Thank you to Ioffa of Bologna for sharing your old family photos on flickr. Although it is heartbreaking how they are disintegrating so, I love the look and feel of the worn edges, creeping into these images. They are so beautiful along with his captions in Italian describing each image. I am glad these were not forgotten.
Oblii in Corso translates to: oblivion in course, in time you forget.*

Umberto e Margherita

amico di famiglia

il fido

il giardino della villa

interno in citta

la foresteria

*my Italian speaking friends, please correct me if I am wrong.

Images dated 1899/1902
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8913851@N04/