Old Family Photos

I've always loved old family photos; and I've always loved the power of digital to bring old photos back to life. I can now see where Rohan gets his impish grin (my mom), and where Deven gets his good looks (looks a little like my great-great-uncle!)

When I was at Uncle Helly's funeral, Aunt Carolyn allowed me to take 1 small album with some precious images, because I know of a service here in San Francisco that can digitize and fix image problems. Finally, 18 months later, I can report that the service, Digital Pickle, did a beautiful job. Some of the photos were in *very* bad shape; but they did a great job of fixing lines/creases/spots/etc. It wasn't free, but it was absolutely worth the price paid; and I will use them again (and Mom & Dad, next time I'm there, I'm going to ship a lot of what you have there off to Digital Pickle - because they have free shipping, and were so good at scanning and fixing these old images - it's totally worth the price!)

Family members have been emailed a link to the entire album; but I won't add them all as some are private (if you're a friend and want to see 'em, please let me know and I'll send you the link too). Family: I have the high-res versions of these too; that I can share/print/download if you want, as well.

Photos here include:

My Grandma Frieda - a woman for whom I have only 1 faint memory, but I hear was a wonderful person.


My Uncle Helly, Aunt Sigi, Grandma Frieda, my Mom (now "Naani" - she's the infant), and Uncle Joergi - this photo must've been taken in mid-1945, given my mom's age. I know my Mom is going to love this, because very few photos exist of her ages ~ 0-5, because post-war Austria was a tough place, and there simply aren't that many photos like this that exist. The original is so tiny that you can't see my mom's face, but you can in the digitized version, which is wonderful!


Uncle Helly & Uncle Joergi


My Great-Great Uncle, (I don't even know his name, I think the caption in the album said "Motz" but I can't really read it).

There are LOTS more for the family to enjoy, including the only known photo of my grandparents on their wedding day. Please, everyone in the family, check it out -and help me correct any mistakes in the captions! :)