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Originally Posted by jetjet
nice work 
I find it cool to look at 100 year old pictures and you look at the people's faces and they look just like they could be some young person you might meet today, yet they are in a different era, clothes, setting, and think of the way their lives were so different than ours, yet probably in many ways the same as ours too |
I quite agree. I like looking at a person's face and try to imagine what was going through their mind at the time the pic was taken. Back in 1871, having your portrait done would have been a very special occasion by comparison to today's standards.
My great, great, great grandmother (above) was an Empire Loyalist who immigrated to Canada to remain loyal to the British Crown at the time. The family settled around the north shore of Lake Erie, Ontario where they established much of the farming and agriculture in the area. The original house built by my great, great, great grandfather is still standing today - my father was the last one in the family to have been born in the house.
Anyways...