is local history books. I have found them at libraries and at second-hand stores. They're usually smaller run and slightly less professional-looking (because they have less money behind them). They are extra wonderful because they usually have the families' stories with them. This always makes the pictures so much more interesting! For instance, in one I was just reading last night, one man had 18 children, nine with his first wife who passed away, and nine with his second wife, whom he married when she was just eighteen. His oldest child was also eighteen at the time, if I read correctly. Can you imagine being the step-parent to someone your own age and seven or eight younger ones? Sounds like a hard life. We have a personal friend with a similar story. She helped sew my wedding dress and she and her husband were our wedding "chauffeurs".
I first saw these photos on a blog called Celestial Charms. When I asked permission to post them here the owner kindly said I could post any photo from her Flickr photostream! Thank you so much, Maureen!
I'll start with the the two photos that I found at her blog post, Thoughts on Victorian Fashion.
As usual, please click on the photos to see them at their best.
First is a lovely photo of five little brothers from Canajoharie, New York.
Next is one of the same five boys with their two sisters and their parents as well. They look like a pretty well-to-do family, and with all those boys there must have been a fair bit of mischief going on. And with the girls, even more. I can say this as my family is almost exactly the same in make-up, though spread out in age more than this one.
See Maureen's thoughts about the fashion and dating of these photos here at Celestial Charms--Thoughts on Victorian Fashion.
Thank you, Maureen!
I'll start with the the two photos that I found at her blog post, Thoughts on Victorian Fashion.
As usual, please click on the photos to see them at their best.
First is a lovely photo of five little brothers from Canajoharie, New York.
Next is one of the same five boys with their two sisters and their parents as well. They look like a pretty well-to-do family, and with all those boys there must have been a fair bit of mischief going on. And with the girls, even more. I can say this as my family is almost exactly the same in make-up, though spread out in age more than this one.
See Maureen's thoughts about the fashion and dating of these photos here at Celestial Charms--Thoughts on Victorian Fashion.
Thank you, Maureen!
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