I've never been much of a hat person, but. . . I've been saving photos from the Swedish Roots website, and I've categorized a lot of them so I can use them for blog posts. If you've read "The Higher the Hair", "Pull Up a Chair", "These Boots", or even "Mad About Plaid", you'll know …
. . .the closer to God? This lady was identified on the Swedish Roots website as Louise Eklundh, 1854-1879. "The higher the hair, the closer to God" is a quote that has been attributed to Dolly Parton, though I couldn't find anything online to confirm that she was actually the first to coin the phrase. …
Vintage Children's Photography In "Mad About Plaid", I asked the question: What was the deal with standing toddlers on chairs by themselves for photos in Victorian and Edwardian times? I never did find the answer, but I found plenty of photos to illustrate what I meant. These kids from the Swedish Roots website are adorable, …
Victorian and Edwardian wedding photography and more. I don't know who the people in these photos are, but they were taken in Sweden, and they are somehow connected to my family history. I remember when I first saw them, I was surprised that the brides were wearing black. But after a bit of research, I …
It's one thing when the photos are from your own family. You may have tons of them. You may even put them up in your house as vintage decor. You may know who they were, or you may not. You may learn about them from a variety of sources. You might even visit the "old …
Swedish Pets from Long Ago First, I doubt Foster has any Swedish in him. But he enjoys looking "vintage" in the front room, so I tried editing this image to make it look even more "vintage". We do have some vintage pet photos in our family, but not a lot. I really like this one, …
It's in the genes. . . Awhile back, I decided to look for family resemblances on this really cool website, to which I was introduced by my Swedish blogging friend Thérèse. In my post "Swedish Roots", I showed a picture of a relative (or family friend?) named JP Svensson along with an unknown person from …
Or is it Tartan? In looking through the fabulous vintage photos on the Swedish Roots website, one thing that caught my eye was the abundance of different plaids, mainly in women and children's clothes. Of course, one of the first things I had to do was look up "plaids in Victorian/Edwardian times", and I found …
Nana's Whimsical World 