Family Tree Frog

Alan Burnett from Sepia Saturday says: A public fountain in Queretaro, Mexico. Wheelbarrows that look like a left-over prop from the Flintstones carrying pottery jars that would not be out of place on an archaeological dig. And let us not forget the hats that look a little like traffic cones. There are a number of potential themes you might want to highlight in this week's Sepia Saturday theme image (which comes from the Flickr stream of Cornell University). All you need to do is to post an old image and some new thoughts on or around Saturday 5th March 2016 and then add a link to the list below. Well, I wonder how many of us are going to use the Trevi fountain today? I haven't been to Mexico, but I have been to Rome - does that count?  And yes, I am wearing socks with sandals.  I was dressed by my mother - that's my excuse.  And yes, I will never be wearing a dress that short again! This is an extract from my mother's letter to her father shortly afte...

Alan on Sepia Saturday says "All that Christmas and New Year stuff is behind us and we drive, full speed ahead, into 2014. And our vehicle of choice is a cross between a stretch limo and a country bus. There are plenty of potential prompts to be found in this image which comes from the collection of the Royal Australian Historical Society on Flickr Commons : cars, buses, dams, men in white coats."  c. 1941 I do hope I haven't posted this photo before.  It is another favourite of mine but I know zip about it....other than that's my mother (the little girl) standing smack bang in the front of the photo there.  No grown-ups near her look familiar so maybe her nearest and dearest was taking the photo.  Was it her mother or her father I wonder?  Where were they?  Blue Mountains I'm guessing or maybe Newcastle.... circa 1912-1916 Here's a postcard of the construction of the Cotter Dam.  According to the brochure from the dis...

Tom McLoughlin c 1898 Without a doubt, this has to be my all-time favourite family photo. It used to produce howls of derision at family gatherings. My poor grandfather - although I think he could take a joke and found it quite funny too. He really does look a teensy weensy bit like an alien doesn't he? ET certainly wants to phone home. You can imagine all the comments. Anyway, my maternal grandfather was born 7 July 1898 in William Street, Bathurst to John and Margaret McLoughlin.  He was the eldest of nine children. Did the family come down to Sydney for this photo?  They must have. According to this site Eden George had his studios in George Street Sydney. I think this is what is called a carte-de-visite.  It measures 4.5 inches wide and just over 6.5 inches long.  Or 10.7 x 16.7 cm in metric. If you conduct a search on Trove, but take out "society", you get 243 results for "Eden Studios" in the SMH j...

1948 September Barbara and Kit McLoughlin nee Forfar Here is Photo Number 3 for the February Photo Collage Festival. It is my mother Barbara and her mother Kit walking down the street.  It is typical of many of the photos that I have inherited - candid photos taken by street photographers.  Although in this instance I wonder if Tom McLoughlin , my mother's father, took the photo as there is no studio description on the back of it.  I'm not exactly sure where they are.  I suspect walking down Macquarie Street in Sydney.  What do you think? My mother would have been 12 nearly 13 and her mother would have been 45 years old.  My mother was born 7 December and her mother was born 8 December. So whilst it is officially Spring in Australia in September they are still wearing coats - it hasn't warmed up quite yet. King George VI was on the throne and Ben Chifley was Prime Minister.  James McGirr was the Premier of NSW then - a Catholi...