Instagram à la 1950
The photo album had been sitting in my possession for years, patiently awaiting my attention. When I finally got around to scanning it – the last of my mother's albums that I digitized – I was thrilled to find high quality images and delightful captions penned in white ink on the black pages. A 1950s precursor of Instagram or Facebook. At some point in her life, Bernice had the good sense to remove photos from the album that were irrelevant to her story. Only the captions remain on the pages, hinting at what she discarded. Bernice's photo album tells the story of the summer of 1950 – a time of love and excitement in her life. In June, Bernice graduated from Syracuse University, where she had majored in journalism. Not only was she the first person in her family…