HESCH HISTORY: Don't be NEGATIVE any more!

This branch of the Austrian Hesch family is descended from Johann Hesch and his wife Marya (Schlinz) Hesch, who came to America from Oberschlagles, Bohemia with three sons: Paul, Mathias, and Anton. +++Johann & Marya settled in Buffalo County, Wisconsin but moved to Pierz, Mn in about 1885. .+++Mathias settled in Waumandee, Wisconsin and moved to Pierz in 1911. +++Anton never married but farmed with his dad in Agram Township, where he died in 1911.+++And Paul, my great grandfather, settled five miles away, in Buckman, Minnesota. He died there in 1900.

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Don't be NEGATIVE any more!

WOW!! I found an ancient "Schwankl Drugstore" envelope full of photographic negatives today. I knew I had 'em, and thought "...some day..." I'd have them developed.
BUT, it occurred to me that I could try the scanner, and with the PAINT program's "invert color" option...it might just WORK.

So, I scanned all of 'em, 4-6 at a time, then copied and pasted each one separately.

This one is typical of how they look "inverted". But then, I opened another program called Paint.NET, where there's an option to "Auto Level".........and VOILA!

What a TREAT to see Lois doing 'SO BIG' to little me...lol It was about the last time she could!