Uncle Tom was the man. He was set in his ways. From him we learned alot about love and life. He taught the young boys how to be good men. And you never wanted to bet against him in poker because you would definitely lose. I can remember crawling up in his lap as a child and he would give me 5 in the snoz. When he got sick Father Kane would come to the house and we would have mass right there at the kitchen table.
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...