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52 Fridays, Week 8: "Books"

It's Friday again! This has really become a fun project for me. It's challenging and something I'm doing to help me grow in my photography. Thanks to the girls on the Bloom Forum for letting me join their group!

This week's theme of books was really easy for me. My husband has all these old books!!! We even have a set of encyclopedias from 1902! But this book is my favorite, for so many reasons! It's my father-in-law's record of his time in WWII. It's b&w photography! It's old!! (Can you tell I LOVE LOVE old, vintage things?) It's history! - and not just history you find in a textbook - but someone close to us who lived it! My husband will forever have the memory of what life was like for his dad during the war through his dad's eyes. And what a gift for our son to be able to have that part of history in his own home. My father-in-law did a pretty good job of writing on the back of most of the pictures... so I shared what he wrote with you and some of my favorite pictures. I wish you could see all of them - they are amazing! The first picture is the book with the jacket my father-in-law wore as part of his uniform in WWII. Hmmmm... I'm thinkin' vintage photoshoot with someone in that jacket! That may be on the docket for later! Hope you enjoy..........































Okay, now click on over to Shea Parker/Clinton Mississippi Child Photographer to see her take on "books". Then follow the link on her blog and keep going until you end up back at me.....

13 comments:

TOLIVER FAMILY said...

breathtaking!! love this kelly

The Rancher's Wife Kate said...

Wow! I have always loved history and reading the thoughts and feelings of those long gone.
Beautiful Kelly!

Jayme Franklin said...

This is amazing and what a treasure to have. Great job

Unknown said...

These are incredible. A seriously moving post, Kelly. Thank you for sharing it. Oh, and the lighting in some of those images is amazing!!!

krista said...

Wow! Very cool - I went through your post a couple of times to take it all in! My favorite picture is your father in law laying on the bunk - that light is gorgeous! Thank you for sharing this, Kelly! Always, look forward to your posts!

Shauna said...

Oh my WORD.. these are so, so wonderful... what an absolute treasure to have these. I adore this post :)

Shea Parker said...

WOW! What a treasure to have and you shared it so beautifully

melissa deakin said...

oh my goodness...that is an incredible family treasure.
these photos are amazing.
gorgeous work, kelly!

jessidee said...

Ok seriously, this is just amazing! I am just fascinated by the images. I can't even image what life was like then. What an awesome book to have...I'm jealous!

KellyW said...

These are just priceless, Kelly. Thanks for sharing both the photographs and the captions. I love seeing historical events through a real person's eyes.

Lisa Turner said...

Wow what a wonderful gift he gave you.

Gigi said...

Love love love these! So cool to have a piece of history, especially photographs! Wow!

Chrissy said...

Wow, Kelly! I love the way you've shared this, the photos are amazing!

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