My father must get his love of photography from his Grandfather Lloyd Gainer, though he never met him. Lloyd died around age 36 or 38, I think from a burst appendix. He left a priceless legacy of over 100 glass plate negatives, each one a work of art. Years ago, my father was able to make prints from the negatives, but it was a tedious process, and many of the negatives were damaged. But with today's technology, he was able to scan in the negatives, and touch up the images with software. Here are just a few of the images.