Another photo from the WABAC for me this week and a bit of rainy Saturday morning musing.
My grandfather's older sister and her first child, who was born on 11/11/1920, scanned from the original negative. My best guess is that the little guy, Paul, is about 6 months old in the photo, so this was likely taken in April or May of 1921. Paul will celebrate his 100th birthday this coming Wednesday. His generation is the first to have grown up with ubiquitous still photography, making it possible for my generation to see our parents grow up, virtually from birth, in the photos taken and saved over the past century. I have no confidence that digital files will remain or even be recoverable in 2120. I am confident that the B+W negatives of my grandchildren, that I'm archiving today, will be found by their grandchildren some day.
