I found a baby picture of my mom from 1932 and just in time

[EFerrari]

to restore it before it fades away altogether. It's the only one she's ever seen and we have no idea where it came from!

[calico1]

1. You are lucky.

There are NO pictures of either of my parents as children. I have one of my Dad when he was around 18 and one of my Mom from when she was about 25. I always wondered how they looked as kids but in those days people didn't take a lot of pictures.

[EFerrari]

2. I know, they really didn't! And the funny thing is, it just

appeared in my desk one day -- I have no idea where it came from.

(Cue the Twilight Zone music. :) )

[Cleita]

3. Photos were really expensive back then, which is why

families didn't take that many over the years.

[EFerrari]

4. Mom's family had to move to a different country three times, too.

I think in her case, that's what happened. They fled to Mexico when she was six or so, went back to El Salvador when there was a regime change and Papi went back into government, then in the 1950s, they all came here. That's a lot of schlepping around! I'm surprised my grandmother was able to hang on to as many pix as she did.

[calico1]

5. There are more pictures of my mom's younger

siblings from when they were in high school. I noticed that these pictures were from a photographer and very posed. I guess that was the style back then. Usually there is a pillar in the picture they are standing near which says "te amo" or "recuerdos."

[calico1]

6. I realize that.

I just wish there were some of my parents as children.

[Cleita]

7. Me too. The earliest picture of my mom was her First Communion.

My father had no pictures at all of himself. The earliest picture of him I have was in his doughboy uniform in WWI.

[Skittles]

8. check out this treasure

that's my mum in the middle, with her parents

[EFerrari]

9. Look at that! That's how "ladies" were taught to sit.

Beautiful. :)

[LuckyLib]

10. Your grandfather looks like he might have been a farmer -- like mine,

his face had seen the sun! My grandfather's forehead, above a hat brim, was always light. All of his friends looked the same when they removed their hats. Wonderful photo!