This is your reminder:
Don’t forget to digitize those photographs and include documentation on them.
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This is your reminder:
Don’t forget to digitize those photographs and include documentation on them.
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I have SO many photos that I have put them into collages by time or place they were taken. I can label most with name of photographer; many are of Family Reunions of different branches, taken through the years.
How timely, Michael. Just today I pulled out the boxes of photos and albums to work on – yet again. I had just scanned an article on my husband and I, as well as wedding photos of my in-laws and my great grandparents. Such a huge project before me as I organize, preserve, scan, etc. my photos along with my parents. Fortunately I divided family photos between myself and my siblings when estate items were distributed.
Enrich your descriptions, by identifying that car, which might be a Pontiac? One more way to Involve other family members. Even if you know the make, model and year, ask a relative to describe its color, especially if they show up in black and white photos. Besides car-lovers, a family may have a tractor or pickup truck collector who could help with photo dating. That could lead to forgotten stories about convertibles pulling parade floats, or buying a first car, or being permitted to drive a tractor at a young age.
Snowmobiles and Mercury Marine outboard motors figure in my own uncles, nephews’ and cousins’ lives, and this photo reminded me to ask specific questions, before the next family reunion. Maybe we will invent a photo quiz about vehicles…
I am in the process of scanning old family photos, letters, deeds, etc. in my possession to share with cousins. Organizing all of this is not an easy task!
BTW, looks like a Studebaker to me!