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Originally Posted by RogueMom
I find walls of displayed family photos from decades gone by kind of depressing.
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I think it depends on who the photos are of and what (if any) relationship one had with them. My parents both died in the early 1990s, while still in their 70s, and I like being able to look at their wedding photo when they were both so happy and just starting out in their life together.
As for my paternal grandfather and great-grandfather, I was never told anything about them (because there were scandals the family kept secret from me) while any of my relatives were alive; I found out about them during the early 2000s after several years of doing genealogical research. Based on what I have learned, I feel a strong personality-based connection to them both and in times of indecision or stress I often find myself contemplating their photographs and thinking "What would Grandpa or Great-Grandpa have done in this situation?"
That said, I would never want walls of, or tabletops covered with, framed photos... regardless of who the subjects are. Especially tabletop, lol, because I really do
hate to have to move things in order to dust, LOL. A swipe across an empty or almost-empty surface is more my speed. A great advantage to wall mounted photos is that they can go FAR longer without having to be dusted.
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