in. My dad and DH’s dad, who are both gone now. But those photos are so precious but it makes me happy to share them with others instead of hiding them away in an album in the top of a closet.
What a charming photo that you shared! I enjoyed so much this post!
xo,
Kim
lovely photos…the more we move forward in technology the more I value the things of the past. They hold such history and have stories to tell. I think I need to print some off too!
I love this photo too. I went on the weekend to a flea market and bought two postcards; must find some like yours. These girls are adorable and I love that scalloped fence. Too bad you didn’t see Clint. I don’t know what I’d do if I did. I was in dreamland on Oscar night when he posed with Ellen for the pic. I’d love to have that pic.
Annabelle