Comments on: Great Grandfather in Sepia

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:57:31 +0000

Gorgeous! He looks like he may have just finished off the last dill pickle in that jar:-) I’m inspired to post some photos of my motley ancestors.

By: rachel

rachel — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:08:12 +0000

That is a beautiful photo – you are so lucky to have it. I have just started some official research with a genealogist on my family history – it’s so opaque.

Shabbat Shalom.

By: Leora

Leora — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:02:49 +0000

Thanks for the encouragement, Mary. I will probably do just that next week. Unless I am otherwise inspired.

By: maryt/theteach

maryt/theteach — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:43:22 +0000

Leora, a marvelous, very rare photo these days! You should scan more of them in and show them to us!

By: Leora

Leora — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:14:19 +0000

I should share more. Wednesday seems like a good day to scan in one old photo at a time.

By: Leora

Leora — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:13:43 +0000

I hope you will put the photo online, Annie.

There is a photo of my paternal grandmother on her wedding day, looking very young and beautiful. Unfortunately, my father cannot locate it. It may have been destroyed in various moves and upheavals. Sigh.

By: annieelf

annieelf — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:09:22 +0000

This is so exciting to see, Leora. I have seen, just this past week, for the very first time, a photo of my maternal great-grandfather. And he is a young man, no less, in a picture with his wife. I have NEVER seen my great-grandmother except as a very old woman in her 90′s. It was really thrilling to see them so young and beautiful.

By: Robin from Israel

Robin from Israel — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:33:14 +0000

What a remarkable photo. I LOVE that it’s showing real life, so often the photos from that era were so stiff and posed, no glimpse of what day to day life was like.

By: Leora

Leora — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:48:22 +0000

I am assuming this is some tiny apartment in Brooklyn. Yes, I thought the setting was quite telling as well. That bowl is huge – perhaps that was all of dinner. And my guess is he is not used to the camera – there’s no eye contact. Very different from my mother’s relatives, who all play up to the camera.

By: Mrs. S.

Mrs. S. — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:31:15 +0000

What a wonderful picture! Was it taken in Poland or the US?

I especially love that it was shot in what appears to be the kitchen. It gives you an intimate, personal glimpse into your great-grandfather’s daily life!