Sojerd, my Grandfathers old home place burned to the ground in 1967. Taking with it all the fun places that my cousins and I use to play in it and of course all the beautiful old furniture, rugs, Bible, big huge roll-top desk. I can still see all the things, to this day. The well was even in the house, so you didn't have to go outside and pump the water. Also burned were the wash house and smoke house. I have pictures and they are so precious to me. The older you get, the more special the memories become.
Come on, we could have an auction for charity with you as the main piece! This camera was my husband's grandfather's. It used glass plates. The two photos seen in the background are family and his childhood home, photographed with that camera. Here is a small sample of my husband's down stairs museum, the camera cabinet:
How neat Droopy!!! I remember that my parents first camera was a Kodak Brownie . . . that was around 1960, I believe.
Very nice, Droopy! Your man really has a nice collection. I wish that I had a camera to donate. The ancient camera with the two prints are priceless. So incredibly interesting. Have you scanned those fotos and saved them to a CD or your hard disk? Very nice stuff indeed.
Those are awesome droopy, he sure has a nice collection and i agree with Sjoerd that first pic is priceless. I have taken toni's idea of recording the antiques to cd's an a journal that i will put the cd in along with it. you should do the same. Now that i have some new batteries, i will post some pics in the morning,, i'm tired, i have been bike riding all day an i also want to write a blog later. See everyone then.
Thank you for the nice comments. I'm sorry to say that photographing, scanning and making backups are a very slow, but ongoing process that I feel rather alone in doing. The basement is full of stuff, and the resident hamster is not much of a help. The things should be photographed in proper light and from several angles. Well, I'm doing it as good as I can.
