Memory Lane Photos

This man wears a textured brown suit, green tie, and a small lapel pin, looking slightly above the camera with a relaxed expression. William J. E. Collins made the portrait in Waynesboro.

My father on the left with his two brothers, all grown now. His oldest brother is in the center and his youngest brother is on the right. I believe this was taken shortly before my father left to serve in the Marine Corps. What makes this photograph especially poignant is the contrast with the earlier picture of these same three boys as children with their father. By the time this photograph was taken, their father had died in an accident connected to the war effort. Here they are years later, standing together without him, with another goodbye ahead of them as my father prepared to leave for military service.

The bowler hat, round spectacles, rings and burgundy bow tie make this one of my favorites from a recent client restoration project. Photographs like this remind me how many wonderful individual details survive when an old family collection is preserved.

This sibling portrait was part of a client family collection I recently worked on. Animation lets each child have a little individual personality while preserving the wonderful clothing and character of the original photograph.

Two young women dressed in white pose together with flowers in Phillipsburg, Kansas, around 1905 to 1915. Their lace dresses, large hair bows, bouquets, and carefully formal pose suggest a special occasion worth remembering. Photographed by George A. Locke.

A young man with neatly parted hair wears a dark suit, light shirt, and patterned tie for his formal portrait. William J. E. Collins photographed him in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.