A Closer Look (Part 77)

Summer Cottage, Russia, 1914. This is my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana, at age 17.

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A Closer Look (Part 76)

Bridgeport, Chicago, Illinois, 1914. This is Mr. Irene's maternal Grandmother, Anna.

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A Closer Look (Part 10)

Bridgeport, Chicago, about 1914. This is Mr. Irene's maternal Grandmother, Anna. Anna's oldest child, Martha, looked a lot like Anna. (Here's the original post.)

Remembered

Taliesen Estate, Spring Green, Wisconsin, September 2, 2014. A century has passed since the murders at Taliesen I.

Let's look at an original print.

Summer Cottage, 1914. Many of the old photos I post are scans of images my Dad restored. If I find a faded or damaged snapshot, I usually modify it. Here's an image I adjusted earlier.

Side Saddle

Near Vilnius, Lithuania, about 1914. Members of Suzanne's family take a fashionable ride.

Thanks to Suzanne's Granddaughter—my Kaunas Cousin—for making this photo available to us.

Formal Family Portrait

Vilnius, Lithuania, about 1914. Suzanne, her older sister Valerie, and her parents visit the studio.

Thanks to my Kaunas Cousin for making this photo available to us.

Veterans' Day is Remembrance Day

Tsarist Russia, about 1914. My paternal Grandfather, Vytautas, approaches the end of his years as a cadet at the Russian Imperial Army's military college.

I think every year about the members of my family who served in the military.

Another View of the Cadet

Here is my paternal Grandfather, Vytautas, while he still was a cadet in the Russian Imperial Army:

Imperial Russia, about 1914 or 1915. The year of this identification photo falls somewhere between the dates of the two photos posted here.

This photo is new to me. Thanks to my Toronto Cousin for making it available to me.

Related by Marriage: Meet the New Officer

Southwestern Lithuania, about 1914. We don't know much about Adam J., except that he married Emily, one of the non-emigrating sisters of Mr. Irene's maternal Grandmother, Anna. Adam J. and Emily lived out their lives in Lithuania.

Every now and then, a blind squirrel finds a nut.

(Or as Lithuanians say, "Even a blind hen stumbles on a corn kernel now and then.")

My Toronto Cousin sent an email last night. In it, she explained that she had found, among her mother Jonė's things, some photos dating back to the early 1930s. I remembered seeing the images my Toronto cousin described, but I could not recall whether we had the original photos or, if we did, where they were.

I started digging around for those 1930s photos, but I did not find them. I instead stumbled across a box I'd not yet seen. My Dad had written "Babos Nuotraukos"—Grandma's Photos—on the box's side. Inside the box were many duplicate photos that my Dad had printed for my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana. Dad organized the duplicates by person. There was, for example, an envelope containing snapshots of each of Tatjana's grandchildren, an envelope with mid-century photos of cousins living in the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, and even an envelope with images of my Mom's maternal aunt, Dora.

I didn't plan on finding an envelope called "Babos šeima Rusijoi"—Grandma's family in Russia. In the envelope are photos of my Grandmother's sisters, Natasha and Elena and their families. The photos date from the late 1950s (corresponding roughly with the time Stalin died) to the 1970s.

The envelope also has some old photos I'd never seen before, like this one:

Summer Cottage, Russia, 1914. My paternal Grandmother, Tatjana, on the far right, sits in the yard with her younger sister, Natasha, on the left. In between them is family friend. A large dog rests under the table.

This is the oldest photo in the "Grandma's family in Russia" envelope. Like another snapshot I posted earlier, this one is in rough shape because it, too, survived the Russian Revolution. It's printed on paper with prominent watermarks, and it looks as though it might have been glued to some cardboard or heavier paper at one time. It is what it is.

Related by Marriage: Assimilating and Eligible

Imagine the mechanics that were necessary to maintain a waist so cinched. The elaborate Gibson-Girl coiffures appear equally complicated.

Bridgeport, Chicago, Illinois, 1914. Mr. Irene's maternal Grandmother, Anna—on the right—stands with her cousin. This photo was taken about four years after Anna emigrated to the United States and three years before she married.