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View DetailsFamily Stories: A Photo at a Time
Sharon Pike wrote to me with a question about the clothing on the children in this photo, "Do you think the photographer brought clothing as props for the children?" It's a really common query. In her e-mail, along with her question, was the story of this family. Since...
View DetailsPhoto Sites: Read the Fine Print
Yesterday's New York Times featured an article, Guardians Of Their Smiles, on the uses and abuses of photo sites. In it, a woman had posted baby pictures to Flickr without using the privacy settings, and later discovered that someone had used her daughter's pictures on a social networking site in...
View DetailsWhich Generation is it?
There are photos that just drive you CRAZY. Ronald E. Wade is a very dedicated genealogist, but this image has him confused. His relative Mary Beulah Petty gave him all her pictures and that's great. Ronald has a fantastic picture history of his family thanks to her, but there's one...
View DetailsTexas Trouble: Readers Respond
It's been three weeks since the first post on the photos of two Texas men with mysterious decorations on their shirts. In the second column, I really didn't have much to add, but since then, readers have sent in their suggestions/comments. Here's the latest news. The Smith County Historical Society...
View DetailsSnapshot of the Past: 1937
Does a single snapshot tell a story? I think it does. Take for instance this glimpse of circa 1937. Cynthia Wilson sent in this picture of two of her uncles with an unidentified man in overalls. She wants to know if the man in...
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Texas Mystery Photo Puzzle: No News
No news ....is not good news in this case. A week ago I posted the Two Texas Mysteries column with the hope that someone out there would be able to shed some light on these two pictures. Nope! Not a word. I received an email from David Lintz of the...
View DetailsTwo Texas Mysteries
Take a good look at these photos from Peggy Batchelor Hamlett. I can date them, but I'm still working on identifying the symbolism on the men's shirts shirts. Pictorial Evidence: The design of the mat for the above image suggests it was taken in the 1860s...
View DetailsOne More Time: Funny Pictures
I have another album of funny pictures to share with you. This time, there's even an entry from faraway Chile. Thanks to the Web, this column has readers around the globe.Laura Cook sent me several images of her grandmother Marie Schultheis clowning with friends in the summer of 1913...
View DetailsAn Album of Funny Pictures
Last week I asked readers to submit funny pictures. Thank you to everyone who sent images. I've been laughing all week. So here they are...fun images that leave you wondering, "What were they thinking?"Sue Edminster sent in this photo (above) of men with numbers on the soles of...
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