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Friday, June 13, 2008

Things Look Better With "Shades"

"The future's so bright I gotta [read] SHADES"

Have you visited Shades of the Departed yet? Currently showing: 2nd Edition of Smile For The Camera - A Carnival of Images.

The topic for the 2nd Edition is:

A bouquet of images: belles and beaus throughout history

Stop by and see why "Shades of the Departed" is one of the coolest family history/genealogy sites on the web!

This Victorian-era cabinet card photograph album had a lovely crimson velvet cover under the brass trim and clasp before it faded due to exposure and time. The album was owned by my great grandparents, Ole Martin and Malla Johnson, of Leonard Minnesota, both of whom died in 1948. Like many folks who knew their family and friends well, they did not take the time to mark who was in the images. As a result, there are many faces among the following family names to be indentifed: Basgaard, Johnson, Larson, Pederson/Peterson (Stallen, or Stalin), Strand, and more.