I'm working on a photo project and am falling in love with the glamor of these old family pictures. Most of my ancestors were poor as mice, yet they always manage to look so put together and full of life. 

Old photos seem to lend a certain luster that today's perfect pixel capturing cameras don't give. Its fun to imagine what life was like for them in the thirties and forties -- no doubt much harder than mine.

My grandparents on their wedding day. She was only 16.