Smile for the Camera

Smile for the Camera, 17th Edition – School Days

The prompt for this edition of Smile for the Camera is “School Days.”  Below are photos of Alliance High School, located in Alliance, Stark County, Ohio.  The building was built in 1868 as Alliance College, and was purchased in 1887 to be used as the high school.  It was located at the corner of Broadway Street and Linden Avenue.  Sadly, the building was demolished in 1910.  A second high school

Smile for the Camera, 16th Edition

The prompt for this edition of Smile for the Camera is “Bling, ancestor Bling.” I have chosen a picture of my paternal grandmother wearing her signature pearls. She is wearing that pearl necklace in nearly every photo I have of her. Sadly, I don’t know what became of it. However, I do have a birthstone ring of hers that my father had given me when I was a teenager. Her