Friday, May 24, 2013

Sepia Saturday




Sepia Saturday

Challenge and image source from Sepia Saturday.






This week Sepia Saturday is paying tribute to the human face. It can be young or old, male or female, happy or sad : it can be any shape or colour you choose. My selected picture comes from the collection at George Eastman House which is featured on Flickr Commons. It is listed simple as "Woman's Face" and dates from somewhere around 1915. 


My mom on her wedding day with her two sisters, September 1951 in Drimnagh Dublin, Ireland. I love how they have their arms linked. They are holding their prayer books.




Inscription inside Mom's prayer book from her sister on the right.



This is the church Our Lady of Good Counsel on Mourne Rd. Photo was taken years later.
Both my parents grew up on Mourne Rd and my father's house was (is) across the street from the school. My Dad's sister still lives in that house.

In 2005, Colin Farrell spoke at his grandfather's funeral which took place from this church.

9 comments:

  1. That photo could not be anything else than three sisters - I knew it before I even read the caption.

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  2. Oh, such a sweet photo of the wedding. Gotta love those ruffled gloves too.

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  3. What a wonderful photo. They all look so beautiful, happy and young. Are they holding bibles? I couldn't tell. I also love the linked arms. They must have been close?

    PS. I also love your header.

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  4. I'm with Brett -- I KNEW they were all sisters just by looking at the photo!

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  5. That's a sweet photo of your mother and her sisters. Your mother looks very young.

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  6. There is something about wedding photographs of this era which is so recognisable. Not sure if it is the fashions or the photographic process, but as soon as I saw your main photograph I immediately thought of two or three in my own family collection, almost doing a double-take to check to see if we shared family!

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  7. That is a sweet photo. Can't help but love everything about it from the smiles and linked arms to the clothing and hair styles.

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  8. Three beautiful Irish lassies. Ah, there's nothing like sisters! They all look incredibly happy and the smiles are so geniune..not the typical stilted and posed expressions.

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