I love hearing the stories behind the pictures that I'm asked to work on. We all have our own personal and family histories and we never know when we may find a connection with someone. I had restored some pictures as a surprise, and when the new pictures were given as a gift, the mom went and pulled this picture and asked me if I could fix it. Her daughter had never seen the picture and so a dialogue was opened up about family history. Oral histories have been a way of passing down stories from one generation to another, and hopefully at one point the stories will be written down to be preserved.
Here's the before:
And the after:
This was a true blessing to our family. Thank you Cheri for bringing this picture of my great grandmother back to life :)
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