"Few objects possess the ability to transcend time as old photographs do. They are our single, most immediate link to the past, outliving memory and closing the distance of years as if no time had elapsed at all. In the split-second wink of a camera's eye, a photo refuses to let its subjects pass in to memory but instead keeps them fresh and vibrant long after death."
Unlocking the Secrets in Old Photographs by Karen Frisch-Ripley, Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Incorporated, 1991.