Works For Me: Vintage Family Photos

If you have any old, yellowed family photos, don't just toss them in a box--use them!  I love framing old family photos and using them to decorate--it's beautiful and meaningful.  (You might consider scanning the photos and keeping the originals somewhere safe.  You can decorate with the copies.  Then spread a little familial good will and e-mail the digital copies to other family members, so they can use them too!)  Hang them in your house, and tell your kids about those relatives from long ago.  Things like this help families build a sense of history.

Thanks to a family with a long history of pack-ratting old photos, I have these treasures all over my house.  Below are a few of my favorites.

This is my dad, in 1949.  I don't normally post pictures of my kids' faces on this blog, but you know what?  My son Joseph's face looks exactly like this:

This is my great aunt Irma with her best girlfriends in 1921 (someday I'm going to have to post their whole story, because let me tell you, these girls knew how to have fun):

Here's my great grandmother at the turn of the last century, grouped with my husband's great grandparents (in front).  Hubs got his great-grandfather's handsome genes:

That's a sweet, affordable and lovely decorating idea that works for me!

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[Blue Castle]

I love this idea. I want my kids to be surrounded by their family's history and this would be a good way to do that. Now if I can just get my mom and m-i-l to share their pictures. :)

[CarolinaMama]

The pictures are such a blessing when the children start to link it all together, this is Grandma and this is Grandma's mama, etc. Thanks, you did a great job!

[Dave Roller]

That was a good one, Thanks

[Raise Them Up]

There is something absolutely captivating in old black and white pictures. I can't resist them! Even in those country magazines where they publish readers' pictures, I find myself smiling and studying the photos. Somehow, it doesn't matter that I don't know the subjects. I still feel strangely drawn. Call me strange, but I usually find myself wondering what their life was really like.

Great idea, and your pictures look lovely!

[Raise Them Up]

I love old pictures. It doesn't matter if I know the family. I still find myself smiling and studying the image, trying to imagine just what their life was like in their time.

Your pictures look great! It makes me want to dig a few of my prescious ones out of their albums and display them. Thanks for a wonderful idea!

[Kim@ForeverWherever]

It's neat to look at old photos and think of what life was like back then. I love them! Thanks for sharing your collection AND for hosting WFMW!

-Kim

[Laryssa @ Heaven In The Home]

I really like the picture of your great aunt Irma with her best girlfriends. Sometimes we forget that they were real people just like us!

[boysmum2]

13 minutes after you post this post and still I only manage to get #49 spot, geez everyone is in a hurry to link today! We have some beautiful old photo's on our stair way, they look so lovely

[TrentTribe]

Beautiful. Just beautiful.

[Raise Them Up]

Hey, Shannon,
Please feel free to delete one (or two) of my comments...I really thought somehow I deleted the first myself. So I wrote another.

I've been fighting cantankerous computers all day...and now I'm creating my own havoc. Who needs computer helpin that area?? Certainly not me!

On the flip side, three comments are better than none, no? I really do love your pictures!

[Reading Rosie]

My mother does this and the pictures do look lovely.

[Nicole]

Love that idea. What kills me is when you go to estate or garage sales and they are selling vintage pictures. Makes me sad every time!

[pendy]

Looks like my house...I have loads of old pictures and enjoy them every day.

[e-Mom]

Your photos are awesome! Nicely done. :~D

[Colleen]

We got my mom a digital picture frame for Christmas and loaded it with lots of scanned old photos. My mom LOVES it. My brother even scanned a lot of her old slide pictures, which hadn't been looked at in decades because...well, who sits around and sets up a slide show anymore?

Also, we inherited my husband's nanny's dining room furniture and I've always made sure there's a picture of her sitting on the buffet. I like the idea of pairing the picture with an item that was significant to them.

[Stretch Mark Mama]

My 4YO looks just like my Dad, too, and that continually amazes me and freaks me out, all at the same time.

[Lisa @ Stop and Smell the Chocolates]

Those are lovely pictures! I do have a few around that I should get out and put up in a few places.

[May the Beauty]

We have so many of those that are just sitting around my mother's house. I'll see if I can "borrow" them and beautify both of our lives. Thanks!

[zobars]

thanks for reminding me about this. i actually have a few pics of my grandparents that my sister had sent to me after scanning them and I want to do this for them.

[se7en]

These look lovely!!! I have a couple of photos of my mom and her mom and me when we were babies- and no-one can tell the difference - too funny!

[Zoe in England]

I have lots of old photos scanned in, but not printed out in frames. I should work on that too. In fact, i used some of my old photos for another Wednesday meme today, yo can check them out further down my main page.

[Mom Of Faith]

I love old photos! Might even be my favorite kind of photos, I just love how classy everyone looks! My aunt has old photos of my great-grandparents and grand parents all over her pre-civil war home. I love it. It adds a sense of where you came from to a house.

[Jenny]

I love having old photos around. Copying them first is a great idea!

[Susan]

Please delete #100. I didn't mean to double post. I don't see the Delete Link next to my name. Sorry.

[Jennifer, Snapshot]

My grandmother has a framed 5 x 7 in her home of her basketball team from jr college -- all lined up in their satin uniforms. It was in the late 30's probably. It's one of the things that I hope to inherit.

Also, as an additional tip -- I have been given some photos that were those small 3 x 3 format pictures, and I took them to a photo shop and they did a great job of blowing them up to 5 x 7, and I gave them as gifts (some of the pictures were ones my mom and dad hadn't seen in a while and had probably forgotten they existed.

[Tidymom]

I LOVE using old family photo's in my house too! Someday I'll have to take a picture of the neat ones in my bedroom that are in the antique frames as well!!

Great idea!!

~Tidymom

[Sheila Gregoire]

I have vintage family photos all over the place, too. I have a wonderful one of my grandfather sitting on the hood of his first car in the 1920s. It's just precious.

And I use them all over the house! They're just more interesting.

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[Okie Sister]

I've been collection old photos from relatives this year as part of my genealogy research. Sadly they are in a box. I did scan them all to my computer. I need to display them. Great idea.

[Sandy toes]

I love old photos..you make me want to go down to storage and pull them out!
-sandy toe

[bia]

one time i came across a vintage photo of a beautiful woman, her hair tied back with a velvet ribbon, and something about the photo spoke to me.

i bought it, and now it's displayed in our study. i consider who a member of the family...a great, great aunt.

[Marla Taviano]

I have old photos all over my house. LOVE THEM. I stole a cute idea from a magazine once using an old window from my parents' house. I'll take a pic and show you.

[Leanne]

Your photographs are beautiful and perfectly displayed.

[Leigh]

This is fabulous! My family started preserving our photos by scanning them about two years ago. My uncle has a terabyte of server space and a website we can all hook into to grab them.

I have a 3 photo frame that I bought at Ikea for like $5 that holds 3 photos of my mom's parents shortly after they were engaged, and my grandpa is in his Navy blues. I particularly like the one that I have in the center where they're all smoochy smoochy. It's very WWII. :)

I have my eye on a collage frame at Michael's that has like 40+ photo spots. I intend to mix all of the old family photos from both sides of the family in there, and hang it in my living room.

[Sarah @ Short Stop]

LOVE this idea!

[Mom on the Run]

I have only color portraits around my house. My mother has a few sepia-toned photos from her mother.

[Lynn]

I have done this too. I think it looks great and I love the black and white look or the sepia toned. I think it is a great way to decorate and also lets our kids know about our relatives.

[Rona]

My sister gave me some old b&w photos several years ago. I took them along with my husband's family photos and made a nice photo collage.
Your post has given me some new inspiration to re-create a new and updated photo collage.

[Kristen]

I love your old pictures. I host a meme on Saturday that encourages us to write down those family stories. Come visit sometime.

[Ann'Re @ Home]

Those are great pics! I love vintage family pictures and I have them all over our home too. I lost my mom just before Christmas and I had a lot of these pictures out at the service. I have one frame that has two pictures, one of my moms kindergarten picture and one of mine. That is one of my favorites. I'll post some pictures tomorrow.

[Melanie]

Love the white matting with the small photos!

[stephanie]

So funny that you posted about this because I have been working on my own collection of family photos and have just been blogging about it.

I'm putting together a room that I am calling my "Heritage Room".

It has been so much fun going through all the photos and remembering stories I've heard from the past, and learning things I never knew before.

[JanMary, N Ireland]

I love to see heritage photos, and imagine the stories of their lives.

So much better to see them displayed than stored in a box and forgotten.

[Jerri]

I adore family photos! Another important thing to remember is to label the backs of photos so that future generations know who they are. You might not be around to tell them!

[Julie From Inmates]

Thanks for sharing... I love photos and I love displaying them. I especially love how the corners of your pics are rounded on your blog. Very fancy =)

PS: Please delete my first link (I forgot to add the title). I don't see a delete button next to my link like I normally do.

[Penny Raine]

I have several old photos I display also, got some really cute antique looking frames at Walmart 2 for a dollar! Yard sales are also a great place. I have a great pic of my mom in her wedding dress, back from 1960.
blessings, Penny Raine
http://pennyraine.com/blog

[Trish]

I would really like to put more family pictures up around our house. Both of my grandfathers took tons of pictures; I really should make this a higher priority. Thanks for the reminder!

[suzannah]

LOVE irma and her girlfriends! please share their story:)

[beyondjustmom]

We put together a scrapbook for both of our parents' anniversaries and discovered fabulous pictures. Those of the grandparents as children, who look just like mine, are definitely my favorites.

[Swank Girl]

I love this idea so much. I'm definitely going to do it and post it on my blog in a little while. What a fabulous idea! My family has so many old pictures and I've never thought to put them up in my home, but they look so good in your bookshelves and I think I have almost idential built-in bookshelves in my home so it makes me want to do the same!

Thanks for the idea!

[Kara]

Love these ideas to remind us of where we come from! Very cool idea.

[Sharon]

Great ideas!

I just linked my first WFMW post...I hope it works. :-)

[Suz]

Great idea! They are all to often put away in photo books never to be looked at!

[Storm]

Great ideas and use of old photos. Kudos.

[Jewel]

Thank for another load of hints and tips Shannon!

[Kimberlee]

Fantastic idea.

[Sarah (Real Life)]

Great idea. I think I have some pics of my parents and grandparents when they were little.

I finally got me video up for my Climbing Wall post!

[Sandra]

What a blessing to have those treasured photos!

[GiBee]

You put pictures in your kitchen? They don't get yucky???

[emily]

Beautiful. We don't have a lot of older photos, but my grandma gave me one of my great-grandparents when my husband and I got married. My husband is Jon and my great-grandfather was John and I am named after my great-grandmother so it was special.

[Jen]

I love old photos too. Wonderful tip!

['Becca]

(I'm not seeing a way to do the Mr. Linky...but my link will be behind my name, right?)

I always enjoy seeing other people's family photos and using the ones hung in my house to start conversations with guests.

When my son was 3 years 4 months old and I was having a hard time with his annoying behavior, I got out a photo of myself at 3 years 4 months and put it in the corner of my dresser mirror where I saw it every day. It helped to remind me of how it felt to be little, and to be more compassionate with my son!

[Crayl]

I adore old photos, even if I don't know who's in them. :)

[LFinn]

Great idea! My son is named for his great-grandfather, and we have a gorgeous vintage print of him hanging in our home. That will be great when Boy is older to use to tell him about his name and heritage.

[Jen]

I just added my first WFMW. Thanks for all the great ideas.

[Josie]

I love this. I have many old photos that I've been meaning to frame. This might just be the inspiration that I needed! Thanks for another great idea.

[Melissa - Bumblebaby Mommy]

I love the list of everyone's tips. Thanks!

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[Kelly]

Can't wait to read about great aunt irma!

[Hollie]

Hey Shannon I love old photos, great pics . I cant find Mr Linky tonight did you close off EARLY, it is 7 here Eastern time.

[Melissa]

All the links are gone - and I tried it on two different browsers, Firefox and Safari.

But, I love your idea, and you are awesome for hosting this every week. I feel like I need to bring a hostess gift!

[Heather]

Hi Shannon,

Thanks for the encouragement to put out photos. I can't find Mr. Linky either...

[Heather L.]

I agree. This is a great way to decorate! I love the way they look!

[jennielynn]

I've done this with several of the family photos from my husbands family. With his parents gone and his siblings so distant, it brings a sense of his family into our home. But our favorite is a snapshot of my grandfather, age 20, in a leather cap, posed next to his Indian motorcycle. I've got the rebel gene!

[Pam]

When I was one year old (59 years ago)my aunt crochet a dress for my one year photo.
My mom saved the dress and I had my daughter's one year photo taken in it....when her daughter turned one year old we had her photo taken in the dress. The three photos hang side-by-side in my home...and I love seeing them everyday.
God Bless, Pam, South Bend

[Joanna- TheChoreChart]

Hi shannon, can you delete post 54? ugh my links weren't working again! I fixed it and it's 273 now. I'm so embarrassed!

Thanks!!!

[susieshomemade]

Those pictures are awesome! I love old photos.

[lynn @ queenofthecastlerecipes]

This is a sweet idea. And I love that you can scan photos and easily share them with the extended family. :)

[Lorie]

A few years ago for Christmas I gave my husband a double frame with a picture of his grandparents on their 50th wedding anniversary & a copy of their marriage certificate (the original is in a safe spot). He loved it. I've also got a poster sized print of my grandparents right before he sailed off for WWII. I've always wantedto frame a picture of my dad to put in my son's room but I haven't done that, yet. I love this kind of stuff & plan to do more at some point. It's so easy & inexpensive.