jpicsbyjosteinsn My greatgreatgrandmother, born 1839... with my grandaunt (born 1921) on her knee. Born before the first stamp, before Wellington was founded, before the first patent for a sewing machine.View original on lemmy.world127Comments3
jqubed lemmy.world1Hide 1 replySo she’s holding her granddaughter, if I’m running the generations correctly?6
jjosteinsn replylemmy.worldyes. the text over is "Bestemor og mig 3mnd" -- Grandma and me three months ". She, this baby, died an old woman 80+ years later without any kids, never married, afaik never a boyfriend. Only my mother wanted to have her photo album.8
1839... What an amazing photograph, frankly. This is just beyond cool.
So she’s holding her granddaughter, if I’m running the generations correctly?
yes. the text over is "Bestemor og mig 3mnd" -- Grandma and me three months ". She, this baby, died an old woman 80+ years later without any kids, never married, afaik never a boyfriend. Only my mother wanted to have her photo album.