Proofsheet - G&G 06

The trickle of updates from the rolls of film that Ellen sent continues.


Some of these pictures appeared in the initial post when Ellen sent the rolls of film. Click for a larger image. Let us know in the comments if you would like GAP to post larger images of any of these.

Proofsheet - G&G 05

Another small update from a roll of film that Ellen sent.


Because only one of the pictures is interesting, here is a larger image of Grandma and Grandpa (click for a larger image.).


UPDATE

Shari writes in the comments:

This looks like the photo they had on display at their 50th Wedding Anniversary party. Remember those sheet cakes they had? And all the people who came to the farm? Grandpa and Grandma are (understatement of the year) troopers.

Thanks, Shari! I don't remember the sheet cakes -- until I found eggless cakes I didn't pay much attention to cakes -- but I would love to get more pictures (and stories?) about their anniversary. And, yes, they are quite the troopers!

Proofsheet - G&G 04

Today we have a very small update from the film that Ellen sent. There are only two negatives showing preparations for Christmas in Grandma and Grandpa's basement. Because these negatives did not match any of the others in the package, the rest of the roll either exists somewhere else or is lost.


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UPDATE

Ellen posts some information about the pictures and a poem (!) in the comments.

For years, Grandpa and Grandma would fill a Christmas stocking for every child and grandchild in the family. It took a lot of effort and quite a bit of money and the basement would be off limits to family members for weeks. These two pictures were separate from other negatives because I think Grandma used them in her family newsletters. She also wrote a poem about the family Christmas stocking project.

Christmas on Grandpa's Farm

On Grandpa's farm there's a basement door
That's sealed up tight from top to floor
And a great big sign in black and white
Says, "DO NOT OPEN 'TILL CHIRISTMAS NIGHT!"

(My Daddy says, when he was a kid,
He'd crawl under the porch where the windows hid
And try to see through the webs and gloom
What was hiding in that secret room.)

On Christmas morn we'd wait in delight
While Grandpa turned on the Christmas lights,
Then we'd burst through the door and shout with glee
And "Whee-Whee" round the Christmas tree.

On the walls of the room were dozens of socks
One for each person - present or not.
Then we'd pour all the gifts out on the floor
There must be a zillion million or more!

Later that day we'd creep down the stairs
To see if there might be more gifts down there,
But the door to the secret room stood wide
And there wasn't a single thing inside

Thanks, Ellen! GAP can never have too many stories and poems!

Ellen wrote commented again to clarify that, "that poem was written by Grandma Stutz, not Ellen." Duly noted!

Proofsheet - G&G 03

As we slowly add more proofsheets to GAP, here is from a roll of film that Ellen sent.


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Proofsheet - G&G 02

We are making our way through a couple of projects right now, so the postings have been (and will continue to be) quite sparse. Things are moving along, though! We did get a chance to add Merissa to our Facebook link list (Hi, Merissa!).

The following is another proofsheet of a roll of film that Ellen sent.


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Proofsheet - G&G 01

The following is a proofsheet of a roll of film that Ellen recently sent.


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Christmas Extravaganza - Grandpa's Slides

For the holidays, GAP presents each and every slide it has scanned from Grandpa's vast collection, more than 700 in all. Thank you Joe, Ellen, John, and Susan for letting us scan your slide books! Thank you also to everyone else who has sent different picture collections for us to scan; we hope to feature the other collections in a similar format in the future.

These pictures, labeled using GAP's fancy pants file naming system, are presented below as thumbnail images. They are almost all chronologically arranged, except for a very few at the beginning and end (due to the way we name files). Click on any page to view larger (but still very small) images.



















If you are wondering how to get larger copies of these pictures, fear not. Grandma and Grandpa, as well as the families of their seven children, are each receiving a DVD with all of these pictures in a much larger size. The disc contains all images previously sent out and many more; in fact, your best bet, if you have copied previous versions of these pictures onto your computer, is to delete the previous versions and use these new ones. GAP encourages people to share these discs and to distribute the pictures to as many family members as possible.

Do you see something of interest that GAP should post in a larger size to discuss on the blog? Leave a comment and we'll see what we can do! This is GAP's Christmas present to the family -- sorry, no Scooby Doo Chia plant, Glee soundtrack, or Snuggie from GAP this year!

Mr. GAP would love a new flatbed scanner or camera for Christmas, but is confident that it will not be in Santa's sleigh this year. OTOH, Mr. GAP would also love more family negatives or slides to scan and is delusional enough to think they might arrive. Just saying.

Merry Christmas, everyone!