The Importance of Being Labeled

    

Recently I wrote an article about my grandmothers, both dear to me. I thought I’d share these pictures of them taken at about the same time.

These pictures are easy to identify and most of my old pictures are. When I come across a picture that isn’t labeled, I immediately use a pencil and gently write the name and information about the person on the back. That way, if my kids or grandkids come across pictures after I’m gone, they simply can turn them  over and see who the people are. I’ve been so frustrated at times by photos that aren’t labeled. I found lots of these when my Nena Beulah (on the left) died. She had her mother’s photo boxes, along with some of her own, and those of her several husband’s, all in the attic. Naming some of the people in them was impossible.

So take my advice, please, and save yourself heartache and disappointment. Go through your photos while some of your older relatives are still living. Take those photos around to those dear older people and see if they can be identified. Then label those pictures while you can!

Just do it!

~ by Carol Anne on 10 November 2007.