My grandfather's "selfie" (circa 1898)

[NCarolinawoman]

32. Thank you everyone, for all the replies to this post.

I knew there would be some camera experts to help me out. As I mentioned, I hope to be posting a few more choice oldies in the near future.

I loved looking at these books with him, like some children want the same favorite storybook to be read over and over.

An interesting conversation I had with him about the transportation system in the city: I was looking at the pictures of horses and horse drawn trolleys mixed in with the very early automobiles and bicycles and I said, "I wish we still had horses instead of cars!" (Like many young girls, I loved LOVED horses ). His answer to me was, "You don't want that. As a boy I would sit in the trolley and cringe at the way they would whip those poor horses. It was cruel. It helped the horses when the automobile was invented." I never forgot that.