COUNTRYLIVING.COM / NOVEMBER 2019 Ƃƀ
Meet the Woman on
a Mission to Save
Your Family Photos.
“We all have them: boxes of
old photos that are a living,
breathing archive. This
photo [above] is of my
grandmother Sarah Lincoln
LaCour with her husband,
Joseph Alcide LaCour. She
passed away in June 2015,
at 91 years young. My
memories of her are stored
safely in my heart, tucked
away until the day I can tell
my own child stories about
his great grandmother.
Yet I have something else,
something tangible. I have
photos. And these images,
faded and tattered, help
me remember to remember.
As a child, I walked past
Sarah Lincoln’s wood-pan-
eled wall of photos and
stared at my family’s faces.
I saw my father graduating
from high school; my aunt
at a swim meet; my
grandparents on their
wedding day. I saw faces
full of hopes and dreams. It
was during those moments
that I realized: My story
started before me. Sarah
Lincoln’s wall of photos
inspired me to preserve
these priceless artifacts—
mine and others’. And the
rest, as they say, is history.”
Photojournalist Rachel LaCour-
Niesen is the founder of Save
Family Photos. See (and share!)
more @savefamilyphotos.“This is a photo of
my mom, in Wyoming, on
her fi rst bike ride. It’s from
my granddad’s slide
collection. Whenever we
would all get together over
the holidays, part of our
tradition was to gather in
the living room for a
slideshow and share stories.
I love seeing my mom as
a child, so carefree.”
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