In this picture, Evelyn examines a batch of her photographs.
A young Montana couple finds refuge from the harsh Montana winter in their snug kitchen.
A farm family is preparing a meal for their field hands.
On a bright sunny day, Mrs. Cameron captured a heavily laden chuck wagon.
She also captured her own shadow, maybe even intentionally.
Evelyn and her husband had two pet wolves that she often photographed with him with the vast mountains and plains behind them. As a writer, I'm thankful for people like this woman, who preserved this era for posterity in photographs. I love perusing historical photographs wherever I can find them.
One of my aunts collected family history information, and photographs of my mother's family. And my brother has a collection of family historical photos from our father's side of the family. He's scanned many of them and sent the files to me.
Do you have a collection of historical photos from your family's history? How have you used them?
All three books of my McKenna's Daughters Series are available now. Maggie's Journey was awarded the BRMCRC Selah Award for Historical Novel. Mary's Blessing was a Selah Award finalist for Historical Romance. And I received word this week that Catherine's Pursuit is a NTRWA Carolyn Reader's Choice Award Finalist for this year. The winner will be announced in a month or two.
I'm also on the production team, as screenwriter, for the Christian movie, Abducted to Kill. We're now in the pre-production crowd-funding campaign. Please pray for a successful campaign. You can check it out here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/abducted-to-kill-the-christian-movie/x/6657416
I love old photographs too; every one looks like a novel all its own. I do not have many family photos, but I would've enjoyed them if I did. :-)
ReplyDeleteI know, Tamara, I wish we had more from my family, too.
DeleteI love old photographs too; every one looks like a novel all its own. I do not have many family photos, but I would've enjoyed them if I did. :-)
ReplyDeleteI love old photographs too; every one looks like a novel all its own. I do not have many family photos, but I would've enjoyed them if I did. :-)
ReplyDeleteI bet this lady would have been able to tell some interesting stories about all the places and things she photographed. I loved these stories of adventurous pioneer women who helped make history. My dad was a photographer in the navy and took lots of pictures of my sister and I when we were small. I don't have hardly any of my parents when they were young though. Wish I did.
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by, Vickie. I have a few from my father's family, but not many from my mother's or my stepmom. My mother died when I was seven years old, and my father remarried when I was eight.
DeleteA day in a life! So love ancestral photos ~ I have passed mine on to daughters. Kathleen ~ Lane Hill House
ReplyDeleteCongrats on Catherine being a finalist for that award! I'll keep y'all in my prayers! My mom took most of my grandparents' photo albums after they passed away and had helped my grandma label their backs as best as possible with correct names/years/ages. I've got copies of some of them in frames. I rec'd a few from my dad's side of the family, but my Mimi & Aunt Edna weren't very good about keeping old pics around, much less writing info on their backs!
ReplyDeleteInteresting post on your family and Montana. I don't have a lot of family history except that our family is from N.Ireland and we have family pictures only. Thanks for your wonderful books, Lena. sharon, CA wileygreen1(at)yahoo(dot)com
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