tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post4051721307465431300..comments2023-11-03T05:59:43.804-07:00Comments on A Bloomsbury Life: Who Are These People?Lisa Borgnes Giramontihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08708026781435832810noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-41987499849138122252011-07-05T01:10:57.483-07:002011-07-05T01:10:57.483-07:00Good article, i like it!
------------------------...Good article, i like it!<br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------<br />http://www.hogan.wsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-3383409909984066652011-05-01T00:51:25.326-07:002011-05-01T00:51:25.326-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-14125593370883023522010-06-15T15:17:02.699-07:002010-06-15T15:17:02.699-07:00you can google map that address and see Number 41 ...you can google map that address and see Number 41 in "street view"--look for the blue "Librarie Fontaine" awning at street level.Susiachinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-68848233896184658222010-03-11T13:43:46.155-08:002010-03-11T13:43:46.155-08:00What an amazing find. Yes, I can quite imagine how...What an amazing find. Yes, I can quite imagine how one would envision the lives of the people in the photos. A delight indeed.<br />Came to you via Persephone books newsletter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-21813829865296257422010-03-06T07:06:21.887-08:002010-03-06T07:06:21.887-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Malik Imran Awanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17201260928659025223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-8891228944703587092010-03-02T19:10:08.942-08:002010-03-02T19:10:08.942-08:00With a name like 'Margaret' you know she h...With a name like 'Margaret' you know she had to be good! I'm sure she'd be thrilled to pieces that we're fascinated, enthralled and mystified by her life and loved ones. Thank you for sharing with us. More, please.Mar gar ethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09458221138063169707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-63248205844461928022010-03-01T07:32:10.068-08:002010-03-01T07:32:10.068-08:00bee: Oh my gosh, thank you! xxbee: Oh my gosh, thank you! xxLisa Borgnes Giramontihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08708026781435832810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-33762578388514320262010-03-01T00:18:13.404-08:002010-03-01T00:18:13.404-08:00This is one of my favourite posts, on any blog, EV...This is one of my favourite posts, on any blog, EVER!beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133200919584825155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-55957111819434105312010-02-25T09:23:00.463-08:002010-02-25T09:23:00.463-08:00Tricia: I saw the Andy Spade article as well...lov...Tricia: I saw the Andy Spade article as well...love that he collects photos. Have you seen the post The Style Saloniste just did on Little Augury's one-of-a-kind postcards made from vintage photos? It's great...<br /><br />http://www.thestylesaloniste.com/Lisa Borgnes Giramontihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08708026781435832810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-45619807083506718542010-02-25T05:52:30.356-08:002010-02-25T05:52:30.356-08:00P.P.S. No luck. It's her name by marriage, but...P.P.S. No luck. It's her name by marriage, but she has forwarded to her mother-in-law. At the least, you have two new Briggs fans!Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113148899321196631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-52713166162751310412010-02-24T15:13:33.534-08:002010-02-24T15:13:33.534-08:00P.S. I was just reading the latest New York Magazi...P.S. I was just reading the latest New York Magazine article about Andy Spade and this caught my eye: "Found photography has become a passion of Andy’s, and he buys crates of other people’s pictures at flea markets." {He sells them in his new shop, too!.}<br /><br />Link: http://nymag.com/fashion/10/spring/63806/index2.html#ixzz0gUvlWMKUTriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113148899321196631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-59967134635684055922010-02-24T13:57:46.139-08:002010-02-24T13:57:46.139-08:00Knitlit Kate: All these stories coming in are just...Knitlit Kate: All these stories coming in are just incredible. Yours especially. What are the chances of such serendipity happening...?? You, and only you, were clearly meant to have that notebook. So glad the stars were aligned in your favor that day.<br /><br />Tricia: So fabulous...I love the thrill of the hunt as well. How cool that you emailed your friend...fingers crossed... xxLisa Borgnes Giramontihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08708026781435832810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-21474695141981428642010-02-24T10:25:27.302-08:002010-02-24T10:25:27.302-08:00How wonderful! I know a woman named Margaret &quo...How wonderful! I know a woman named Margaret "Peggy" Briggs, and have emailed her on the wildcard chance that she has ancestors in Europe. Of course there are hundreds of such names, but who knows?!! Part of the thrill of the hunt.Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113148899321196631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-12760007946668209112010-02-24T07:26:02.837-08:002010-02-24T07:26:02.837-08:00what a fascinating post...and discussion thread! o...what a fascinating post...and discussion thread! one of my favorite flea market finds was a box of sewing notions from the turn of the last century. inside, i found a small leatherbound notebook filled with tiny handknit swatches and handwritten designs and notes. being a knitter myself, i was thrilled at my discovery. there was also an envelope tucked inside which was addressed to katherine diamond on orchard street...my name is katherine, too, and i grew up on a street called orchard lane. in a funny way, i felt like i was connecting with someone's soul through this dusty little book. anyway, thank you so much for this lovely tribute to all of the hidden lives and unfinished cartwheels yet to be discovered.knitlit katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12541442149704413705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-87070259650994314782010-02-23T15:39:31.228-08:002010-02-23T15:39:31.228-08:00Nessje: I just read the link on Margaret Briggs, w...Nessje: I just read the link on Margaret Briggs, war heroine that you posted. I don't think she's the girl in my photos, but she could very well still be the person to whom the envelope is addressed. Regardless, it was amazing to read about her brave life and early death at just 35. As George Eliot said, "...the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs." <br /><br />Thank you, Nessje.Lisa Borgnes Giramontihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08708026781435832810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-11820983264609697862010-02-23T14:02:53.269-08:002010-02-23T14:02:53.269-08:00Lisa -
I love old photos of relatives or as you h...Lisa -<br /><br />I love old photos of relatives or as you have found, of unknown people. There is a great picture of my father after making his first communion from the early 1940's and in the background is a woman wonderfully dressed for the times.<br /><br />I look at every old photo and try to draw myself into that same period.<br /><br />Stories to be written about your lovely Margaret...I am sure they are already swirling around in your head.<br /><br />they need to be readSusan's Snippetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02318690700893201072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-82798397070380383952010-02-23T07:27:30.812-08:002010-02-23T07:27:30.812-08:00When I was a little girl, I'd go to the countr...When I was a little girl, I'd go to the country with my parents on day trips. We visited every small shop and antique store we laid eyes on, all in the hopes of rummaging through bins of old photos and adding a narrative to the forgotten. <br /><br />What a delightful post! Thanks to the Modern Traditionalist for taking me back here (I've stopped by before).Lydia, Clueless Crafterhttp://www.thecluelesscrafter.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-3568339037164352492010-02-23T07:04:18.917-08:002010-02-23T07:04:18.917-08:00Wow, what a fabulous find!
I find those old photo...Wow, what a fabulous find! <br />I find those old photos fascinating. In our old family house there are two very ancient leather albums, with gorgeous gilded rivets. They have photographs of my mum's family, from the 1800's. Some of them we know who they are, others we can only guess. <br />It is curious to see how some family traits have been inherited and how maybe a great great great uncle looks a lot like one of your cousins!!Rociohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13418794751031170569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-42657205073285738582010-02-22T23:38:12.563-08:002010-02-22T23:38:12.563-08:00Oops...
Here's the URL again, as well as in ti...Oops...<br />Here's the URL again, as well as in tiny form.<br /><br />http://history.earthsci.carleton.ca/harvey/genealogy/margaret.briggs.1.htm<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/yg4zydw<br />Fingers crossed this works!<br /><br />NessjeNessjenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-64208453215183441882010-02-22T20:16:20.971-08:002010-02-22T20:16:20.971-08:00Piecing together history through old faded photos ...Piecing together history through old faded photos is such fun! Love your find ~Enzie Shahmirihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13959938138147453529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-58636590776138012822010-02-22T19:41:41.888-08:002010-02-22T19:41:41.888-08:00I'm another person who gets endlessly sucked i...I'm another person who gets endlessly sucked in to making up the stories of the lives in old photos. Some of them have to come home with me, some of them I can leave in the dusty boxes under antique store tables. I've framed my favorites in my office on an Anonymous Wall of Awesomeness. (My favorite is of what looks like a sweatshop button factory of some kind, in the first decade or two of the 20th century. The female workers, who look like they are probably Italian, are clustered around the worktable with the lone man looking dictatorial in an apron, arms crossed, at the back. In the foreground a toddler in a smock.)<br /><br />I am in complete agreement, though, with the commenter who mentions the tragedy of these albums ending up in a shop. It breaks my heart every time, wondering what happened to turn them from treasured family history into silent relics.Kate F.http://kateflaim.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-73679008218982595252010-02-22T14:45:22.113-08:002010-02-22T14:45:22.113-08:00Absolutely fascinating - I really enjoyed that pos...Absolutely fascinating - I really enjoyed that post. Thank you so much for giving a glimpse into the photograph album.Semi Expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12839322243900070800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-37259455328689077042010-02-22T12:42:37.121-08:002010-02-22T12:42:37.121-08:00What a sweet post. The attic of the house where I...What a sweet post. The attic of the house where I grew up with filled with photos, letters, clothes, shoes, etc. My family never used the space, and it was hot as ____ up there, but as a kid I'd spend hours playing up there. I'd come down with soot all over my face, hands, and bottom. It's my private daily goal to be that "little boy in short shorts at the tea party". Thanks for the reminder.Scott Fazzinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15151887908949731535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-77397278666021799232010-02-22T12:30:43.740-08:002010-02-22T12:30:43.740-08:00Nessje: I think your link got cut off somehow -- c...Nessje: I think your link got cut off somehow -- can you post it again and if it runs over, divide it into two lines? I would love to see what you found...how exciting... xx<br /><br />Lisa: That is one incredible story. Pre-Revolutionary War?! What an artifact to find at a garage sale. Thank you for sharing your tale. xxLisa Borgnes Giramontihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08708026781435832810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-72876061860013567812010-02-22T11:50:06.642-08:002010-02-22T11:50:06.642-08:00I love a mystery. The possibility of solving one -...I love a mystery. The possibility of solving one - even more alluring. Could this be her?<br />http://history.earthsci.carleton.ca/harvey/genealogy/margaret.briggs.1.htm<br />The date is about right, this Margaret spent time in England and Italy... the photo of her even resembles the seaside shot a little. <br />Part of me hopes it isn't her, you'll understand why I know. Her story even explains how this album could have ended up stranded in London.<br />Thank you for being so captivating, you and Margaret both.Nessjenoreply@blogger.com