Today's #photorestoration features this snapshot from 1950 in Fresno, California. Seated at the head of the table is Mauro Papagni, an Italian farmer who immigrated from Italy in the early 1900s, and to his right is his wife Angelina (who I remember fondly as Great-Grandma Papagni). They are seated at the table with their kids - the two little ones are my dad and Aunt Sandy seated with their mother (my Grandma Julie). Once I cleaned-up and colored the photo, I recognized what they were having for dinner. Angelina made a supper of macaroni with homemade tomato sauce and a salad with bread. I grew up eating this exact same meal every Sunday evening with Grandma Papagni and the whole extended family, sometimes reaching 25+ members in attendance - it was such a big deal we were even featured in the Fresno Bee. She prepared that meal for her growing family for over 50 years. Amazing. A tradition I'll treasure in my heart forever.
Today's #photorestoration features this snapshot from Christmas Day 1965. That's my granddad and grandmom with their two kids, my mother and uncle, at my great-grandparent's house in Bellaire, Texas. This particular image was in a photo album that belonged to my great-grandmother, one of a couple my mother inherited. I scanned the original image about fifteen years ago at 96 dpi, before I knew what I was doing. With this #restoration, I upgraded the image to 762 dpi, and with some touching-up in Photoshop, the result is much more clear image. Working on this latest promotion has been a fun trip down memory lane.
