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It’s difficult to see them, the three little ones in the left corner of the old photograph dated 1933.  But they are there, looking toward the camera from a triangle of shade, three of my grandfather’s eight younger siblings looking with curious stances towards the little house he is building ...

Hopping in the family car for a long drive was always an adventure for us as children.  Many Sunday afternoon drives led to our old family farm, purchased in 1912. Driving down the two-lane highway, we would take special notice of the dip in the road where old, dead trees ...

Louis Braille was like many little boys, he loved spending time with his father. Simon-Rene Braille ran a successful harness shop in the French countryside, and little Louis loved pretending to use Father’s tools until one day an accident with a stitching awl robbed the little one of his sight. ...

What does St. Patrick’s Day bring to mind? Many would say shamrocks and parades, or a pinch for forgetting to wear green. For us Irish folks it’s a celebration of our heritage. But the deeper meaning is that Saint Patrick really lived. He was a Roman, not an Irishman, and ...

The Kodak Instamatic Camera was the newest way to snap a memory in 1963. The production of 50 million of these “24 Hour Cameras” between 1963 and 1970 meant that images on film came to life in a one-day process. Gone were the days where every photograph was developed in ...