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Showing Original Post only (View all)I've been scanning some pretty old photos, and I ran across this one. [View all]
She is one of my great-grandmothers, my grandmother's mother. Her name was Emma Peterson Lundin and she was from Sweden. I wish I'd known her...
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I've been scanning some pretty old photos, and I ran across this one. [View all]
CaliforniaPeggy
Aug 2018
OP
She's a pretty lady, Peggy. The photo looks far more contemporary than I'd have guessed
hlthe2b
Aug 2018
#1
It's the simple hairdo and lack of makeup. Even more than clothes I find those to be clues...
Hekate
Aug 2018
#20
I very luckily just ran across a family tree! She was born in 1860 and died in 1943! My birth year!
CaliforniaPeggy
Aug 2018
#6
I was also entering what info I had, and wow, is that ever tedious!! Uh.....yes, yes it is!
CaliforniaPeggy
Aug 2018
#16
You may enjoy these two incredible movies 'The Emigrants' and it's sequel, 'The New Land'
braddy
Aug 2018
#7
A lot of the photos I've seen from this branch of my family are informal ones.
CaliforniaPeggy
Aug 2018
#26
Thank you so much, my dear Uncle Joe! I love to share the beauty I see.
CaliforniaPeggy
Aug 2018
#28