From the Stowe/Williams Family Collection As the weather warms up and Covid restrictions ease, people are traveling more and seeing friends and family members they have missed for too long.  Some are even meeting distant relatives they may never have met before. One of the joys of meeting after a long period of time is sharing photographs.  Hopefully everyone in the photos is identified and the date and place are well documented.  The photo is telling you a story and all the details are evident. But, unfortunately, that is rarely the case.  Some photos may have been identified such as the ones my Aunt Bea did--a man fishing from the shore of a body of water was identified as, "Dad at the lake".  Great!  Whose Dad?  at what lake?  at what occasion?  At least she tried.  That isn't always the case. Don't be steered wrong Sometimes the information given is not correct.  This photo had been identified as a three generation group and as ...

By Stuart Jay Koblentz Haley 1929 Cord L29, car that belonged to Frank Lloyd Wright Photo used by permission of Cheri Sayer . . .In My Merry Oldsmobile Come away with me, Lucille In my merry Oldsmobile Down the road of life we'll fly Automobubbling, you and I Hi! Cyndi asked me to share what I know about using information about automobiles to help date people in pictures. For many people, we have family pictures with our ancestors and family members gathered around the family car. We may (or may not) know who the people are, but most people don't know the year or make of the vehicle in the picture. But if you can look at visual cues, and know how to search on on any search engine that provides an image tab, identifying these vehicles can give a look into a window in time about family members. For a large number of people, all old cars in family pictures can look alike. But they aren't. These tips may help point you into the right direction: Loo...