Old time portraits

[kpaavola Registered Find all posts View Profile Close kpaavola]

I thought it might be fun to share some old-time portraits of our Finnish ancestors. Photography has always been a hobby of mine but soon I hope to make it a profession, hence my interest in this thread.

I have attached a wedding portrait of my grandparents: William Toivo Maijala b.1895, parents from Liminka and Helmie Elizabeth Karhoja b.1897, parents from Kälviä. They were married in Heinola, Leaf Lake Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota in 1914. This photo has always been my all time favorite of the ones my mother had.

Please share yours!

[granskare Registered Find all posts View Profile Close granskare]

Charles & Minnie Kujansuu

That's how they are listed in the 1920 census where my mother's age is given as 11/12

This image is one I had made from a metal oval shaped picture that I saw when I was young. It was handcolored but I have no idea who in the family has possession of it.

She came from somewhere near Alahärmä, born Huhtala said my mother and he is a bit of a mystery.

His immigration fi info showed a passport issued in Kristiinakaup. - he is listed as Karl and on the passenger list, he is Karl J. Kujansuu, born in 1877. A friend checked the church record down at Kristinestad and could not find him so he was just living down there when he got his passport in 1901.

Chuck

[nikus Registered Find all posts View Profile Close nikus]

How about these guys?
Does anybody happen to know them?
I guess 21 means 1921.
Probably Vancouver Island.
Torbjörn

[kpaavola Registered Find all posts View Profile Close kpaavola]

Hope that tree didn't fall!!

(I resized your image to keep it to a size that Hasse prefers, ~600 pixels wide.)

[Gwenda Registered Find all posts View Profile Close Gwenda]

Well OK, How Do I do it Then?

Hello Kevin and all

Nice thread you have started here and I want to send a piccie of my grandfather Matts Sundberg and his then fiancee Mary Louisa Spence to this thread. I have it saved on my "desktop" but, excuse ignorance, where do I go from here?? Cannot see any "attach" buttons, so need help!!!

[kpaavola Registered Find all posts View Profile Close kpaavola]

Hi Gwenda,
When you hit "post reply" and the new screen appears, after you type your message in the large box, look to towards the bottom, just above the "Submit Reply" button. There, you'll see a "Browse" button in the "Attach file" section. Click the browse button and navigate to where the file is located on your computer.

Please double check to make sure the size isn't too overwhelming. As a general rule, a landscape oriented pic fits well at ~600 pixels wide. Portrait oriented ~600 high.

hth,

[Gwenda Registered Find all posts View Profile Close Gwenda]

Thanks Kevin, Here Goes

Hopefully, this reasonably computer literate, but not completely so, member will now be able to attach the photograph of my grandfather and grandmother as mentioned a couple of messages ago.

Fingers crossed.

[kpaavola Registered Find all posts View Profile Close kpaavola]

a tip

Sorry Gwenda. It didn't seem to work. I checked the pending attachments page and it wasn't there.

One thing I've noticed in the past, though I only had it happen once, is if you preview your message with an attachment, the picture won't show. I just boldly attach then submit.

[Gwenda Registered Find all posts View Profile Close Gwenda]

Think I`ll Give Up

Thanks for the tips Kevin. I tried them all and didn`t do a "preview" but guess my grandpa and grandma just don`t want to be shown. Sorry.

[kpaavola Registered Find all posts View Profile Close kpaavola]

Send it to me and I'll post it for you.

[kpaavola Registered Find all posts View Profile Close kpaavola]

Here's Gwenda's photo

from original post, Gwenda wrote: Nice thread you have started here and I want to send a piccie of my grandfather Matts Sundberg and his then fiancee Mary Louisa Spence to this thread.

[Karen Norwillo Registered Find all posts View Profile Close Karen Norwillo]

Hopefully this will work. Attaching a photo of my grandparents taken in 1904. Gabriel Mikonpoika Sulasalmi holding my aunt, Inga, and Anna Lovisa Andersdotter Långsjö and my aunt Cecilia, standing. This was taken in Michigan.

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I'm feeling giddy with success. Attached is a much later photo of my Sulasalmi grandparents. Karen

[kpaavola Registered Find all posts View Profile Close kpaavola]

Another

This is a portrait of my father's father (Henrik Sanfred Josephsson Paavola b.September 25, 1883 in Kaustinen), mother (Silla Maria Karlsdr Wiitala b. September 18, 1881 in Lohtaja) and my father's oldest sister, Sylvia b.1906 who is still living. This was taken in Iron Belt shortly after they arrived in the US. They came from Kokkola where my grandfather was a policeman.

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Picture of my great aunt Alina Anderson and her son Rudolph.
Text on backside of the picture :1934 Alina and Rudolph 10 years,
picture was sent to my grandpa in 1934.Picture probably taken in New York because they lived there.

christer