There are stories waiting to be discovered in your loved one’s homes. Where can you find these hidden stories? Just start looking through your vintage family photos. To celebrate matriarchs, we asked floral and visual designer Casey Godlove to share some of his inspiring ideas for incorporating vintage family photos into your Mother’s Day celebrations. Below are excerpts […]
We’ve all been there. The moment is simultaneously exciting and discouraging. Opening up an album that’s been sitting in an attic for decades feels a lot like discovering buried treasure. And like most buried treasure, your precious family albums may look like they’ve seen better days. Dust and grime can build up on photos when they sit, untouched […]
Meet my grandfather Robert. He born in 1900 and was part of a generation that lived through two World Wars and a Great Depression and other hardships as well. Quiet, reserved and even tempered, he was respectful of others and a generous giver of his time to whomever was in need. A farmer, machinist, gunsmith, […]
“If you don’t know the past, you can’t understand the present.” -Chaim Potok On New Year’s day, my family remembers the birthday of Ruth Appel Wittmayer. She was delivered at 12:01 am on January 1, 1929, the first baby born in Brooklyn that year, as reported in the local newspapers. She would have been 87 […]
“Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future. We make discoveries about ourselves.” -Gail Lumet Buckley My grandmother, as a child at her home in Philadelphia. She was sick and a family friend came over to make portraits. For someone who grew up in […]
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