Photo context: treasures in the details

Leave a Comment / Digging for genealogical gold, Every little thing in context, Golden Egg Genealogist / By / 6 minutes of reading

In a photo of my great-grandparents, I happened to notice on the dresser behind them what looked like a tobacco container. Was I seeing a throwback to childhood pranks? Prince Albert in a can? I scanned the photo at high resolution and zoomed in. It was Prince Albert. I began to wonder what else I might see in the photo context. In one detail after another, my ancestors’ world came into focus. 

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