Cherish and protect your old family photos

One of the neatest parts of working in funeral service is getting to see the vintage photos families bring us while celebrating the life of their beloved family members and the stories that come with the photo. We see photos from our community’s past, natural attractions throughout the years, it’s not even that uncommon to see a photo from the 1800’s. It’s hard to believe that life captured in these images was only a century ago. Even 50 years ago, life was something hard for today’s young generation to image.

Cherish your old family photos, safeguard them, scan them so they’re digital in case there’s ever a fire. Write notes on the back describing location, dates, names, occasion, etc.

Here are a couple photos that are special to me. The photo with the waterfall (Lula Lake Waterfall) contains my grandparents, my mom, aunt, and uncle. My mom is the little girl sitting in front smiling.

The other photo with the horses is special because it goes back quite a few generations. My grandfather is the little boy with the big pants and my great-great-grandfather is the older man in the middle.

During the last years of my grandfather’s life he battled Parkinson’s.  My mom would visit him daily and she would take with her a favorite collection of old black and white family photos from his early years. Even after having battled Parkinson’s for years and having forgotten close family member’s names, he could still tell you the names of his two horses (in the photo) from growing up on the farm.

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