Now there’s a title, right? I couldn’t believe that in 30 years, no one had seen or heard about this album that contains images of family members dating from the 1890s. My grandfather passed away this summer, and we went out earlier this Fall to help grandma do some cleaning and to spend time chatting and whatnot. Grandma brought out the album that she had found while organizing grandpa’s computer room. It’s covered in worn red velvet with a mirror sewn into the cover, and is closed with a metal latch. For being over 100 years old, it’s in pretty good condition.
I’m willing to bet it hasn’t been opened much, and it’s a real shame that so few of the photos are dated or labelled. Great Grandma had passed the album along to grandpa and now it’s come home with me. I decided to scan in all the photos in hopes that maybe someone, somewhere might recognize a few and help me solve some of the mysteries inside the album – we were able to identify a few photos from the other trunk (not joking, great-great grandma’s old steamer trunk that came with her from England was home to ALL THE PHOTOS) full of photos. Great grandma had gone through and put names on the back of some which was really pretty helpful. I’ve included the backs to the photos when there was something on the back, and some of the designs are really gorgeous. The photos are all arranged on the page in the order they appear in the album and I’m sure there’s something to the order of the photos. If you can help identify or date any of the photos, please leave a comment. Click on through for the photos! (Warning, VERY graphics heavy below the cut)