What a Picture is Worth: The Sadie and Emma Ray Photography Collection
When genealogists set out to piece together the lives of their research subjects, they often concentrate on text-based sources like letters, city directories and vital records. But photographs also provide a wealth of information about the lives of the people they capture, and can be used to fill in gaps in written histories. The Sadie and Emma Ray Photography Collection takes viewers on a tour through 25 years of one Minnesota family’s life at the beginning of the twentieth century, its images offering an emotional depth that can be hard to find in a birth certificate or census form.
February 28th, 2012 at 7:09 pm
This is great, Lizzie! What a thorough analysis.
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March 7th, 2012 at 2:55 pm
Very well done…and scripted.
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March 13th, 2012 at 9:33 am
Terrific story & presentation, Lizzie. Kudos!
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May 3rd, 2012 at 12:43 pm
Wonderful video Lizzie!
Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone would have written something about each photograph on the back of the photo!
Old film is similar – many times we don’t know who is in the film or when/where it was taken.
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May 5th, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Thanks for a great video on the photo collection. What an interesting presentation!
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