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Originally Posted by dreams
DixieGal - that is so great that your photos were saved!
ardeegee - beautiful photo (she is so young and innocent looking). I love the background store front of the time.
VR - I loved that clip! I ended up losing a ton of time watching a bunch of others by BFfilmes.  I even viewed the great walking races and "women riding bicycles" (in long dresses!). Thanks for sharing that.
covingtoncat73 - isn't strange to actually think about grandparents as young and carefree people, instead of what we remember them as? Your grandmother looked like she was full of fun.
jgaiser - men actually wore those sleeve protectors! I know they are something I have always related to Charles Dickens' time period, but to see them being worn by real people was great.
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They used mustache cups as well back in the day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moustache_cup Now you usually only see them in museums (at least that's the only place I've ever seen any). Getting your photo taken back in the day must have been an ordeal. You had to stay still so the picture came out properly and people didn't smile in the pictures because they'd have to hold the same expression for several minutes while the image was imprinted on the plate, and holding a smile that long would be painful after a while (so I understand) not to mention getting a picture taken was expensive as well.