tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107217787612960844.post983110002887905100..comments2024-03-27T16:59:25.952+01:00Comments on Greetings from the Past: Sepia Saturday: SnowMonica T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08689139847780132966noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107217787612960844.post-91757832369669552452014-02-03T15:49:12.173+01:002014-02-03T15:49:12.173+01:00Love the man-drawn sled. It looks to be rather su...Love the man-drawn sled. It looks to be rather substantial, and I like that.<br /><br />That's a beautiful wall at the estate. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107217787612960844.post-76134891462490165122014-01-27T22:01:51.011+01:002014-01-27T22:01:51.011+01:00Oh what fun it is to play and dress up for the sno...Oh what fun it is to play and dress up for the snow. Great photos, I really enjoyed the first one, as they are being pulled through the snow!21 Witshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071361755673253230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107217787612960844.post-27114383654195364482014-01-27T18:25:27.728+01:002014-01-27T18:25:27.728+01:00A quite fascinating story illustrated by some wond...A quite fascinating story illustrated by some wonderful photographs. The photographs have such a feeling for the era in which they were taken.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107217787612960844.post-20783871478451763272014-01-27T16:09:30.817+01:002014-01-27T16:09:30.817+01:00Fine old photos enhanced by the story behind them....Fine old photos enhanced by the story behind them.Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107217787612960844.post-59006118229704424352014-01-27T05:29:17.326+01:002014-01-27T05:29:17.326+01:00Fascinating as always. Pulling that sledge looks ...Fascinating as always. Pulling that sledge looks like hard work!Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107217787612960844.post-88012669849232127492014-01-27T01:31:48.590+01:002014-01-27T01:31:48.590+01:00How really interesting...and I do hope you keep on...How really interesting...and I do hope you keep on doing your research. It's so great when it pays off, like it did here.Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107217787612960844.post-83860497507578393002014-01-26T20:47:35.827+01:002014-01-26T20:47:35.827+01:00Correction (26.1.2014): I just found the answer in...Correction (26.1.2014): I just found the answer in an email from last year from my relative Bengt who has been filling in some details in Gerda’s history for me. This Oakhill is not in the United States at all (as I assumed, knowing that Gerda travelled a lot) but in Stockholm, Sweden! It was built in 1910 for Prince Wilhelm and his wife Maria Pavlovna. However, they got divorced in 1914 (big scandal), so who lived there in 1921, I don’t know. Since 1926 it’s been the Italian Embassy in Sweden. (There’s no end to the things one learn by blogging!) But according to my relative, there is a document with illegible signature among Gerda’s papers, indicating that she did work for someone at Oakhill in Stockholm in 1921.Monica T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08689139847780132966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107217787612960844.post-55574764261182292122014-01-26T13:46:54.280+01:002014-01-26T13:46:54.280+01:00Lovely old family photos in the snow. The story of...Lovely old family photos in the snow. The story of the wall is interesting.diane bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002292118984909883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107217787612960844.post-70276558156926004532014-01-26T13:11:38.134+01:002014-01-26T13:11:38.134+01:00wonderful photos from the past, and i enjoy them e...wonderful photos from the past, and i enjoy them even though I don't know them. i love that sled pic. i noticed the men are all dressed in boots but the ladies are freezing their feet with pretty shoes on...MadSnapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163140037276496519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107217787612960844.post-24228863036213585142014-01-26T05:37:52.920+01:002014-01-26T05:37:52.920+01:00The sled photo is wonderful. I thought it might be...The sled photo is wonderful. I thought it might be a working sledge for moving stones but they appear to be on a seat so perhaps it is a clever way of getting women in long skirts over the wet snow and icy slush. Your story of the wall is another example of the way the internet connects people around the world.Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107217787612960844.post-91279975235148372792014-01-26T01:00:49.579+01:002014-01-26T01:00:49.579+01:00A nice collection of photos. I wish I had access ...A nice collection of photos. I wish I had access to grandparent photo albums on my side of the family. The problem is those grandparents didn't keep albums. Almost all the pictures any of us in the family have are loose photos - many unidentified. You're very lucky to have those albums to peruse.La Nightingailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769079547153094005noreply@blogger.com