This photo was taken sixty years ago at the home of my great-grandparents, Richard and Ethel Ketner at Sylvan on Fox Island, Washington.
These are my parents--Ethel Shoemaker and Eugene Rutland--two month before they got married. This was my Dad's introduction to the Ketner clan. I guess it went well as my parents will be celebrating their sixtieth anniversary this coming February.
What I love about old photograph is the chance to look into the past and see the details of daily life. Like the old radio behind the couch, the piano and the old-fashioned Christmas tree. Getting a glimpse into a 1940's home is fascinating.
Most of my photos from before the mid-1940's are taken outdoors, which leads me to surmise that flash photography only become widely accessible to the amateur after that time.
