Friday, April 29, 2011

Sepia Saturday #72 - A Trick of Time


I was very surprised to see this photo because I feel like I am looking at myself in a wig. In reality, this is a photo from 1939 of my grandmother Aune Reini Proctor holding my mother (left) with my Great Aunt Cleo Proctor Cavanaugh holding her son Jack. I have never thought that there was any resemblance between us, but the likeness is undeniable here. Strange!

Just a quick entry for this week's Sepia Saturday.
Posted by Your Genetic Genealogist at 7:39 PM
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11 comments:

  1. North County Film ClubApril 29, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    I love the pose of these women with their babies. It makes a lovely composition.
    Nancy
    Ladies of the grove

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  2. AnonymousApril 29, 2011 at 9:13 PM

    I was looking at some old slides trying to find one of my parents for their 50th wedding anniversary and came across a photo of my sister. Then I realized it was my mother! The resemblance was amazing and I had never really seen it before that moment!

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  3. Little NellApril 30, 2011 at 1:57 AM

    I agree, a well-composed picture, with both babies looking in the same direction, and similar poses struck by the ladies. It's odd how family resemblances come to light as we sift through old photos.

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  4. Bob ScotneyApril 30, 2011 at 5:16 AM

    Family likenesses surprise at different times. I swear that as I get older I am becoming more and more like my father.
    Here you have gone back two generations. Good post.

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  5. Coloring Outside the LinesApril 30, 2011 at 7:21 AM

    This is why I love old photos so much! It's amazing to see traits that remain for generations! Sometimes it is nothing more than an expression, but more often its a nose, or the way the mouth tilts...just fascinating!

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  6. HowardApril 30, 2011 at 4:14 PM

    Great picture! She's quite a beauty, very modern looking despite the hairstyle.

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  7. KristinApril 30, 2011 at 5:54 PM

    Very healthy babies. And a nice photo.

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  8. Alan BurnettApril 30, 2011 at 11:33 PM

    Yes those moments when old family photographs throw up magical "rendez-vous with ourselves" are special. And a nicely unusual photograph in its pose as well.

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  9. Your Genetic GenealogistMay 1, 2011 at 12:56 AM

    Thanks for all of the great comments! CeCe

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  10. Alf and Lily CreationsMay 1, 2011 at 8:53 AM

    My sister is the spitting image of my Mum its very strange to see Helen in 70s fashion...great photo

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  11. NancyMay 3, 2011 at 9:56 PM

    That's a really interesting photograph because of the way it fades at the bottom. I almost thought it was a double exposure. I think you should post a photograph of you next to your look-alike!

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