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Saturday, December 12, 2009

Sepia Saturday = Martha Sampson

This is Martha Sampson. She is The Mister's
maternal grandmother. The photo was taken
in 1916, her high school senior year.
You may remember, last Sepia Saturday I spoke of
I also shared her bracelet with the
scenes from Denmark on it, which is where
her family originally came from. They resided in
Washington State and owned a farm.
I think she's lovely!
For more Sepia Saturday participants, click
on the sepia picture on my sidebar!

32 comments:

  1. She's a stunningly beautiful young lady. What a wonderful family history you share.

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  2. She is beautiful! I love these treasued old photos. They have so much character and depth. Happy Sepia Saturday, Betsy : )

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  3. you know what's odd but she looks a lot older tan high school here. i thought she was in her later 20'2 -early 30's! Must be the photo. i wonder if she was quite a serious person? These photos are so interesting, I only wish I had access to my family's old photos. They would blow you away but instead your stuck with whatever I can conjure up here.

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  4. What a lovely sepia photo of an equally lovely young lady; the tidbits of the history of her life "in brief" is fascinateing as well!~ Thank you for sharing this with us!..,

    You are warmly invited to visit and have a cup of "hot chocolate and some cookies" at my little corner of the blogging world my dear lady!..,

    Cheers from Silken Purse @ The Plumed Pen

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  5. beautiful pic...loving these sepia saturdays!

    great new header as well!

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  6. oh i'm still not organised to participate ...

    this is great tho. I'm loving sepia saturday

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  7. What a wonderful picture Betsy. She has such a wonderful enigmatic look, almost like a sepia Mona Lisa. And that is a great sidebar you have invented for Sepia Sat.

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  8. I wish I had some old photos to share...all my relatives in Utah have all the photos.

    I love this sepia Saturday thing.

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  9. She was a beauty, such a long elegant neck. Her bracelet is stunning. I missed reading that post last summer. I'm loving Sepia Saturdays.

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  10. I think if you look up "swan-like neck" in the dictionary, this picture would pop up. Lovely woman.

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  11. I love these sepia photographs. Older photos seem to have so much more emotion in them than our modern ones. Beautiful woman.

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  12. She is lovely. Wonder how she would look with a smile.

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  13. Wow, lurve the hair! She already has the bump fashion on top! Such a beautiful picture!

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  14. She is beautiful, very serene. I think it is interesting she is from Denmark.:)
    xo

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  15. Jill ~ I do have some lovely pics of her smiling...will have to post one on another Saturday!

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  16. She is beautiful!
    My grandmother was 16 in 1916 and she married my grandpa that year -
    I don't think she went to HS.

    So that might of been pretty unusual for a woman to graduate in HS In 1916.

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  17. Wow, she is a beautiful woman! Her eyes immediately caught my attention. I look forward to your Sepia Saturdays, Betsy. :)

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  18. Betsy, weird, but your "Betsy" link on TT again is messed up with it going to your "cloche" post instead of the snow one!

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  19. I can see shades of your Mister in her lovely face!

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  20. Mmm ~ strange...I just tried it and it worked fine. I think that link doesn't like me!

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  21. Hi! Betsy,
    I'am so sorry, but I have to play "catch-up" too...
    ...Oh! Yes, your husband's grandmother was/is very beautiful.
    I will check-out the links and visit your sidebar too!
    Take care!
    DeeDee ;-D

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  22. This picture is beautiful. I'm sure she would be proud of all of you. The Bach

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  23. Oh, so very beautiful!!! Love the story behind the photo as well...isn't family history a wonderful pursuit? Love your new Christmasy header! ~Janine XO

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  24. She really was striking! Most photos from that era are not really flattering.

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  25. Otin ~ I think it's because so many of them have straight faces! You can't see any personality or liveliness that way.

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  26. Willow ~ much more of The Mister's sister, though..wouldn't you say?

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  27. This is a wonderful portrait. She is lovely. Thanks for visiting my blog.

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  28. That is really a rather haunting portrait; she has such a faraway lovely look in her eyes.

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  29. She certainly IS lovely! She reminds me of one of the Hemingway grand-daughters. And she does definitely look Danish to me.
    (Sorry I'm late arriving—it was a busy weekend, as you can imagine.)

    Kat

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