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| My great-great's travels: Post Card from Salt Lake City, Utah 1903 |
I am going through big box of old family photographs
and various travel things, that ended up with us after many generations of being passed down to child after child. And when I say many years, I mean MANY years. Most of these photos and postcards date from the 1890's - 1940's.
All of these images are actual items from them, that belong to me, and I have scanned myself.
OF COURSE I LOVE ALL THE STAMPS AND CANCELLATIONS ON THESE OLD PAPERS....
I am going through one box and one envelope at a time, and I started 2 years ago and probably have a few more years to go. My goal is to scan each one in the computer and transfer the hand-written notes so I can compile EVERYTHING and distribute to all my cousins, etc.
TRAVELS INCLUDED:
AMERICAN BEACHES
AMERICAN CITIES
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| NEW ORLEANS |
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| NEW YORK |
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| CHICAGO, 1905 |
EUROPEAN CITIES
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| ITALY (ROME) |
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| FRANCE (VILLEFRANCHE SUR MER) |
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| FORT de FRANCE (LE PALAIS DE JUSTICE) circa 1880's |
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| WARSAW, POLAND (WILANÓW PALACE) |
ASIAN COUNTRIES
During this process, I keep thinking that on each photograph and postcard, even over 100 years old, their fingerprint is on there somewhere, and has the same DNA as me.
Not trying to get all weird, but it's one of those things that when you slow down enough to think about things, it's all kind of amazing!
SOUVENIRS: HOTEL LUGGAGE LABELS
POSTCARD BOOKS
PRESSED FLOWERS
Pretty remarkable how well these flowers are still intact
TICKETS
TRADE CARDS
LETTERS HOME & PERSONAL SNAPSHOTS
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| WHAT IS IT ABOUT THEIR HANDWRITING BACK THEN THAT LOOKS SO ROMANTIC? IS IT THE INK-DIPPED PEN? |
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| OVERLOOKING THE DECK ON THE SHIP |
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| written on back in pencil:: "Little boats at Fr--ebal" (?)". This picture is obviously taken off the balcony of the boat. |
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| written on back in pencil: One of our Sailor Boys |
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| written on back in pencil: Our Deck - Mid Ocean |
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SOME FAMILY MEMBERS IN THOSE UNCOMFORTABLE DRESSES written on back in pencil: The same trio in front of Satue of W---- 1st |
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| written on back in pencil: Permelia ---- of the --- Switzerland |
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| written on back in pencil: Two Norwegian girls in Hardanger costume. |
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| written on back in pencil: In streets of Old Pompeii |
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written on back in pencil: Permelia & two friends in Gondola, Venice |
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written on back in pencil: The wine (?) for Corie (?)
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written on back in pencil: A Portion of Colosseum Rome
Thought I'd share some of my favorites. I am enjoying seeing how much AND how little somethings have changed in over 100 years. No cars, and boy do they dress uncomfortably, but other than that, they really could be tourist snapshots from today. |
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| written on back in pencil: Gambling. Jerusalem |
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| written on back in pencil: Resting on the way to Hebron |
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| written on back in pencil: Plowing in Palestine |
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| written on back in pencil: From top of S--- --- Ta---'s House - Our drago---- Abraham. |
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Post Card from Cairo, Egypt 1902 |
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written on back in pencil:: "Temple of Diana. The site of it - with a modern goddess in foreground" AH HA! THE HUMOR! LOVE IT! |
WELL, that's all for now. I don't know if I'll ever get to go to Egypt or Jerusalem in my lifetime, so I always enjoy seeing pictures of far-away places. I can close my eyes for a minute and imagine some of these trips were like what I see on Agatha Christie's
Poirot...
All buttoned-up in Mesopotamia....
Funny to see the fashions in these pictures. Who knew square box-shaped handbags were popular? And all the women's waists look so tiny. I bet they didn't have Spanx back then... If we think those are constricting, I can't even imagine how cinched up they were-- ally he while trekking over rocks and boulders. Blimey!
