Something Old

My Father In Law gave me this camera a few weeks ago after my Mother In Law passed away.  It was one of her first camera's given to her by her Mother In Law.  The Brownie Target Six-20  was introduced in 1946 and sold for $3.50 which would have been a lot of money for a farm wife following the great depression.

My Father In Law is the handsome gentleman in the uniform on the left following his return from England after World War II.  He is posing with his Dad (my husband's Grandfather) and the picture was probably taken by my husband's Grandmother.

Here's the story of the beautiful lady on the right.  When my husband's father was leaving for the war, all his friends were taking photos of their girlfriends.  Not having a girl friend at the time, he wanted to take a photo with him too. He found this lovely lady in a magazine, took a picture of it because he thought she was pretty enough to take along so no one could call his girl friend ugly.

Texture Tuesday

While on vacation last September, my daughter and I took in an American Civil War Reenactment in Luray, Virginia.  Part of the day was a trip to the old school that would have been turned into a hospital.  With medical supplies being cut off to the south, alternatives needed to be found to treat emergencies as well as common illnesses such as headaches.  As I listened to the young lady give her presentation I was looking at the jars of herbs on the table and thinking this would be a perfect photo for a texture.  I'm not sure what each of these herbs would have been used for as I was concentrating to much on getting the photo.  I've been waiting to use this photo and Kim Klassen's challenge of using her texture Felicity seemed perfect for this one.

This was the scene looking out the window. The same texture Felicity has been applied to this as well.

Something Old

Trying to finish the year off with photos of something old and the first thing that came to mind was the old sewing machine I have.  It was given to me many years ago by my Mother and Father-In-Law.