Post a pic (less than 50k) of some of your ancestors from 1917:

[Ptah]

I'll go first:

[havocmom]

1. Grandma didn't have a digital camera

I don't have a scanner

Edited to add: Ancesters from 1917? No, those would be my Grandparents.

[Ptah]

12. That photo was taken about 7 miles SW of Conrad, MT. n/t

[graywarrior]

2. I would not fuck with them.

[Ptah]

4. That consideration would never come up.

Homesteaders on the prairie were much more likely to
welcomb you into their home.

:hi:

[graywarrior]

6. They look like they could handle themselves in an argument.

[Ptah]

7. That's an interesting observation.

The gentleman on crutches was a judge,
The man with the wide brimmed hat spawned a legendary horseman,
The homesteader on your right is the spitting image of
my father, his son, and me, his son's son.

[graywarrior]

9. I like their individualities. No one dressing like Brittany Spears there.

[Deja Q]

3. The people closest to my ancestors:

[Ptah]

5. Actually, in that photo I posted, are my paternal grandparents. n/t

[ForrestGump]

8. My grandfather...

Actually, that photo's from 1914, but this one below is a picture he took in 1917, on the battlefield, of a demolished railway bridge:

[Ptah]

10. Yea! Stuff like that!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:



I want to see 90 year old photos.

Thanks, Forrest.

[liberalpragmatist]

11. Have you seen these FULL COLOR photos of Pre-WWI Russia?

This guy named Prokudin-Gorskii developed a technique similar to technicolor for taking color slides. Now, with modern computers, the glass negatives he took can be scanned into a computer and a digital image can be obtained. The result: full color images of the Russian Empire between 1905 and 1912. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prokudin-Gorskii )


A self-portrait of Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii in 1915

The Library of Congress owns most of the photos now, and they put several on exhibit a few years back. There are nearly 2000 prints in their possession. The "pictures" in this form look like this:



Out of those, 122 were selected for full remastering; these 122 were cropped, and digitally restored. Out of those, about 50 or 60 were then put on exhibit:







Here are three links. The first is a link for the Library of Congress exhibit "The Empire That Was Russia" (about 60 pictures):
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/work.html

The second features those 60, plus others that were prepared but weren't exhibited: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/p?pp/prok:@band(color+rendering)

And finally, there's the entire collection. Some of these aren't in as great a condition, but they're still pretty remarkable:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/p?pp/prok:@field(CALL+p87)::SortBy=CALL

Aren't these great? Maybe you're already familiar with them. I posted a thread about them in the Lounge a couple months back. Enjoy!

[Orrin_73]

13. They are beautiful pics

thanks

[Ptah]

14. Wow. It's surprises like your post that I come to the lounge for!

:wow: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :hi:

Thanks for those pics and links, liberalpragmatist.

[Kathryn STone]

18. that last picture of the town against the blue sky, those are beautiful

[Benfea]

15. Promise you won't tell anyone?

[KitchenWitch]

16. What a fine looking group!

:hi:

[Ptah]

17. Thanks for taking the time to look.

The more I look at that image, the more I learn about my
Grand and Great Grand Parents. Goddess love them.

[China_cat]

19. A bit before 1917

but my great grandparents

[BlueJazz]

20. Ah...well...Here's mine...