Friday, October 17, 2008

The Brenda Photo Challenge-Old

This is a picture of my grandparents on their wedding day. They were married on October 15, 1927. Do those headpieces look like roaring 20's style or what?

And this table was one of their early pieces of furniture!

I don't really know how old this box is. It belonged to my maternal grandmother and I remember seeing it in her house when I was little. It's well-used and I love it!

This pocket watch belonged to Rich's grandfather when he worked on the railroad. The date on the coin says 1883, but I don't know if the watch is that old. It is probably sometime in the early 1920's.

Taking these pictures made me realize how precious these family heirlooms are and I hope that my children will appreciate and cherish them as much as I do.


A big thanks to Donna at Made In Heaven for hosting this fun photo challenge!

13 comments:

  1. What treasured keepsakes! Beautiful!

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  2. Such wonderful old treasures! I envy you the joys you must have from having these lovelies. Great photos for the challenge!

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  3. Hallo Jeannette! Thank you for visiting my blog! I will keep you informed on the fate of the old plane tree and the bloody underground garage :)
    The old wedding photo from the 1920s and the old furniture look great! I remember my grandmother's photo, it looks so similar. The headthings the girl are wearing look quite modern, haha!
    Thank you for sharing and have a nice weekend!

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  4. How wonderful to have these family heirlooms. I particularly love that wedding photo.

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  5. Now those are the kind of "things" I treasure most in the world. I'm so happy you have this part of your history! Thanks for sharing.(HUGS)

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  6. These pictures are great. This was a great challenge. Each person's post reminds me of more and more of the treasures from the past. I agree that I'm hoping that my children will appreciate and care for my heirlooms as much as I do.

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  7. What a wonderful treasure indeed in having hubby's grandfathers watch!!! I loved all of these!!hughugs

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  8. All your photos are great but the one with the pocket watch is awesome.

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  9. What wonderful treasures you have! It's hard to pick a favorite, but I think I'd have to go with the wedding picture. That's beautiful - and precious to have.

    Kari

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  10. I love the photograph of your grandparent's wedding day...which was two days after my dad's birthday...must have been a lot going on during that time...what a precious heirloom (as well as the other articles)...I just really like the wedding photo best!

    :)

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  11. I love the headpieces and the clothing in that photo. Such beautiful family keepsakes! Wonderful pics!

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  12. wow...those are amazing photos and amazing things!

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