Grandpa loved BOBBY BARE and played the song "MARIE LAVEAU" for us kids on his cassette tape in his truck as he took us to his cabin. I remember sweating my buns off in the home made sauna he built and not being able to breath, lol. I remember deep sea fishing and seeing THE all-time biggest Halibut of my then short life....I remember sprouts being grown by Gma in the kitchen and Gpa hating them....and covering for him when he went for a (smoke) "Break" in the garage. Good times we had. I'll never forget them.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...