tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post1648526148992049316..comments2024-03-05T11:10:29.953-05:00Comments on My Ancestors and Me: Elvira - Wordless WednesdayNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-30445861761452106582014-02-26T23:42:53.169-05:002014-02-26T23:42:53.169-05:00I usually go over old family photos with a fine-to...I usually go over old family photos with a fine-tooth comb to pull out any and every scrap of information I can find. But I never noticed Elvira's skin in this photo! That's so strange to me. I don't know if the photo was retouched or not -- it may have been.<br /><br />Your question of her age sent me on a little newspaper hunt today to see if I could find images of similar dresses to determine the year. Then I remembered a dated photo of another great-grandmother in a similar style dress. I think the year may have been 1929 which means Elvira would have been about 75. She became senile in her later years but I don't know at what age her family started to notice changes. She died at the age of 88.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-91668939743485697302014-02-26T23:36:18.122-05:002014-02-26T23:36:18.122-05:00I think her dress style is very unusual (though no...I think her dress style is very unusual (though not necessarily becoming) but it IS a lovely dress. I thought it might be a Bible, too, but I enlarged the photo and it actually looks like a purse. I understand that she was a religious person so it would make sense if it were a Bible, but I agree that it's an odd way to hold a purse. Almost as if she's showing it off except from what I know of her, she wasn't that kind of person.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-47616203697978463602014-02-26T08:40:37.567-05:002014-02-26T08:40:37.567-05:00Elvira's skin look great, how old would she ha...Elvira's skin look great, how old would she have been in that photo?Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714440790407126206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-50674997134975896092014-02-26T07:31:11.396-05:002014-02-26T07:31:11.396-05:00Elvira has a kind expression. Love the detail of ...Elvira has a kind expression. Love the detail of her dress and jewelry. But is she holding a purse or Bible? It would be an odd way to hold a purse.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.com