Wordless Wednesday - Missing My Uncle

April 3, 1941 - January 30, 2015

Sometimes life just isn't very fair.

Wordless Wednesday - Aunt Pittypat...Is That You?

That's what I think each time I see this picture.  Aunt Pittypat Hamilton from Gone With the Wind.  No clue who she is though.

Wordless Wednesday - Grandpa in his Classroom

My grandpa, Edward Brown Sr, in his classroom at H.F. Grebey Junior High School, Hazleton, PA

Wordless Wednesday - Rest In Peace, Uncle Lenny

Leonard Lewis Tabor

10 March 1944 - 12 November 2012

Beloved uncle.  Dedicated Chicago Bears fan.

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday - Placing a Face with a Name

I've posted about Aloysius McElwee previously.  I've always wondered what he looked like.  The other week I became acquainted with another cousin in a completely unexpected and delightful way.  I met my (sort-of) cousin, Charles McElwee, by posting and asking questions on my hometown's historical society's Facebook page.  He was such a blessing to have been able to send me a picture of Aloysius to go with the name!  I can't thank him enough!

Wordless Wednesday - God Bless the Cheese Makers!

Romand Kuehl 3rd from left (back row)

My husband's grandfather, Romand Kuehl.  He knew many trades, and cheese making was one of them!  Gosh I love cheese...

Wordless Wednesday - Aunt Mary and Aunt Kay Quirk

Mary and Catherine "Kay" Quirk.

Wordless Wednesday - The Wedding of Eli and Florence Cayemberg

Eli Cayemberg and Florence Villers - April 24, 1886  

Thank you, Lisa Cochrane, for sending me this awesome picture!

Wordless Wednesday - The Unknown Collection

Kellmer's of Hazleton, PA

Trevaskis of Hazleton, PA

Well, nearly.  I'm continuing on with my album of unknown photos.  This is, once again, taken from my Quirk family album of "who the heck are these people?"  This time a double-whammy of sorts.  If you look, the pictures are of the same gentleman, but taken by different photographers in the same city.  It's even the same pose.  I don't know the timeline for Hazleton, Pennsylvania photographers, but what I will have to do is research these two in particular.  Perhaps one took over or branched off from the other and they had the original to make copies from.

Also, a little research may be in order as to what the young man is wearing.  A priest perhaps?  I think so. Maybe finding out who this person was may not be an impossibility then.  Either way, my ancestor had more than one picture in the album and we did have some priests in the family.  Any ideas about the time frame for this photo?  I'd love any hints!

Wordless Wednesday - The Unknown Collection

This is a photo from an album of unknowns.  All I know is that it belonged to ancestors in my Quirk line. I'd love to think that it's a photo of family members.  Who?...well, I have no idea.  Kellmer's studio was in Hazleton, Pennsylvania.

Wordless Wednesday - Harvey's Lake

My mom, her siblings, parents and aunts would go up to Harvey's Lake from Hazleton, Pennsylvania in the summer.  I know they all have very found memories of their time spent at Harvey's Lake.  This is a picture I took from one of the docks in the summer of 2010.

Wordless Wednesday - Four Darts

Pictured above from left to right:  Odile, Mary, Louisa and Desire Dart (or so I'm told)

Odile, Mary, Louisa and Desire Dart are four of the twelve known children of Jean Baptiste Dart Sr and Marie Josephe Podor.

Wordless Wednesday - An Easy Repair

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My grandfather Edward Brown Sr. as a child.  I love how they used to pose people with furniture!  I'm playing a little hooky from my blog right now since I'm at home with family, but I can't keep away from the blog for long, so a quick post and then back to having fun.  Many people have old photos with missing corners.  Just grab the cloning tool on your photo editing software (I use Serif PhotoPlus x2), copy a section that is similar and drag to clone.  Easy!

Wordless Wednesday - Fine Scratches Removed and Edges Repaired

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Another picture that I scanned from my step-father's (James Trunzo) side of the family.  I really need to identify the people in the pictures that I scanned though!

Wordless Wednesday - A Repaired Photo of Two Children

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This was a photo I scanned and repaired last summer.  It is two children in my step-father's (James Trunzo) family.  I just need to figure out who they are!

Wordless Wednesday - Repaired Card Photo

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Wordless Wednesday - The Next Tin Type Repair

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Note to self:  Don't try to repair photos at Chick-Fil-A.  There's too much glare on the screen!

Wordless Wednesday - Repaired Card Photo

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 Not too shabby.  The more I do this, the less I swear when I'm doing it!  See...there are benefits!

Wordless Wednesday - Repaired Card Photo

Original Photo

Adjustment #1

Adjustment #2

Adjustment #3

Final Picture

It's truly amazing what photo software can do!  The only difference between the final product and Adjustment #3 is just adjusting the color to make it more black and white than sepia-toned, but I like the sepia just as much (and I didn't take it completely out of the final picture either).  In fact Adjustment #3 looks a bit sharper to me...maybe I need to call that the final product!