Wet Printing My Grandfathers Negatives

[480sparky]

Very blurry, and underexposed to boot. But it shows my grandmother doing what she loved....... picking up rocks, bottles, driftwood etc. for craft projects at home.

This is probably somewhere in South Dakota or Wyoming in the early 50's.

 

[480sparky]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand.................... No 10.

About the closest I'll see to their wedding photo, if this isn't it. The white spots are reflections of the light.

Their marriage was supposed to be a secret, as my grandmother was still in school, even though she was 19. She had to work so much to help support the family she missed a few years.

So the minister was sworn to secrecy. Problem was, his wife wasn't. Next morning, she spilled the beans to my great-grandfather. Since married girls didn't attend school, my grandmother had to drop out.

I have 1 Jan 1926 as their wedding day. But a trip to the courthouse last Friday has it a 31 Dec 1925. Maybe they said 1 Jan 'coz "That's when Father found out."!


Anyhoo... that's the ten I chose. I originally selected 42, and it was damned hard to narrow it down to these precious few. Tomorrow, I go album shopping so I can get them all packaged up and ready to send out to dad & his siblings.

 

[heespharm]

Absolutely awesome..!


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[resummerfield]

Wonderful project! Thanks for posting the images!

 

[480sparky]

Found some archival albums today. The will hold 24 8x10s, so there's room to add more.

I just need to make copies of some birth certificates and registration of marriage and out they go.

 

[Jager]

This, here, is what photography is all about. The magic of capturing time.

Splendid work, Sparky!

 

[480sparky]

And away they went.

Two of 'em got delivered in person today, the other 3 are headed to Texas, Idaho and Arizona.

 

[ME Super]

Very nice!

 

[DWThomas]

Great job! That is really a wonderful project.