I googled the title, and the following link appears to be the photo mentioned by Elaine. I have an approx 1910 picture of my dad and grandfather in front of the old hardware store, and there's a resemblance to the boy with the cart. http://m.pinterest.com/pin/166211042467953586/ Regarding inventions: Certainly the computer and digital camera has my life radically. Chemical photography allowed us to preserve visual memories, but photographic reproductions using chemicals were time consuming and expensive. In the late 1970s had taken it on myself to make duplicates of old family photos after parents and uncles passed on, and I built a darkroom to do so. However, I would go into the darkroom at 9PM and come out at daylight, and only made relatively few reproductions. Chemicals and paper were very expensive for me. There was no way that I could reproduce all of those pictures for everyone. Now, however, I can quickly (relatively) scan negatives, pictures, and 35mm slides, and place them on a CD or DVD and distribute them to siblings and cousins everywhere. And unlike in the darkroom, I don't have to spend 15 or so minutes making test prints to ensure pictures are properly exposed. Nor do I have to find places to dry large numbers of prints. Instead, every printed reproduction is quick, easy, and perfectly exposed, including color pictures. And digital color prints are more long lasting than they were in the 1950s, provided OEM ink is used. Canon color ink is supposed to last for 75 years. . Funny how back in 1984, my wife said I'd never use my new Apple 2e toy, and later my local manufacture IBM clone 286. I was constantly on them for work use and genealogy. I then told my wife that she needed to get on the computer as well. Her comment was "I'm not getting on that thing until you clean up that mess in here". So, from 1984 to the present, she never got on the computer here in my little office. She has been on the laptop that we bought back in Windows 98 days, though --- to shop online. She never expected that to happen, either. In about 2006 or so, a mechanic told me that man landed on the moon with no more computer power than the computer in my 1991 van. And digital cameras? I've missed so many pictures in the past because film was expensive. Now there's no reason to "waste" a picture -- just take lots of pictures, keep only the good ones, and delete the rest. And they're great for taking pics of genealogy records as well. They save lots on copy machine fees. This is a great time to be retired and into genealogy, museums, and web sites. We've come a long way since my grandfather opened a sheet metal store in Minco, OK in 1891. By the way, because deadly ticks with "tick fever" forced cattle drives headed to Abilene, KS, from Texas and Indian Territories to keep moving westward clear into Colorado, a new, shorter route had to be developed. As a result, a new railroad penetrated deep into Indian Territory, with the end of the railroad being Minco, OK. My little home town became the end of the Abilene Trail in 1891. (It wasn't until 1920 and later that the Abilene Trail started to become known as the Chisholm Trail.) Woody http://www.woodworth-ancestors.com http://www.minco-ok.com/hist http://www.minco-ok.com/alum http://www.minco-ok.com/minco http://southeast59.webege.com/ > Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 20:05:39 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GN] Inventions > > Everyone too worn out from the Holidays to give > this much thought? > > My comment about the photo which is quite charming > of a young delivery boy dressed in a shirt, tie > and shorts, with a wooden push cart, prompted me > to comment that my father was born in 1888, and > can you imagine the changes he saw in his life > time. I was blessed with him being with me til the > late 1960s. That prompted the question of me > suggesting digital cameras. But I will again say > here, the personal computer is the great invention > of my lifetime. > > Feel free to talk about it. How many here are > keeping journals along with their genealogy > programs? > > Elaine > > Anyone can do any amount of work provided it > isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the > moment. --Robert Benchley > > Hello List > > On Monday, April 1, 2013, you wrote > > > > This wonderful thread just erupted on my Facebook > > page because I had posed a 1908 photo of a young > > boy with women wearing long dresses in the > > background. > > > Let's see what people think here after reading > > this beginning. > > > Elaine > > > ------ > > > Delivery boy with a cart, Cincinnati OH, 1908 (Lewis Hine photo) > > Like · · Unfollow Post · Share > > Carlos, Chloe and Ashley like this. > > > Sue What do you think is the best invention > > you have seen in your lifetime, Elaine?. When I > > am asked, my reply is digital photography. I am > > only (ahem) 60, but I sure wish it was available > > as we raised our children. > > 34 minutes ago · Unlike · 1 > > > Elaine The personal computer, the PC was just > > falling into common hands when my husband died > > in 1991. I would never have made it without the > > PC which cost a fortune then, I think I paid > > about $6,000 all told for the initial investment > > and more over the next ...See More > > 17 minutes ago · Like · 1 > > > Elaine My father loved cameras and we are among > > the lucky ones, we have more family photos than many of our friends. > > 15 minutes ago · Like · 1 > > > Sue Wow, yes, computer availability to the > > public was an exciting time, as well as internet > > access. I do remember getting our first > > computer, it was from Radio Shack and storage > > was on a cassette tape. Computers have sure come > > a long way! I am kind of geeky and had to have > > one, no matter how many pennies I had to pinch. > > I can be creative with food whilst saving money > > for what I want. The geek in me is always > > wanting/needing/getting upgrades and such. <grin> > > 2 minutes ago · Like > > > Sue My mom was our family's camera buff and I > > think I inherited that gene. I remember a > > two-week vacation with our kids that we used > > about 16 rolls of 35mm film. I had to save money > > from our paychecks just to pay for developing, lol! > > about a minute ago · Like · 1