My Old Family Album

As I shuffle through boxes of old photos, I often set special ones aside.

You've probably figured out by now that I am especially fond of older technologies. Photography was fast becoming a popular pastime at about the same time phonographs and radios appeared in family parlors. Surviving pictures open a window into the way our ancestors lived. I love to see the old cars and farm equipment. Don't throw those old pictures away, you may have treasures of your own!

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My mother's ancestors. The Aegler farm during the depression. What kind of engine is running this buzz saw?
The girl in front is Hazel Ruth Carls, Grandma Bardenwerper, my father's mom. She died in 1979. Behind are her sisters, Pearl (left) and Beulah.

My father's ancestors. Great Grandpa Findenkeller after a good day at the fishin' hole. C. 1920.
Here is Dad with his '50 Hudson Hornet in front of the officers' family barracks at Fort Bliss, Texas, C.1952

Another picture of Great Grandpa, with Grandma on the porch of their Kimberly, Wisconsin home. His first wife, my grandmother's mother, died soon after Hazel was born. This woman was was her step mother.
Great Grandpa John Aegler and his brand new 1917 Model "T". Clara Marie, my Grandmother is in the front with Great Grandma Marie Alma in the back. John died in 1935. Marie died in 1971, Clara in 1995.

My mother's ancestors. The Aegler farm during the depression. What kind of engine is running this buzz saw?	The girl in front is Hazel Ruth Carls, Grandma Bardenwerper, my father's mom. She died in 1979. Behind are her sisters, Pearl (left) and Beulah.
My father's ancestors. Great Grandpa Findenkeller after a good day at the fishin' hole. C. 1920.	Here is Dad with his '50 Hudson Hornet in front of the officers' family barracks at Fort Bliss, Texas, C.1952
Another picture of Great Grandpa, with Grandma on the porch of their Kimberly, Wisconsin home. His first wife, my grandmother's mother, died soon after Hazel was born. This woman was was her step mother.	Great Grandpa John Aegler and his brand new 1917 Model "T". Clara Marie, my Grandmother is in the front with Great Grandma Marie Alma in the back. John died in 1935. Marie died in 1971, Clara in 1995.