Family photographs Archives - Page 6 of 7 - Maureen Taylor

I Tested ChatGPT on a Family Photograph. Here's What It Got Right—and Wrong

A few weeks ago, my daughter went on a photo hunting expedition with me. Rhode Island is full of tiny antique shops tucked into old buildings. On this particular afternoon

Let’s Stop Trashing Family Photos

A few weeks ago, my daughter went on a photo hunting expedition with me. Rhode Island is full of tiny antique shops tucked into old buildings. On this particular afternoon

Mabel and Edith Bickerton

There is so much to love about this picture. The wallpaper. Their dresses. Photos often have details that attract our attention but this one has something special. Someone wrote names

Stop. Look. Listen to Your Family Photos

Stop for a moment and take a look at your boxes and albums of pictures. There is a good chance that at least some of them have writing on the

Orphan Photos and Found Pictures in the News

"You can't save them all." When I mentioned to a friend how painful it is to see an abandoned family photo she reminded me of all the thousands if not

Unlocking the Stories in a Box of Photos: One Picture at a Time

I can still remember the cold snowy winter Sunday when Mom took out the cigar boxes full pictures. I was 8. My sister and I couldn’t wait for her to

Kodak Craze circa 1893

Thank you to Lori Parkinson who found this clipping in the front of a family scrapbook circa 1893. The woman attended Mt. Carmel (Illinois) High School and Northwestern. Today's parents

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Photographic Albums

Our ancestors initially used plain paper albums to arrange their photographs with captions written underneath until commercially manufactured albums became available. These albums figured prominently in the decorating scheme of

Ask Maureen: Photocopy Woes

Will wrote with two questions: Some 15 years ago, someone in the family lost the lone original of a cherished family photo from 1880. We have the photocopy in black

Lost Pictures: Copies in the Family

This summer my mother-in-law showed me a photograph that commemorated the 50th anniversary of her great-grandparents. She asked if I could have a look and compare it to another photo

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