My husband’s great-granduncle and wife c. 1900 in western Virginia. Born of an enslaved woman and her owner, he was raised as a free “mulatto” by his white stepmother (who co-owned his biological mother). Moved out of town and passed as white throughout his adult life.

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My great, great grandparents. Satu-Mare, Romania. Some time in the 1920s-they didn't survive the camps.

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My rather mean-looking ancestor, born May 7, 1798 (died 1885 at the age of 87)

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Wedding portrait, Minnesota, 1911. Note the delicate lace on the bride’s high-necked blouse.

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My GF is standing behind my GGF - circa 1910

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My grandfather's graduation photo from Yale medical school, 1927.

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Maternal Great Grandparents' Wedding Day, 1903. 13 Years Later, He would Go Into Town On An Errand And Never Return

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Oldest surviving family photo (1880’s-90’s)

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My handsome looking great-great grandparents, 1890s.

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This is the last known photo of Nicola Tesla. On 7th January 1943, Tesla died alone in the New Yorker Hotel. By the end of his life, he was penniless and had become a vegetarian

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A young couple, c.1880s. The woman is wearing a locket with the man's portrait in it.

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Postmortem photographs from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century showing how families preserved memories of their loved ones when photography was still a new and rare art

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Wedding Day, 1912