Featured Work

  • A Cherished Memory by Glenna Walker

    My grandmother gave me this tea set way back when I was a little girl. It is bone china made in England, Royal Worcester, Florizel. I’m not sure of the value. My grandmother (96) passed 4-years ago, that’s where I place my value of this cup and saucer.

  • The Homestead by Danielle Gillies

    My great grandparents – grandparents and now my parents house

  • Closest to my Heart by betha

    The Family history competition has inspired me to picture another treasure. / I only recently came into possession of this beautiful piece. It was a locket of my mother’s whom just passed away last November. This locket belonged to her Grandmother, and once contain My Great Great Grandmother and Great Great Grandfathers photos, which have long deteriated and long gone. It has never had other photos placed in, but has been worn by both my Mother and myself when I borrowed it for special occasions. The mirror and the dresser are from my grandmother on my father’s side, and would also make a great shot, maybe some other time. The Mirror is part of a 9 piece dressing table set. On a more modern note: I have applied a couple of different Filters in Photoshop and toned down the colours a little, for the faded photo look.

  • Heirloom by Joe Beasley IPA

    an old collectible item passed down from one generation to another. The glue that binds generations into a family. This is one of mine. It belonged to a Great-Uncle and passed to his brother-my grand-father. He give it to me as a very young boy.

  • Heirloom 11 by Gwenda Oxley

    The mate of Heirloom 1. I grew up in the country and as a child these beautiful pictures hung on our Lounge-room wall .Huge open fires then and prior have made these the gems they are today, all smoked etc, but I love them to bits. / /

  • Hummel Figurines by stephaniek

    This was handed down to us by my husband’s Grandmother Helen Kennedy. It is believed to be around 50 years old and is an original German Hummel. This is for the “History Group!”

  • Grandpa by Debbie King

    This is my grandfather on the left, with one of his cousins. Grandpa was about five years old here, making the year around 1912. I love his long locks! He was born in Texas, was on a horse when he proposed to my grandmother. He was well known for his ability to predict the exact time of day, month, and moon-phase for planting each crop grown. / We lost grandpa in 1968, but his photo hung in my grandmother’s living room until her death in 1986. He had told grandma if there was any way for him to come back, it would be as a bird. She waited years for a sign, and that year, she pointed out to me that a bird had built it’s nest in her bathroom window, and that she had been dreaming about him on a regular basis. / She loved him so much that when she had her heart attack, she wouldn’t let my mother get close to the phone to call an ambulance. Instead, she lay down on her bed, with my mother’s arms around her, and went on to meet up with grandpa. / He was just that kind of man. I miss him very much.

  • Mantlepiece Clock by David DeWitt

    This was my great-grandfather’s clock. My grandmother (his daughter) gave it to me when I was about 8 yrs. old. At that time I had a likeness for all clocks. Grandma told me that great grandpa bought it in the 1890’s. It was made in Waterbury, Connecticut. in 1889. It has a beautiful soft chime not edgy as some are. Fully wound, it goes for a week hence the name 8-day clock. Even though great grandpa had it for quite a while, I figured I have had it longer – 74 years so far and counting! I have had the glass in the door replaced once and taken to the repair shop twice for a check-up. I rubbed gold powder into the beautiful design on the case to replace the fading gold and even repainted the roman numerals with gold paint when I was a teen. It always has had a prominent place on my mantel in each house . On the back is a very faded and disappearing label calling it The Magician. It still gives superb time!!

  • My Great-Grandparents Clock by Periwinkle

    This is a shot of my Great -grandparents clock, which they bought when they were first married in 1904. They had it many years, before it was passed on to another family member, their daughter, Kelsie {my grandmother} who kept it many, many years, until her death. There is a note inside of it that says it was repaired June 10, 1940! Eight years before I was born! / After my grandmother died, the clock went to my uncle. For some reason he decided that I should have it & It has been mine since 1994. Somewhere along the line, the key to wind it was lost. It still has the correct time twice daily! / It means so much to me, because it has been in my family for over 100 years. One day I would like to see if I could find a a key to fit it…so It can have a chance to run & chime, as it once did.

  • Discharge by digitaldavers

    While doing some paperwork for my Mom for the Veteran’s Administration we needed to send a copy of my Dad’s Navy Discharge. The PDF made such a great import in Photoshop I thought I might share. NOTE: UNFORTUNATELY, IN THIS DAY AND AGE OF IDENTITY THEFT AND SUCH I FELT IT NECESSARY TO OBLITERATE ANY IDENTIFYING INFO ON IT!

  • Larrikin by nemirna

    This is a photo of my great-uncle Alexander Balfour, who died on the Western Front in WWI and is buried at Corbie. He was the larrikin of the family and played the piano to a concert standard (which led to his father importing a piano from Germany for him). He is even said to have played the piano for King George when he visited the trenches. This photo, his piano, and my grandmother’s stories are all I have left of him.

  • Ida's Mementoes by Johanne Brunet

    A beautiful young woman and some of the things that she left behind to be remembered by. / Example of card: / / Example of framed print: /

Recent Work

  • EMPEROR HADRIAN'S INNER SANCTUM by Warren Mackenzie

    At Emperor Hadrian’s Villa (Summer Palace) in Tivoli (30 k. east of Rome), in order to get away from all his pesty friends and other annoyances, just for a bit of peace and quiet, he built himself a private house, within the giant Palace grounds. There were two sets of walls around the house, seperated by a mini-moat, over which he had a single draw-bridge that only he could operate.

  • OLD SITE by Keithbotilier

    This is an image taken and enhanced to give it dynamics and character.

  • The Fountain by Periwinkle

    This card is actually a huge mural painted on the outside of a building in New Port Richey, Florida, of the beautiful, old fountain in the rear courtyard of the long closed Hacienda Hotel. The hotel was built in 1927 by the Meighan brothers, who, at the time were famous in Hollywood. They also built a theater.

  • "Mist over Kylemore Abbey" by Avril Brand

    One of the beauty spots of Ireland and a must for any visitor. I enjoyed painting the Abbey and spent many happy hours with a tiny brush on windows on turrets. The original is oils on canvas 20×26 inches Originally called Kylemore Castle, it was built between 1863 and 1868 as a private home for the family of Mitchell Henry, a wealthy politician from Manchester, England who was also MP for Galway County from 1871 to 1885. After the death of his wife Margaret in 1875, Mitchell did not spend much time there. He and his wife are both buried in the small mausoleum near the church in the grounds of the abbey. Notable features of the abbey are the neo-Gothic church (built between 1877 and 1881), a miniature replica of Norwich Cathedral, made from local green Connemara marble, and the Victorian walled garden. The abbey houses a secondary girls’ boarding school, Kylemore Abbey International Girls’ School. The house and gardens are open to the public. The nuns have decided to close the school in 2010, although they do not plan to sell the property and will continue to reside there. The name Kylemore originates from the Irish words Coill Mór – meaning Great Wood. Wildlife, landscapes and Irish life paintings by Avril Brand Clare Art Blog

  • we by Peta Hill

    more detail from the Gulgurn Manja rock art sight ,Victoria ,Australia

  • reaching by Peta Hill

    details of cave art at the Gulgurn Manja(Gulkurn manya),meaning “hands of the young people”shelter sight Grampians national park Victoria Australia.These hand prints are those of children aged between 8 and 12 years old placed here over many generations.

  • dancing in time by Peta Hill

    Detail of rock art from the Ngamadjidj sight.This one is my favorite it looks like he is dancing though it could be a warrior(he appears to have a very faint spear )but I choose to think he is dancing:)

  • leaving their mark by Peta Hill

    more details of the Ngamadjidj rock art sight,Victoria Australia

  • ghosts of the past by Peta Hill

    Rock art from the Ngamadjidj ( cave of ghosts) in the Grapians national park(Gariwerd),Victoria,Australia.The word Ghost applies to the white pigment used in the paintings not actually ghosts.This area has spiritual and physical significance for the Jardwadjali(Yard-wa-jali) and Djab Wurrung people.

  • I'm Your Huckleberry © by u101

    Navy Colt vs My Finger / . / . / click for Urban Dictionary info I felt the phrase was more subtle and closer to a sarcastic, I’ll be your playmate…as in Huckleberry Finn & Tom Sawyer. / . / . / or here for YouTube clip / . / . or here for IMBD info / . / . / . / .

  • New Military Barracks by EarthGipsy

    A compound type arrangement, built in response to ever increasing convict population and after the convict uprising in 1834, at which time the ratio of convicts:soldiers was 7:1. The buildings now house a Museum and the Norfolk Island Administration offices.

  • Cecelia by Glennis Siverson

    This is my grandmother, who will turn 103 years old in August 2008.

About This Group

Please submit photos, artwork and writings, to share events, places, objects or even people, which are of particular historical interest to you, They do not need to be particularly well known or famous, only interesting and for the pictures to have some historical description and a reason why you find them so interesting. The writings could be of local or even family history, as long as the stories are interesting to others ( a mystery locally or in the family for example). This way we can all learn something new from each other as well as enjoying the works.

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