We all want to save those special memories we have so we can remember the experience in our lives. As we grow older, we experience more and things that we said we would never forget are moved to the back of our brain and it becomes harder to recall them. Capturing memories through pictures helps us to relieve those moments, and also bring back the emotions of the moment. We live in a society now where everything is recorded, selfies have become the norm. But in the film era, pictures were taken more sparingly and printed to hang on walls or to keep in albums that we looked at as often as possible. Family stories were shared with younger children as grandparents explained the pictures and children learned about their own histories. Not every family has the opportunity to have multiple generations pictures, but those that do cherish the pictures. The picture was taken in 1963 and included great-grandma, grandma, mom and daughter as a means of including a visit of extended family.
While in pretty good shape, they wanted to be able to make a larger print. So I cleaned it up and was able to make prints in 8x10s. There is one other 4 generation picture that was taken a few years later and it was the last one because the great-grandma passed away in 1972.
The grandma passed away in 1989 and the mom is now the grandma and the baby is now mom to 4 amazing children. The best the family can do is 3 generation pictures but those pictures are cherished as much as these 4 generation pictures. I love hearing the stories behind the pictures and hearing about families experiences, but I have to admit that I know so much about these pictures because I was the little baby in the pictures.
