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Making Connections: Old Photo Folklore and Jewish Marriage Corrections
8/1/2001
Readers respond to Family Tree Magazine.

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While reading "Getting the Picture" (April 2001) regarding ways to find pictures of camera-shy ancestors, I was reminded of a story, supposedly true. A man walked into a photo shop and asked if they could touch up old photos. When told yes, he handed over a picture and said, "Those are my great-grandfather's legs behind that milk cow. We have no pictures of Great-grandfather. Can you remove the cow so we can see what he looked like?"

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