Technology, how it has changed. My grandmother was born in 1912, during the Mexican Revolution. At the time, her father, my great grandfather, Federico Stallforth, was being held for ransom by Pancho Villa. The Stallforth brothers owned gold and silver mines in Chihuahua. My great grandmother was sent out of the country and my grandmother was born in El Paso, TX. The ransom was paid and my great grandfather lived on to leave this memento …
(Yes, he’s lighting a cigarette.)
My grandmother lived into her eighties. I used to wonder at the changes that she saw in her life, public air travel, transatlantic phone lines, computers, the internet… What changes will my children see in their lifetime?
And now this bit of my great grandfather comes alive on youtube. Thank you, Mary.
This is the coolest thing! Your grandfather is being Honored in such a cool way. I love the picture book. I cant remember what they were called. But as kids we use to make them for fun.
Loved the post!
Flipbooks.
He liked photo novelties. I have another photo of him sitting in front of a multiple mirror setup, so it looks like there are 4 of him.
… great grandfather… I didn’t get to meet him. He died before I was born, but there are a lot of stories about him.
I have lots of information on your ancester. He was quite an illustrious man.
Harry, I would be interested in knowing more. Would you mind emailing me? simrat @ akalranch dot com