Russia, between about 1870 and 1874. This is Nikolas, the maternal Grandfather of my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana.
Here's the original post. Here's his wife.
Showing posts with label locket. Show all posts
Showing posts with label locket. Show all posts
April 9, 2016
A Closer Look (Part 65)
Russia, between about 1870 and 1874. This is Nikolas, the maternal Grandfather of my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana.
Here's the original post. Here's his wife.
August 8, 2015
A Closer Look (Part 46)
Russia, between about 1870 and 1874. Let's take another look at the oldest photo posted on the blog.
December 19, 2014
Empty
Suburban Chicago, February 1962 . I'm thinking about Dad today.
Here's another photo Mom took that same afternoon.
November 12, 2011
Daddy's Girl (1962)
Ha ha.
Suburban Chicago, February 1962. Dad and I share a joke while we sit in the living room. Dad is wearing a gray wool vest that my Mom knit for him. I have a locket around my neck; I remember it was an important piece of "grown-up" jewelry.
Suburban Chicago, February 1962. Dad and I share a joke while we sit in the living room. Dad is wearing a gray wool vest that my Mom knit for him. I have a locket around my neck; I remember it was an important piece of "grown-up" jewelry.
October 25, 2011
Facing Revolution
This is how my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana, looked around the time she attended the St. Petersburg university. She was the first woman to graduate from the institution with a degree in Chemical Engineering:
Tambov, Russia, 1916. My Grandmother, Tatjana, poses for a passport photograph.
This is how Tatjana looked three years later, after she watched the Russian Revolution unfold, witnessed the execution of her father, searched for his remains, feared deportation to Siberia, and fled to Lithuania:
Tambov, Russia, 1916. My Grandmother, Tatjana, poses for a passport photograph.
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This is how Tatjana looked three years later, after she watched the Russian Revolution unfold, witnessed the execution of her father, searched for his remains, feared deportation to Siberia, and fled to Lithuania:
Russia, 1919. Tatjana wears the locket in which she kept the portraits of her Grandparents.
October 21, 2011
This is the oldest photo of the old photo blog.
This image—probably from the 1860s—is not a daguerreotype photo. It is printed on paper.
The photo is in rough shape because it spent over a century folded up in my paternal Grandmother Tatjana's locket.
Russia, about 1860. These are the maternal Grandparents of my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana. On the left sits Nikolas, and on the right, his wife, for whom we don’t have a first name.
Nikolas has his right hand tucked into his jacket. He elegantly poises his pinky. His wife has the melancholy, gentle eyes characteristic of the paternal side of my family. She looks like she could have been out shopping with Mary Todd Lincoln.
UPDATE: A little digging revealed that this photo more likely dates from between 1870 and 1874. My Great-Grandmother, Nina K., was born in 1875. This is the wedding potrait of her parents.
The photo is in rough shape because it spent over a century folded up in my paternal Grandmother Tatjana's locket.
Russia, about 1860. These are the maternal Grandparents of my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana. On the left sits Nikolas, and on the right, his wife, for whom we don’t have a first name.
Nikolas has his right hand tucked into his jacket. He elegantly poises his pinky. His wife has the melancholy, gentle eyes characteristic of the paternal side of my family. She looks like she could have been out shopping with Mary Todd Lincoln.
UPDATE: A little digging revealed that this photo more likely dates from between 1870 and 1874. My Great-Grandmother, Nina K., was born in 1875. This is the wedding potrait of her parents.
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