Never discard family photographs

You're right Roy.  Debbie has a BIG framed photo of her Great, Great Grandfather.  The picture gave her the creeps so it's in a closet facing the wall.  

I love old pictures and have an oval portrait of my mom's parents on their wedding day .

Hello Roy,  I agree, we have a photo of my great grand parents that goes to the oldest person in the family then it is past on to the next oldest.

Never is right Roy. Family memories are priceless.

Roy,

So true, and what a great picture you shared with us.  Wishing you and Dolores a lovely evening.  A

Roy ...I wish when I was young I had kept a lot of the photos that were laying around my grandmothers home.

Very nice post!

Have a great night!

You are right Roy... family photos should be treasured and certainly not thrown away.

What a great old time photo. This has not been a problem for me with the discarding, I am a natural pack rat.

Roy,

 What a wonderful keepsake I love looking at old pictures knowing where I came from! Thanks for sharing with us!

Amazing picture, Roy.  I wish my parents had listened to your advice.  I have very few old photos of my family.

What a precious photo to have. I also very much treasure things of this nature. Thanks for sharing!

Wonderful photo, Roy. You know, when I see family homes destroyed in the wake of wild fires, earthquakes, mudslides, tornadoes, hurricanes, explosions and such, I feel so sorry for the people. Usally survivors tell us they are OK because they still have each other. However, one main thought I have is - they lost a treasure; they lost their photographs. How sad.

I often wish that there would be a central place for found photos - where people could check in just to see. Last year there was a very destructive tornadoe that leveled several southern Illinois communities. I read in the paper the following week that a gentleman 2 miles down the road found a framed 8 X 10  picture of a woman and wanted to find the owner. It happened to be a framed picture and the only photo a woman living in one of the leveled communities had of her Mother who was deceased. It was a beautiful story and captured in our local papers.