Anyone have any cool old photos?

[skygazer]

I love old black and white photos. I have some neat ones.

This is my great-great grandfather who was a Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War (he finished up as a Brigadier General actually).



And this is my mother, who died when I was a kid -

[ISUGRADIA]

1. Both great pics

Loved his because of that great goatee and long mustache!

Alas, my own family lacks a lot of old pics. But I love picking up old BW family pics at tag and estate sales. Some really great images out there.

[skygazer]

3. I have several I've picked up that way

They fascinate me - I wonder about the people in them. Who they were, what they were like. I especially love old photos of places I know now. The same yet different. Very cool.

[Spider Jerusalem]

2. Here's one of my 4th great-aunt and her husband...

she's on the left; don't know who the woman on the right is. (And I don't actually HAVE this picture; I found it online, but, what the hell)

[skygazer]

6. I've seen that photo before

Isn't that Matthew Brady?

[Spider Jerusalem]

8. Yep.

My 4th great-uncle by marriage. Have a few books of his photos, but none of the originals, alas.

[DODI]

4. We have a box of tin types and such my great-aunt gave us. I haven't

looked at those in a while.

[sparky_in_ma]

5. Do you know what regiment he was Colonel of? n/t

[skygazer]

13. I have his entire service record

He was the Colonel commanding the 69th New York which was the lead regiment of the Irish Brigade. He was badly injured at Fredericksburg and was sent back to NY to recuperate - while there, he was named Asst. Provost Marshal General of the 1st district and was the guy who pulled the first name out of the hat for the draft which of course started the horrible draft riots in NYC. During the course of them, his house was burned down and his family barely escaped.

He later re-joined the regiment in 1864 outside of Petersburg (when this photo was taken) -



That is him and his staff. He finished the war, was at Appomattox for the surrender, met Lincoln and Grant and Sherman (who was instrumental in getting him his commission) and then went west to fight Indians (one of the ironies of that war - he fought for four years to free the slaves then went west to exterminate the Native Americans :( ).

He died in 1901 as a direct result of his Fredericksburg wound which never fully healed.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

7. My favorite pic

of my mom and dad.



And my grampa (sepia tones added by me)

[skygazer]

16. Those are great!

Who's the baby with Grampa?

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

17. I have no clue.

I always thought it was my big brother, but I can't prove it.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Your mom was a knockout! Sophia loren-like

[skygazer]

14. Thanks

I love that photo. She was full blooded Italian - her parents came to this country after WWI.

[Burma Jones]

10. Here's three from me......

My Grandmother - circa 1915


My Dad's Great Grandparents


My Dad's Great Great Grandparents

[skygazer]

18. Your grandmother is so cute!

Great photos.

[Floogeldy]

11. The only known photo of Abraham Lincoln

[skygazer]

19. ..... at Gettysburg

I went to Gettysburg several years ago and it was one of the most incredible experiences. You really can see ghosts there - you can really feel the spirits of the men who fought and died there. Very profound.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

20. I felt that way when I was at the site of Custer's last stand

Everyone tends to think of such events as neatly packaged little chunks of history, but to stand on the spot, to see, feel, and smell the places, to see just how frickin' BIG the events were and how large an area they actually covered-- it's the difference between night and day.

You see and feel the ghosts walking. I especially felt it the times I passed through St. Augustine in Florida. The spirits practially whisper to you as you go through the town.

[skygazer]

21. Amen n/t

[Longgrain]

12. Oh, you're in luck, I have a couple old Victorian era portraits

I bought off of Ebay.

I have no Idea who these women are, but they seem to be having fun...

[pintobean]

26. Love that pic, Longgrain.

I replied to this pic a few weeks ago with the pic below. I thought you might be interested in the back. I lost the thread and don't know if you responded.
I have no use for this pic, so if you would like to have it, pm me with an address to send it to.

[China_cat]

15. My great grandparents

The branch of the family that wore their sheets rather than slept on them.

[joneschick]

22. I can't figure out how to cut and paste or whatever from my husbands

blasted website. I've got some great pictures of my grandfather circa 1912 on a Harley!

[Princess Turandot]

23. My Aunt...

I believe this is her First Communion photo. It was probably taken around 1920.




My parents at their wedding, 1942

[mia]

24. My grandmother and her father -

[mia]

25. My great-great granmother

in her wedding dress - Civil War era