When I got into the shop this morning I took another look.
The man in the upper right looked very familiar. Too familiar.
I had to ask my mom.
Sure enough, that's my grandfather.
Right next to my grandmother.
And my aunt. And great aunt.
And great-grandfather with my great-grandmother.
The boy getting his first Communion?
My dad.
We don't have a lot of older family photos, so I haven't seen these people from this era.
What a fantastic find... I wonder how the negative ended up in that book... who's book was it? How did it eventually end up in my sorting pile?
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That's just wacky.
ReplyDeleteThat's quite an amazing story! :) It's almost like the beginning of a mystery novel...
ReplyDeleteThat is just amazing!!!!! What a find!
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool.
ReplyDeleteTake Care
Michael
wow, that's amazing to come across a forgotten book mark that is "related" to you so closely! Did you have this book at random, or do you think it's one that came from within the family?
ReplyDeleteOh, that's just amazing. So many possible stories in your question.
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome
ReplyDeleteSilva - I had it on my shelf for at least a year, it's a first edition but needs some repair work. I'm not sure where I originally found it, but I have to assume it came from somewhere in my family.
ReplyDeleteNo way! that's awesome! :)
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! How wonderful that you ended up finding the old photo.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful find! I'm glad something bothered you about the post and you thought to ask. An unknown family photo found in a used book. There's a novel in there somewhere.
ReplyDeleteWow! That is tooooo cool! :-D
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing, I love that you found that. Now you will have to search that book more.
ReplyDeleteI love old family photos!!!
Whoa, what an amazing coincidence!!
ReplyDeleteStranger than fiction. Just incredible.
ReplyDeleteI was tempted to ask you yesterday if anyone had ever recognized the forgotten bookmarks from postings on your site. This is beyond weird.
ReplyDeleteMistress - it's funny, I came across a photo last week, and I could have sworn it was my first girlfriend... however, the face was obscured by a bottle in the picture, so I may never know.
ReplyDeleteWOW. It made it's way back to you for a reason, I think. Very, very cool.
ReplyDeletePerhaps.
ReplyDeleteBetween you me and the lamp post, things haven't been great between my dad and I lately...
oh man, this really IS a blog :|
That is incredible. What a find!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a coinkidink! That is too cool.
ReplyDeleteThat is so crazy! Super cool you now have a picture of your dad as a kid, those are always fun to have around.
ReplyDeleteIt's a small, small world.
ReplyDeleteWow! I love it. A little nudge from another world...
ReplyDeleteWow....that's amazing. Something tells me that book is a keeper.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing find. a one in million chance.
ReplyDeleteIt's like a message in a bottle. Some years ago, I was browsing in a used bookstore in a small town in central Texas. A collection of old postcards caught my eye. The first one I looked at, randomly in the middle of the box, had a picture of my great grandfather's clothing store (in another very small town a couple hundred miles away). The message on the back told about how the store had been burglarized the previous day, big news for such a small town. There is a genealogist who specializes in reuniting lost photos and other documents with their families.
ReplyDeleteOutstanding! What a find.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever seen somebody lick the chutney spoon in an Indian Restaurant and put it back? This would never have happened under the Tories.
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