Comments on: Old farm photos revisited

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:52:05 +0000

You're welcome to anything in the photoset, though a link back to this post or to the Flickr page would be appreciated. I don't know who the photographer was.

By: W. C. Julian

W. C. Julian — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:08:28 +0000

We are looking for pictures of early 1900 Rolling stores pulled by horses or mules.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:54:14 +0000

Hi Renee -

Yes. Click on the photos in this set and read the captions.

Are you a descendent?

By: Renee Schroyer

Renee Schroyer — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:28:03 +0000

Hello-

Great pics! Do you have any additional info on the people in the photo?

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 24 May 2007 20:50:48 +0000

marlyat2 – I’m very glad to hear you say that, because that’s how I hoped things would appear to regular readers – who are not unlike the hummingbirds in my imagination, come to think of it.

pepektheassassin – Hey, thanks! I’m glad you’ve enjoyed your visit. Come again!

By: pepektheassassin

pepektheassassin — Thu, 24 May 2007 18:39:30 +0000

I absolutely LOVE what you have done with these pictures–your observations and comments are perfect. You bring them back to life, to the day, the hour!

By: marlyat2

marlyat2 — Thu, 24 May 2007 14:58:35 +0000

You know, I like the way your blog accrues space and years. Plummer’s Hollow just gets bigger and bigger, and more detailed and lovely.

And all this time, the hummingbirds are watching.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 24 May 2007 10:45:27 +0000

Lucy - I think the relative difficulty of making a photograph in that era perhaps made even the amateurs spend more time composing their shots than the average snapshooter today, I don't know. But I can't discount the influence of nostalgia on my perception of them. old portrait paintings - Thanks for stopping by. As I just explained to Leslee, no, I am not related to these people in any way. I simply live in the same house where they stayed that summer. To see larger versions of the photos, which should allow you to see the faces more clearly, click through to their Flickr pages and hit the "all sizes" icon above the photos. More information about the photos is included in the photoset page linked to at the beginning of this post. More old photos, and a wealth of other historical information about the farm, is available in the History section of the Plummer's Hollow website.

By: old portrait paintings

old portrait paintings — Thu, 24 May 2007 07:35:19 +0000

I couldn’t see the faces of the people in your pictures. Are those old photos? I presume that the people in these photos are close to you. Are they some sort of relatives?

I’m just so happy that you never tried to edit or distort the photos. They seem so natural and just like an antique figurine, their cost is more than a fortune.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 24 May 2007 04:49:45 +0000

Beautiful. I often think that with all the ubiquity and virtuosity of modern photography, these old ones are still the most beautiful. Makes me question my sense of pointlessness of keeping anything like that, if only one person at the other end of life can pick them up again and make them come alive… but these days there’s so much of everything.