Now with inexpensive digital cameras and cell phones and other devices that capture images, it seems everyone has a camera of some sort. Digital cameras make taking photographs very inexpensive compared to film cameras. Because of the cost of a roll of film, the limited numbers of photos that could be taken on a roll and the expense of having the film developed, people were more cautious about how many pictures they took.
For a small amount of money, we can purchase cards for our camera that can take a thousand pictures. It always amuses me to watch a group of tourist alight from a bus with digital camera in hand and immediately start taking pictures, not even sure of what they are viewing. We allowed photography at the Washington Cathedral. Often I would just look in amazement as fifty students walked through the door and before they even had a chance to see what was in front of them start shooting.
Since my web page is mostly memoirs of our Cathedral Quest, I have decided to share with you other memories and experiences. On the home page, I relate the experience of my first visit to the Washington Cathedral on a whirlwind excursion with my Great Uncle Oley. Uncle Oley was a great man who had a profound influence on my life.
Both of my grandfathers died before I was born. They had four sons and two daughters. My great grandfather, Evan J. My grandfather and one other son were the only two who married. The other son, Ben, did not have any children. My mother was the only child of Will who became a widower when mother was a year old.
So when my grandmother died, my mother was raised by her grandparents, her father, two bachelor uncles and two old maid aunt all living in the same house β a rather large house in Huntington, West Virginia. She had many interesting stories to tell about her upbringing. The family picture on the right was taken in when Uncle Oley was five years old standing on right. When I was born the only persons still living were Uncle Oley and the two aunts. So after this rather lengthy memoir, you can see how Uncle Oley was so important to me.
