Saturday Snapshot
November 27, 2010
This picture is of my maternal grandfather and an unknown man. My grandfather is the one standing with the sword. He was in the Czar’s army and we think he was an aide to an officer, but we’re not sure. If anyone can identify the uniform, please let me know!
Saturday Snapshot is hosted by Alyce of At Home With Books. It’s easy to participate – just post a picture that was taken by you, a friend, or a family member and add your link on Alyce’s site.
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Cool picture! I get the impression there were a gazillion different uniforms for every occasion even. There’s a forum in which people who know try to identify them from the pictures – did you try this place? http://forum.alexanderpalace.org/index.php?board=40.0
Awesome picture! I appreciate these old family pictures. We have several of both my husband’s family and my own and we’re framing them and dedicating a wall to them. I hope that you can find more information about the uniform and history. I wish that I had more of my mother’s family in Germany.
This is wonderful, I have many of those kinds of photos. With your permission I’d like to forward this on to my husbands aunt/cousin, they are really good with identification of uniforms, they live in Latvia. It might help. I think even my husbands grandfather had a similar one, but I can’t see all the bits and pieces like your picture shows.
What an amazing photo! I love old family photographs and have a huge stash given to me by my husband’s mom and his grandmother. Unfortunately, my own family tended just to throw out things like old snapshots, with the rest of the “junk”! I’m desperately trying to teach the younger generations to mend their ways.
Hope you eventually find more information about your grandfather and that wonderful uniform.
That photo is beyond fascinating Kathy!!! Have you ever done any genealogy on your family???
I love the historical photo! I wish we had more of those in my family.
I just love these old pictures. Everyone looked so serious when they had a photo taken. My mom explained it was because they had to go to a studio and it was considered an important event for the grandparents. My how much has changed!
What an incredible picture. You have to protect this one forever. I wish I could muster up pictures of my ancestors like these. All I have is my husband with a bad moustache from the 80′s and purple pants…
Awesome photo!
Wonderful photo, Kathy! A sepia photo before they became fashionable!
What a great photo! I love family history – I find it fascinating. Sorry that I don’t know where the jacket is from though.
Greta photo .)
Can’t help you though, the only uniform I remember was pics I have seen of one of our presidents since he served the czar when we belonged to Russia…just don’t know
how cool is that?! I love gazing at pictures of my ancestors – there’s so much history there.
wow, very cool shot.
I love this photograph. I have to get a scanner so I can share some of my family ones, too. I just adore looking through old photographs. Thank you for sharing yours
wow! great photo. we have very few photos from back in the day but do have a ton of slides. my great-aunt (age 100) passed away in february and left the slides to my cousin. i hope my cousin puts them on to a dvd or turns them into photos soon!
nice weekend challenge idea!
That is so cool. I love old photos. I brought a bunch back with me from Poland last time we were there, and it is my intention to scan them all and label them. I wish I could help you with the uniform, but I don’t know anyone alive that would know.
I am here from the Saturday Snapshot. It is so awesome that you have this old photo. A true heirloom.
Wow! What history in this picture! Love it.
What a wonderful photo! Thank you for sharing it with us. It must be very special to your family. Good luck finding more information. I’m sure someone on line can help you or point you in the right direction. This is a great meme too!
Fascinating photograph! Perhaps the seated man is the officer? I hope someday you discover the answer.
wow, such an interesting photo. I don’t think I have any pics of my grandfather from when he was young. Definitely a picture to cherish.
Wow! This is incredible! I’m no help on the uniform, though. I’ve got a lot of pictures of my grandfathers when they were young because they were both (“all” if you include my step dad’s daddy as a vice admiral!) Navy men and we have very similar pictures to the one you have. Very cool. :O)
This just gave me chills!!!!!!
Awesome picture, Kathy!
Wow, are we talkin’ czar nicholas here? holy moly! I’ve got an old cabinet photo from this time period but it’s just of “the girls” in the family, some from the war (II) that is, but this is wild.
Fantastic photo Kathy! These are the kinds of photos to treasure. I wish our family had some of the past generations. It’s always fascinating to imagine what their lives might have been like.
I love this photo, and was just talking to Frank about how different people look nowadays compared to how they looked back in the day. The men seemed more manly somehow, and the women were slightly more androgynous.
I love old family photos. It brings history alive. I spent some time with my grandma looking througfh her old albums over the weekend.
That’s so cool! I love old family pictures.
What a great picture! I’m glad you shared it with us!
What a neat way to do the Saturday Snapshot … and I hope you get an answer to your question.
So cool! Wow!
fantastic photo! Wouldn’t it be cool if a reader’s comments led you to more information about your grandfather and his military service … fascinating.
I love this photo! Thanks for sharing.
Wow, it’s great that you have historical family photos. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Wow, incredible photo. Wish I could shed some light on that uniform!