What to do with things
By Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
Melbourne, Florida
March 15, 2016 10:45pm CST
I am trying to clean out some boxes that I have moved with me from the northeast to Florida. They are still in a closet in the boxes I packed them in, almost 2 years ago.
I have things from my grandmother, a big picture of her before she came to America. I do not know what to do with this picture as it is large and of course very old. I also have about 10 other large frames with multiple pictures in it. I had them all hanging in the house we had in Pennsylvania as it was a big house and had lots of walls.
I don't want to overpower the rooms as it is a lot smaller here than up north.
Any suggestions?
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7 responses
@MGjhaud (23240)
• Philippines
16 Mar 16
you can have it resized but thats a lot of work cause you have to get a new frame for it. but you said thats your moms picture, i guess thats an old memorabilia so maybe you can find a spot for those important/valuable ones and have the rest resized.
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@MGjhaud (23240)
• Philippines
16 Mar 16
@ramapo17 oh im sorry i missed that, u did say its your grandmothers picture on your post.
anyway, pictures can be scanned and have it resized to how much space youve got so it wont stay in that box.
but if you prefer it untouched, im sure theres a perfect place for it somewhere.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
16 Mar 16
@MGjhaud I have had it so long and since we moved it has been in a box. It should be hanging up as I am sure the frame is now worth a lot of money. My grandmother came to America from Germany and I believe that is where this picture came from. It is funny as my dad was the 11th child and the baby of the family. How he got the picture before any of his sisters is a mystery to me.
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
16 Mar 16
My husband had some large old photos of his grandparents and I had one of mine, so we hung them in the guest room since anyone who might use that room would be family.
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@Sei_Ryoku (78)
• Indianapolis, Indiana
16 Mar 16
You could sell them in an auction or yard sale. Or maybe you could make smaller copies of the pictures and frame those up instead? :D
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
16 Mar 16
@Sei_Ryoku that is another good idea. If I decide to give it to another family member I will take pictures of it and frame them as smaller pictures.
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@Lazyblogs (494)
• Chandigarh, India
17 Mar 16
Why don't you get these pictures scanned and put in one of the old frame in a collage ...this way all photos will be preserved and the rest of frames you can put away in the box
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
18 Mar 16
@Lazyblogs That is true. I will have to get my act together and do something about this. Thanks for the advice.
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@Lazyblogs (494)
• Chandigarh, India
18 Mar 16
@ramapo17 well its better if you get it done from somewhere ..because you dont want to take risk of damaging them..as memories are related to them
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@Elizaby (6902)
• Pensacola, Florida
20 Mar 16
If the pictres are an important part of family history I would suggest perhaps going to a place that can help restore some of the older pictures, have several copies made of each picture (enough for family members who would have interest and then make scrapbooks with the pictures that will relate family history (copies of pictures could be downsized to fit the book. You could decorate each page such as having a picture of a ship from the time your grandmother came to America with a short statement about coming here.
