Old Photography @ MindSay

Can someone tell me what car this is that I'm in? 

I remember the day this photo was taken.  The year was 1972 (or 1973) and I am two years old.  Everyone had gathered at the shore of Lake Michigan to go swimming.  I went back to the car after a yellow jacket bit me on the ankle, so I was afraid to go back out.  My mother and her friends were behind the camera coaxing me with smiles and silly noises to come out from hiding and join the fun.  I like that you can see all the garbage, diapers, and toilet paper rolls on the floor of the back seat.  In the background you can see the waves of old Lake Michigan.  Oh, the good old days...

Anyone else remember what the world was like when you were two years old?

Watch how our 1850 friend, Bernice, transforms before your very eyes into brilliant 21st century color!

The first image was painted using filters from Photoshop.  The color was a bit too high chroma, so I fussed with a few other filters to make Bernice look like she's under a glass frame, tweaked the gamma a bit, and even added a painted background to make her image look more authentic, like she was sitting in a portrait studio.  Then added texture to the frame part to make it look like old canvas, blurred that, then projected that lens flare again.  The last image is the black and white jpg I found online.  Makes me wonder what the original photo looked like, and what colors Bernice actually wore.  I guessed her outfit to be in jewel tones, popular for the period.  I gave her the name Bernice because she looks like someone who is normally dull looking and doesn't get dressed up that often, except for a picture.  I'm also guessing that she was she moved to the U.S. from Britian and this photo was her way to send word to her folks that her life as a schoolmistress is going well, but no husband yet...

 

Now Bernice looks like her picture was taken just yesterday.