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08
Sep

What Every Family Historian Should Know about Scanning Family Photos

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You’ve been staring at the box for months. It’s starting to make you feel a bit guilty. You scoot it under your bed so it won’t stare at you every day. Then your mother calls and asks you about it. “Have you had a chance to start scanning those family photos? The family reunion is coming […]

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27
Jun

Confessions of a Photo Hoarder – 5 Tips for Disconnecting from Digital to Reconnect with Tangible Memories

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I admit it. I’m a photo hoarder. In fact, I bet I’m not the only one. That’s right, I’m looking at you! But don’t worry, you’re not alone. Millions of people feel like they’re drowning in a sea of digital photos. So many of us are struggling to wade through our digital photos that there’s an entire organization dedicated to […]

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21
Feb

Vintage Memories of Rural Childhood Adventures in the Pacific Northwest

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My old man grew up in a small Southern Oregon town named Central Point, a fairly conservative and rural place back in the late 1960s. It’s still mostly that way, however there’s a Sonic Drive-In right about where this picture was taken. The Robert Redford type character on the back holding the 22-ouncer is our […]

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28
Sep

Photography is Life Lit Up

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“Essentially what photography is is life lit up.” Sam Abell While visiting family in Minnesota, I found six Kodachrome slides amongst my mom’s old photos. I had never seen a color photo of her at this age (nor my grandma, grandpa, and aunt) until I digitized this one. 1956, Amnicon Lake, Nanc is on the […]

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26
Sep

Vintage Family Photos Remind us of a Simpler Time

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This is the house I grew up in. It’s located in what used to be a small town, a tiny suburb of Saint Charles, Missouri. You might know it’s larger next door neighbor, Saint Louis, much better. That tends to work for me when I tell people where I’m from. I just say Saint Louis […]

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30
Aug

A (Family) Photograph Never Grows Old

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“A photograph never grows old. You and I change, people change all through the months and years, but a photograph always remains the same. How nice to look at a photograph of a mother or father taken many years ago. You see them as you remember them.” – Albert Einstein Cookout. Peabody, Massachusetts. June 1961. […]

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13
Nov

Kodachrome, You Give Us Nice Bright Colors!

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Kodachrome
You give us those nice bright colors,
You give us the greens of summers,
Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day, oh yeah!
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome away.

#kodachrome #savefamilyphotos #vintagephotos #foundphotos #analog #filmisnotdead #wewerehere
#pictapgo_app #paulsimon

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11
Nov

Vintage Wedding Photos

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My grandparents, Joseph Alcide LaCour and Sarah Lincoln LaCour, on their wedding day in Mississippi in 1946. They were married shortly after WWII and my father was born a few years later.

Today, we give thanks for the Veterans who sacrificed for us. Many gave their lives, and many returned home to start new families. They left a legacy that lives on today in us. ~ shared by @rachellacour

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