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seamaiden · 10-19-2009, 01:50 PM

I'm not a collector of old photos or postcards, but my mother inherited an OLD farmhouse from a distant cousin, a few years ago, and these were among the things we found there. I liked them and just couldn't get rid of them I don't know who any of the people are, but there's a good chance some are my ancestors. Just thought I'd share...

mixedmedia · 10-25-2009, 05:51 PM

I love old photos like these. I only have a few of my own, but I have a very large collection of digital images I have picked up over the years on various sites.
Lovely.

Bill O'Rights · 10-25-2009, 07:27 PM

My great-grandfather.

My great-grandfather with my grandfather.

My grandfather with his two sisters.

Given that my grandfather was born in 1908, I estimate these at around 1909-1910. Around one hundred years ago. I love looking at old pictures, like these, in antique stores. But, as much as I enjoy looking at them, I'm always a little saddened by the fact that the subjects are lost to history and no one will ever know who they were.

mixedmedia · 10-26-2009, 02:53 AM

I don't have many pics like these of my own family, but here's what I do have:

my grandfather (my mother's father)

my grandmother (also on my mother's side)

seamaiden · 10-26-2009, 03:08 AM

I love these family photos you people have added. So many changes in so few years. I know I have an old family album here; I'll see if anything is post worthy later. Gotta go right now.

I'd love to see more.

seamaiden · 10-26-2009, 12:43 PM

My great grandfather (on the right) during the 1st World War.

My maternal grandfather's brother and sister.

My maternal grandfather with his first car.

This time, with his accordion.

My mother with her grandparents and uncle.

My mother.

My father (standing) and his brother.

Young love...my parents.

My parents with her parents.

mixedmedia · 10-26-2009, 01:12 PM

this is my maternal grandfather's mother (my great grandmother whom I never met)

this is maternal grandmother's father (clear as mud?, lol; he was a big shot)

that's my maternal grandmother on the left

my maternal grandmother's family (she is in white to the right of the patriarch)

my maternal grandfather with a record catch

this is my stepfather's mom

my mother (next 5)

my father (in Korea)

a couple more of my mom and dad's wedding day

and a couple of my stepdad

seamaiden · 10-26-2009, 05:16 PM

I love these MM!

mixedmedia · 10-26-2009, 05:20 PM

thanks. yours are great, too, seamaiden. your mom looks sassy.

seamaiden · 10-26-2009, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by mixedmedia

thanks. yours are great, too, seamaiden. your mom looks sassy.

OMG...she's absolutely not. She's a sweetheart though.

Plan9 · 10-26-2009, 05:33 PM

My buddy Spinelust sent me a whole bunch of excellent old school post cards over the years, many of them while I was deployed.

This is only a few. I have a thick stack of them in one of my old footlockers. Her thoughts kept me company on many lonely nights.

mixedmedia · 10-26-2009, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by seamaiden

OMG...she's absolutely not. She's a sweetheart though.

ah, well...pictures can be deceiving

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here are some of my favorite vintage photos I've collected (digitally) over the years (none of these are my relatives, although I wish some of them were, heh:

mixedmedia · 10-27-2009, 05:06 AM

Here's a few I forgot...I have a lot of photos of women in twos - I was collecting them for a project.

AudreeArrington · 11-26-2009, 11:24 PM

Hey An amazing collection of fantasy pictures. i really like these. I love the photos of his family have added people. So many changes, so after a few years. I know I'm an old family album here, I will see if anything is worth a message later. Gotta go now... I would like to see more.

Magpie_1 · 11-27-2009, 07:38 AM

Those are all so beautiful. Thanks for sharing everyone.

Shell · 11-27-2009, 09:07 AM

Vintage Hats....

seamaiden · 11-27-2009, 07:53 PM

LOVE that winged hat Shell! I never find good stuff online...probably cause I don't look.

Shell · 11-27-2009, 09:55 PM

Thank you, seamaiden. Her hairstyle is certainly unique as well isn't it. These were easy to find on Google's homepage where I clicked on "Images" and then typed "outrageous vintage photos" in the searchbox. The first hat pic above showed up and when I clicked on the pic the website showed up with a myriad of vintage photos that were incredible. I have 2 outrageous topless cabaret gals but if I post it then this thread may go NSFW...i don't want to be the first.

Here are 2 more I found:

seamaiden · 11-28-2009, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Shell

Thank you, seamaiden. Her hairstyle is certainly unique as well isn't it. These were easy to find on Google's homepage where I clicked on "Images" and then typed "outrageous vintage photos" in the searchbox. The first hat pic above showed up and when I clicked on the pic the website showed up with a myriad of vintage photos that were incredible. I have 2 outrageous topless cabaret gals but if I post it then this thread may go NSFW...i don't want to be the first.

Here are 2 more I found:

I'd like to see those gals. Would you post them in the random image (NSFW) thread?

Shell · 11-28-2009, 09:24 AM

I have quite a few, seamaiden, so i'll start a thread of "Vintage Showgirl Photos" since many of them are topless and probably NSFW.

Here's a vintage photo for here though:

seamaiden · 11-28-2009, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Shell

I have quite a few, seamaiden, so i'll start a thread of "Vintage Showgirl Photos" since many of them are topless and probably NSFW.

Here's a vintage photo for here though:

Sounds great...I look forward to it.

...that photo looks like the inspiration for Ninga Turtles.

10-19-2009, 01:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
seamaiden Psycho Location: With the man of my dreams in Halifax Nova Scotia	Vintage photos and postcards I'm not a collector of old photos or postcards, but my mother inherited an OLD farmhouse from a distant cousin, a few years ago, and these were among the things we found there. I liked them and just couldn't get rid of them I don't know who any of the people are, but there's a good chance some are my ancestors. Just thought I'd share...

10-25-2009, 05:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	I love old photos like these. I only have a few of my own, but I have a very large collection of digital images I have picked up over the years on various sites. Lovely. __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

10-25-2009, 07:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
Bill O'Rights will always be an Alyson Hanniganite Location: In the dust of the archives	My great-grandfather. My great-grandfather with my grandfather. My grandfather with his two sisters. Given that my grandfather was born in 1908, I estimate these at around 1909-1910. Around one hundred years ago. I love looking at old pictures, like these, in antique stores. But, as much as I enjoy looking at them, I'm always a little saddened by the fact that the subjects are lost to history and no one will ever know who they were. __________________ "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony "Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt. Last edited by Bill O'Rights; 10-25-2009 at 07:30 PM..

10-26-2009, 02:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	I don't have many pics like these of my own family, but here's what I do have: my grandfather (my mother's father) my grandmother (also on my mother's side) __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

10-26-2009, 01:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	this is my maternal grandfather's mother (my great grandmother whom I never met) this is maternal grandmother's father (clear as mud?, lol; he was a big shot) that's my maternal grandmother on the left my maternal grandmother's family (she is in white to the right of the patriarch) my maternal grandfather with a record catch this is my stepfather's mom my mother (next 5) my father (in Korea) a couple more of my mom and dad's wedding day and a couple of my stepdad __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

10-26-2009, 03:08 AM	#5 (permalink)
seamaiden Psycho Location: With the man of my dreams in Halifax Nova Scotia	I love these family photos you people have added. So many changes in so few years. I know I have an old family album here; I'll see if anything is post worthy later. Gotta go right now. I'd love to see more.

10-26-2009, 12:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
seamaiden Psycho Location: With the man of my dreams in Halifax Nova Scotia	My great grandfather (on the right) during the 1st World War. My maternal grandfather's brother and sister. My maternal grandfather with his first car. This time, with his accordion. My mother with her grandparents and uncle. My mother. My father (standing) and his brother. Young love...my parents. My parents with her parents.

10-26-2009, 05:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
seamaiden Psycho Location: With the man of my dreams in Halifax Nova Scotia	I love these MM!

10-26-2009, 05:20 PM	#9 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	thanks. yours are great, too, seamaiden. your mom looks sassy. __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

10-26-2009, 05:33 PM	#11 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	My buddy Spinelust sent me a whole bunch of excellent old school post cards over the years, many of them while I was deployed. This is only a few. I have a thick stack of them in one of my old footlockers. Her thoughts kept me company on many lonely nights. __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake."

10-27-2009, 05:06 AM	#13 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	Here's a few I forgot...I have a lot of photos of women in twos - I was collecting them for a project. __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

11-26-2009, 11:24 PM	#14 (permalink)
AudreeArrington Upright	Hi Hey An amazing collection of fantasy pictures. i really like these. I love the photos of his family have added people. So many changes, so after a few years. I know I'm an old family album here, I will see if anything is worth a message later. Gotta go now... I would like to see more. Last edited by AudreeArrington; 11-29-2009 at 08:31 PM..

11-27-2009, 07:38 AM	#15 (permalink)
Magpie_1 Insane Location: Ontario, Canada	Those are all so beautiful. Thanks for sharing everyone. __________________ "Art is what you can get away with." - Andy Warhol

11-27-2009, 07:53 PM	#17 (permalink)
seamaiden Psycho Location: With the man of my dreams in Halifax Nova Scotia	LOVE that winged hat Shell! I never find good stuff online...probably cause I don't look.