Developing 120-Year-Old Photos found in a Time Capsule

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  • @allanjaythatwasbeautiful751
    @allanjaythatwasbeautiful751 4 года назад +1979

    WOW...Amazing the emotion that this brings forth. We feel the connection without ever knowing her or her cat. We feel the sadness of knowing they are no longer here. AAAH how we souls are so inter connected without realising it.. ❤
    I am touched to be in the company of many rare humans who still have humanity and empathy, where men are not afraid to show emotion and we all gathered here at a Place where memories of 120 years was given life again. GOD bless you all. Keep that love alive and spread it around to many.

    • @wickedprotos1937
      @wickedprotos1937 4 года назад +28

      That is a profound way of putting it.

    • @edmundartmalkundratek5000
      @edmundartmalkundratek5000 4 года назад +16

      well, the soundtrack got someone emotional here.

    • @inverted311
      @inverted311 4 года назад +30

      jamest6474 I guess.....
      Interesting thing to say, especially during a quarantine...
      Regardless of the fact, I find it to be refreshing that there are people still feeling any type of emotion besides self centeredness or anger.
      🤙🤙

    • @BarryaLLen-ik8bq
      @BarryaLLen-ik8bq 4 года назад +2

      😂

    • @ray-a-day1071
      @ray-a-day1071 4 года назад +14

      I agree!! Very emotional.

  • @TitoBobbyPh
    @TitoBobbyPh 4 года назад +3345

    nothing changed in 120 years... People just love to take picture of their cats 😁😁😁

  • @GeorgeWiman
    @GeorgeWiman 4 года назад +2930

    How could she have imagined that, 120 years later, long after she was dead, someone would find the negatives of her beloved kitty, and develop them as nearly half a million people watch and say; "Awwwwwww!"

    • @sherwin1988
      @sherwin1988 4 года назад +68

      Thankfully an intelligent person with the capability to resurrect and share her story found this capsule, beautiful 🍻

    • @Annsunshine30
      @Annsunshine30 4 года назад +15

      So extremely disappointing when it`s not a photo of a person!

    • @najgarcia410
      @najgarcia410 4 года назад +49

      @@Annsunshine30 better that it's a cat in the picture..🐈🐈🐈

    • @Annsunshine30
      @Annsunshine30 4 года назад +2

      @@najgarcia410 So disappointing!!

    • @najgarcia410
      @najgarcia410 4 года назад +31

      @@Annsunshine30 ..hahahahaha..it seems that you're the only one whose dissapointed of not seeing another human being in the comment section..btw, i'm an animal lover & an introvert, by choice..telling me of seeing another person rather than an animal is kinda funny for me..

  • @jessenone3708
    @jessenone3708 3 года назад +535

    When I was young I thought 120 years was such a long long time, now that I'm 72 , 120 years doesn't seem so long ago.

    • @Crustycats
      @Crustycats 2 года назад +14

      Yep,only 120 christmases

    • @diazalbn
      @diazalbn 2 года назад +5

      stay healthy!

    • @jessenone3708
      @jessenone3708 2 года назад +6

      @@diazalbn Decomcrats will destroy america, so what's the point of staying healthy?

    • @Jellybellyirish
      @Jellybellyirish 2 года назад +43

      @@jessenone3708 that's not wisdom that's mental illness

    • @jessenone3708
      @jessenone3708 2 года назад +1

      @@Jellybellyirish I agree, being a democrat is mental illness

  • @wilfordfraser6347
    @wilfordfraser6347 4 года назад +519

    "She wanted her cat not to be forgotten".
    This whole video made me bawl.
    I am getting old.

    • @ppgedez
      @ppgedez 3 года назад +8

      Same here dude.

    • @laswans.2968
      @laswans.2968 3 года назад +6

      Wilford Fraser
      It made me cry too. I'm not sure why other than it was just plain sweet. I'm 68 so yes I'm kinda old myself. But that's not what made me cry.

    • @ghoulgoil5029
      @ghoulgoil5029 3 года назад +4

      And the puppy and kitten. I was tearing up too.

    • @skyboswell
      @skyboswell 3 года назад +3

      That's the moment that brought tears to my eyes also. xx

    • @amyosgood6044
      @amyosgood6044 3 года назад +4

      Me too....me too😭😭

  • @zerongraf
    @zerongraf 4 года назад +343

    27-years old man, criying like a baby. man, thats so awesome.

    • @itsthespiceoflife
      @itsthespiceoflife 4 года назад +11

      You're not alone! We can cry like babies together, lol. There is something absolutely beautiful and wonderful about this precious memory frozen in time and I'm so grateful to be apart of it in some way.

    • @holoholopainen1627
      @holoholopainen1627 4 года назад +1

      #MeToo

    • @Vino3437
      @Vino3437 4 года назад +1

      Ok boomer

    • @cornstar1253
      @cornstar1253 4 года назад +1

      Lame

    • @sunnydae6602
      @sunnydae6602 4 года назад +6

      ADYuki
      I’m glad there are people like you in the world💖

  • @drimachuck
    @drimachuck 4 года назад +503

    I'm crying so hard because we get to see the lovely chonk and beby and goodboi after 120 years.

  • @Bran08Eman
    @Bran08Eman 3 года назад +205

    My father in-law died of cancer at age 83 worried for his kitty in his last years and made me promise to care for her after he died. Kitty and I took care for each other for another 14 years till she passed. It hurts my heart knowing our shared rituals are no more, but never forgotten. Thanks for the post.

  • @davidwebb091370
    @davidwebb091370 3 года назад +503

    i got teary-eyed when i read the line "She wanted her beloved cat not to be forgotten"

    • @bilbilsbilly
      @bilbilsbilly 3 года назад +8

      Me too , now i took a picture of my cat more often 💆🏻‍♂️

    • @Doomdeathz
      @Doomdeathz 3 года назад +2

      Me too.

    • @Lutzow706
      @Lutzow706 3 года назад +3

      Same. The love.

    • @jessicamay3919
      @jessicamay3919 3 года назад +8

      I’m sitting here trying not to cry lol

    • @Shavenhamster
      @Shavenhamster 2 года назад +5

      For me it was just the thought of this innocent little girl taking photos of her cant all those years ago and she has lived and gone from this earth. Maybe because I'm a father i feel this way.

  • @ilyatravels
    @ilyatravels 4 года назад +394

    She would've never thought that after so many years her beloved cat will be seen by other people in 120 years, how fascinating :)

    • @1Missysunshine
      @1Missysunshine 4 года назад +5

      Ilya Ivanov And thousands of people, at that❣️😇

    • @peterharms3639
      @peterharms3639 4 года назад +7

      And all over the world (west coast of Australia)

    • @shiloh280
      @shiloh280 4 года назад +7

      We know the cat again but the little girl is lost forever

    • @ashwinraghavan96
      @ashwinraghavan96 4 года назад +3

      this is deep!!

  • @Darryl_Frost
    @Darryl_Frost 4 года назад +901

    The nicest part is when you put it all back in place, for someone else to do the same thing in another 120 years.. So nice of you.. I enjoyed this very much..

    • @petrberanek4230
      @petrberanek4230 4 года назад +22

      Sadly, no current cat photos added.

    • @Lonestar512
      @Lonestar512 4 года назад +22

      Think about the fact that, while not certain, it is Very likely that cat's descendants are running around bringing joy to people somewhere this very day!!

    • @shockadelic
      @shockadelic 4 года назад +13

      Would have been "nicer" to donate it to a museum or historical society, so it can be preserved properly and not gather dust and mold again

    • @6RshEuH2
      @6RshEuH2 3 года назад +6

      @@shockadelic he most likely just put it back where he found it for the sake of the video. I'm assuming he kept the capsule with him and didn't just leave it where he found it.

  • @clieding
    @clieding 3 года назад +263

    That was lovely. I am now over sixty-years-old and becoming with age painfully nostalgic. I want younger people to know that all the former me’s from as far back as infancy are still alive, still here, still a part of me with all the vivid memories and impressions of life-all the joys and sorrows, dreams and desires, fascinations and wonders still a glow in the radiant light of my mind and spirit. Each one of us is our own time capsule. We continuously grow, learn and develop. Our souls become wrapped in layer upon layer of those myriad experiences like the rings of a tree concentrically expanding around our core.

    • @totalrobot
      @totalrobot 2 года назад +4

      Awesome comment. Thank you

    • @Yeolita
      @Yeolita 2 года назад +3

      Beautiful!! Understanding our individually and making our own identity should not keep us from connecting with others, be it human or animal, anything alive or even just the cosmos!

    • @therussianblin2175
      @therussianblin2175 2 года назад +7

      I'm only 16 years old, but somehow, I feel like I've missed things. Being born in the early 2000's isn't that much different than today. I couldn't really see the evolution of technology and live the colorful era of the 80's.

    • @nahmastay3300
      @nahmastay3300 Год назад +1

      Beautiful comment

    • @angelatakano6072
      @angelatakano6072 Год назад +6

      I am also 60 ys old and it brought tears to my eyes because we belong to an era that is gone. I still remember bringing photos to develop to the shops, its incredible how nostalgic this is!

  • @JackieBaisa
    @JackieBaisa 3 года назад +135

    This is so personal. She clearly loved her pets and wanted them preserved on film. What an incredible find. I'd like to think she's "up there" somewhere smiling, together again with her pets. Thank you so much for sharing both the incredible find, as well as the cyanotype method of development. Just fantastic all around!

    • @lonewretch
      @lonewretch 2 года назад +4

      She probably didn't really think twice about it, playing with her new camera, her cat outside frolicking, her out there with her pets, taking a few pictures, then going off to play somewhere else with her innocent childhood... in time, she would become more social in society, finishing school, all the memories that go with those years, all the things that shaped her into maturity... becoming a woman and entering the work force, perhaps, or marrying some long loved beau.. having a family of her own, children, watching them grow into adults, all the life around her, all those then current things, and fond memories yet never considering 120 years into the future.. grand children, she's old now, sitting in her chair, watching them play. friends and family come and go all the time, she's content. but death... she now knows it all too well. Perhaps she watched her husband of so many years pass, or friends she loved very much.. the pain of loss, where only memories remain.. and now as she lays in her bed, in her final moments, she smiles.. because her life was lived fully..
      we can only imagine her life. and those photos are the slightest glimpse into it...

  • @marsgal42
    @marsgal42 4 года назад +254

    I've done prints from old negatives and always feel honoured and humble when I do so. One favourite is my Mom and Dad dressed up, going out to a party. Mom is just starting to show a bump. It's me.

  • @JohnnyReb
    @JohnnyReb 4 года назад +829

    *"History is not 'was' it's 'is'."*
    ~ William Falkner.
    That little girl whoever she was didn't want her little kitty to be forgotten.
    And you Mr. Stern you brought it back to life in a way.
    Powerful video!

    • @bradagain
      @bradagain 4 года назад +14

      Well said, history is us. We tend to forget that. Whether it's recent or well into the past, our history is what makes us as an individual, society, and species. "We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
      " - Martin Luther King, Jr.

    • @andyfrancolive
      @andyfrancolive 4 года назад +7

      Magico and Beautiful....completely Beautiful.

    • @Bludongle
      @Bludongle 4 года назад +17

      Brought that lil baby to life in extremely real ways.
      Every single one of us who has a Feline Overlord looked into those whiskers and knew.

    • @SOL-ck5lu
      @SOL-ck5lu 4 года назад +2

      Johnny Reb super powerful!!!!!!!!❤️

    • @JohnnyReb
      @JohnnyReb 4 года назад

      @@SOL-ck5lu If you're referring to "history is not was it's is" that was said by William Falkner.

  • @SultanAbdulRehman
    @SultanAbdulRehman 4 года назад +53

    The whole story is so simple, yet so damn beautiful.

  • @jimren5638
    @jimren5638 3 года назад +77

    I love this and I really love how he put everything back just where he found it. Maybe for another 120 years?

  • @WaterBottleBlues101
    @WaterBottleBlues101 4 года назад +466

    I don’t know why this made me tear up, it’s just nice to be remembered. 🕰

    • @dwade6322
      @dwade6322 4 года назад +18

      You took the words out of my mouth...i think thats why i got emotional watching this...i think it was nice that someones life (in this case a little girls) was somehow remembered.

    • @stellar7760
      @stellar7760 4 года назад +11

      I’m actually crying my eyes out and I don’t really know why; it was so beautifully done.

    • @x_StoneyBones_x
      @x_StoneyBones_x 4 года назад +3

      It’s just so incredibly touching on such a soul level

    • @peterb9862
      @peterb9862 3 года назад +3

      Because everything about it is designed to make you feel something. The slow motions. The moments with no sound. The dramatic music that slowly builds up and finally tells you when to feel something. Truth is they didn't need to develop these plates with chemicals at all, you can see the negative image on them.

    • @shamanic1
      @shamanic1 3 года назад +1

      @@peterb9862 Uhhh, well... I believe, the little girl's intention, was to have her kitty be seen, as dear, to her heart an essential being, in her life. By turning a fragile, glass, photo-plate negative, into a normal image, Mathieu has enabled (us), non-photographic experts, to see her lovely pet, in a regular fashion.
      The music is, clearly, there, for the purpose you suggest, nonetheless, I - and, many others, as we now can see - are delighted, that the sweet, innocent wish, of a young girl, met with some measure of success. As an aficionado, of historical inquiry, the very thought, of a child, reaching out to (me), though, perhaps, anonymously, is another marvelous reward, for my intention, of connecting with the past.
      If I were touching those delicate keepsakes, in a little tin box - knowing their purpose - I would have been flooded, with emotion, just in the silence, of the workshop!

  • @SomeUnremarkableGuy
    @SomeUnremarkableGuy 4 года назад +688

    Man, If we only could have time machine. Imagine going back in the 1900s and telling to that little girl, your photo will live.

    • @joeohara3746
      @joeohara3746 4 года назад +98

      SomeRandomGuy Not only that it will live, but that hundreds of thousands of people across the world will see it. Mind blowing.

    • @hunterchristy
      @hunterchristy 4 года назад +18

      well you just outright fucked me up, fam

    • @robertstallard7836
      @robertstallard7836 4 года назад +49

      She'd tell her parents and you'd be locked up in a lunatic asylum for being some strangely-dressed weirdo, speaking in a funny way and claiming to be from the future whilst approaching little girls to engage them in conversation about their pets.

    • @dougs7367
      @dougs7367 4 года назад +9

      And you took a dna sample of the cat and cloned it.

    • @RSpudieD
      @RSpudieD 4 года назад +17

      That would be so cool. To think that some possibly-random photo she took all those years ago is being looked at today...amazing.

  • @maureen669
    @maureen669 4 года назад +32

    As an animal rescuer who has kept every rescue I took in over a 40 year period, this makes my heart swell with so many emotions; love, melancholy, happiness, and faith that that the little girl grew into an old lady that loved and cared and they are all together again. 🙏♥️♥️🐾🐾

  • @JasonOlsen
    @JasonOlsen 2 года назад +4

    This honestly brought tears to my eyes. A piece of "Every day," featuring a beloved companion that left long before I came to exist. What a beautiful memorial they left behind.

    • @edithbannerman4
      @edithbannerman4 9 месяцев назад

      @Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

  • @eddvcr598
    @eddvcr598 4 года назад +567

    I just imagined the little girl, her best friend the kitty, the kitten, and her doggy watching you develop the photos from heaven together with big smiles!

  • @sammulder9532
    @sammulder9532 4 года назад +213

    wow, she loved them so much, she made them immortal. very emotional.

  • @dwade6322
    @dwade6322 4 года назад +15

    That little girls precious treasures were heart warming to see...reminds me of a time when people just loved simple things,an not strive to out-do one another.

  • @metocvideo
    @metocvideo 3 года назад +17

    Being both a photographer and a cat lover, I am fascinated by this. I am sitting in a chair with my best little friend on my lap, and when you said that she did not want her beloved cat to be forgotten, it made me a bit emotional. Keep making these thoughtful videos, please.

  • @plebeiangaming5625
    @plebeiangaming5625 4 года назад +533

    Is it just me or a lot of people also feel a sort of emotional attachment to things of the past, regardsless if they are ours or not?

    • @johnb1521
      @johnb1521 3 года назад +11

      A different time and place just like you were there.

    • @richard4short5
      @richard4short5 3 года назад +6

      Yeah, i do that.
      Vicarious nostalgia....

    • @flagal519
      @flagal519 3 года назад +11

      Absolutely. Not sure why but I was sad seeing that little cat and knowing for sure that she is no longer on the earth plane. I hope she is in heaven with her owner, her kitten and the dog.

    • @conspiracytheoriesorconspi9061
      @conspiracytheoriesorconspi9061 3 года назад +1

      I’d say it’s just you. But knowing there’s so many Nancy pants in the world, you’re probably not.

    • @stevenpropst-hogg1962
      @stevenpropst-hogg1962 3 года назад +12

      It reflects on our own mortality and experience. 120 years wasn't that long ago, yet they are gone. We are the past for someone else, soon to come.

  • @mfreeman313
    @mfreeman313 4 года назад +535

    Crying. This cat is back in the world.

    • @Pawel_Mrozek
      @Pawel_Mrozek 4 года назад +5

      I'am pretty sure this cat is in the word anyway. Despite that why is someone want to put photo of a cat containing nothing significant to that time in time capsule, there are some details I could tell already this is not 120 years old photo and it is not about being photo expert and technique of that photo.

    • @1Missysunshine
      @1Missysunshine 4 года назад +4

      mfreeman313 Me too! 🤭😩😢

    • @mfreeman313
      @mfreeman313 4 года назад +16

      @@1Missysunshine More than once I've used photos to help me mourn and remember cats I've loved. But this is such a wide gulf of time, it's that much more poignant. These two little long-gone souls loved each other, and we get to see it fresh again, and love them both. Oh God getting choked up again this is ridiculous. : )

    • @itsthespiceoflife
      @itsthespiceoflife 4 года назад +9

      I'm crying with you! Those damn onions, lol.

    • @RomanZerstoren
      @RomanZerstoren 4 года назад +3

      metoo

  • @ronyalemerrill
    @ronyalemerrill 4 года назад +36

    I just experienced a huge wave of nostalgia! I have had many beloved kitties. I started taking their pictures when I was in kindergarten and still have them today. I was a bit of an outcast and would sneak photos of my cat to school and look at them when I was alone or sad at school. What a wonderful find! Thank you for sharing this video!

  • @stephaniehyatt309
    @stephaniehyatt309 2 года назад +8

    I stumbled upon a clip of this on imgur a few days ago, and re-watched it again today. I decided I needed to see the whole thing, and was moved to tears. To know this child valued the same types of thing I valued as a young girl demonstrated the universality of what is important in life. This was beautiful and moving. Thank you for sharing such an intimate part of you life. 🧡

  • @roxannatorralba7268
    @roxannatorralba7268 4 года назад +133

    I don’t understand why I got so emotional watching this. It’s so beautiful.

    • @ShikamaruXT
      @ShikamaruXT 4 года назад +7

      I amagrown man and i am crying. Don't ask for reasons, just enjoy the moment.

  • @riccardonecci8083
    @riccardonecci8083 4 года назад +671

    I'm not crying; my eyes are just sweating.

    • @RSpudieD
      @RSpudieD 4 года назад +9

      Yep, me too.

    • @BryanEnsign
      @BryanEnsign 4 года назад +13

      Who's cutting onions again?

    • @FrankP83
      @FrankP83 4 года назад +6

      Me too!!I Hate you Mat... =°)

    • @cheshirecat3981
      @cheshirecat3981 4 года назад +10

      so... i'm not the only one.. =)

    • @mbsevans
      @mbsevans 4 года назад +4

      Me too! Wow!

  • @piarademacher4024
    @piarademacher4024 2 года назад +2

    In a way the little girl never could have imagined she made her beloved cat immortal. What a wonderful legacy! A very inspiring video - maybe I will have my very own time capsule, who knows. ;-)

  • @Lisargarza
    @Lisargarza 3 года назад +9

    Absolutely wonderful music choices. I actually got goose bumps waiting for the image to be revealed! And how lovely that she chose to preserve her beloved pets.

  • @bakerXderek
    @bakerXderek 4 года назад +408

    That's insane to think it's been sitting there through so many historical moments untouched for all these years.

    • @Automedon2
      @Automedon2 4 года назад +11

      Being RUclips, the chances are the scenario was staged, but still nice to see

    • @Exeros
      @Exeros 3 года назад +3

      @@salvagemonster3612 You realize people give other people tasks to do right? Plus this wasn't really their discovery.
      "About this video:
      Because of my last video, someone in my family told me about a possible time capsule in our old family house, after investigation I found a box dating from around 1900 judging by the objects and the technic of the photos found inside.
      I then decided to develop them using one of the oldest ways to make photography prints : Cyanotype.
      "

    • @mc_little_boy9113
      @mc_little_boy9113 3 года назад

      Dusty ropes

    • @PRH123
      @PRH123 3 года назад +3

      @@Automedon2 yes definitely staged, had it been in the family, he would have known or guessed who the girl was.. the box in the roll too desk was just too perfect... hard to believe no one would open that drawer and leave a nice old roll top desk in the basement for 120 years..

    • @glowinggold9488
      @glowinggold9488 3 года назад

      @@salvagemonster3612 I really doubt it found it as he was vedioing.Pob found it...then thought"hey ill see whats in theas and document it wiele im doing ti"That to me is not satged.The photos are still real.

  • @peterxyz3541
    @peterxyz3541 4 года назад +290

    “She wanted her beloved cat not to be forgotten”... THIS channel is like a lesson on humanity through the use of cameras. This channel is like....an impressionistic painter but with glass, chemicals, electronics. F-KING ❤️❤️❤️THIS CHANNEL 😭😭😭

  • @Jamesssssssssssssss
    @Jamesssssssssssssss 3 года назад +19

    I could feel the love she had for her cat, it's the same love I have for mine. Wish I knew their names.

  • @plateoshrimp9685
    @plateoshrimp9685 3 года назад +5

    Crazy that that cat was willing to stand mid step like that for the several minutes it takes to expose these plates. Almost unbelievable.

  • @Parakeet099
    @Parakeet099 4 года назад +58

    Sometimes I forget how beautiful life is. Thank you for reminding me.

  • @MegumiFF7
    @MegumiFF7 4 года назад +294

    Animals touches people's heart deeper than humans...

    • @lars1588
      @lars1588 4 года назад +12

      I love animals, but I have to disagree. The human-to-human bond is unbelievably strong when it is genuine. Sometimes people just feel like they can't show their love to others. We should change that.

    • @elenarossi7398
      @elenarossi7398 4 года назад +22

      Animals love unconditionally and aren't intentional assholes and cruel like humans can be. Animals innocently depend on us and have absolutely ZERO ill will and bad intent. Humans are arrogant, rude pieces of shit who intentionally hurt others.

    • @da4127
      @da4127 4 года назад +3

      Elena Rossi yea but a human can show affection in many ways that animals cant, plus the affection from a human is hard to get and maintain which for some gives it more value. So, although most humans cant/wont love us like animals do, a human can definitively touch another’s humans hearth deeper in those very special occasions.

    • @Page-Hendryx
      @Page-Hendryx 4 года назад +5

      @@elenarossi7398 Elena Rossi - please seek help.

    • @Page-Hendryx
      @Page-Hendryx 4 года назад +5

      "Animals touches people's heart deeper than humans." You obviously don't have children (or other loved ones, for that matter).

  • @kouji0048
    @kouji0048 4 года назад +8

    I can't even put into words what I felt while watching, this is too great. 🥺😭

  • @johnwellingtoniii5734
    @johnwellingtoniii5734 3 года назад +5

    Little did she know that 120 yrs later, we would all be looking at these photos of her best friend and family member.
    Maybe in a hundred and twenty years someone will be looking at my thousands of photos of my fur- babies that have passed on. They used to house photos on photo albums . Now we just use our computers or phones..

    • @edithbannerman4
      @edithbannerman4 9 месяцев назад

      @Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

  • @kinescope-zr8lh
    @kinescope-zr8lh 4 года назад +622

    When I was 12 me and my cousin were looking at old stuff in a shed. There were several cameras in there. One 1960s Polaroid, a 1940s Argus, but my favorite, a 1937 keystone movie camera. I collected cameras so I was happy to have found them. Unfortunately after sitting in the shed for a few decades it had rusted and the camera didn’t work anymore. But there was a roll of 8mm film inside. I had the roll of film for a while after that until a few months ago. I watched a video of some guy developing movie film and decided to try it myself. Only half of it was used. But what you could see was a video of our street in the 60s or 70s. A kid riding his bike. Then a party in someone’s backyard.

    • @Alkatraz581
      @Alkatraz581 4 года назад +6

      fhhjjk yfvvhjj UPLOAD IT ASAP OR UR LYING BRO

    • @ThePablo1911
      @ThePablo1911 4 года назад +17

      Upload IT to RUclips, please!

    • @manudavis2164
      @manudavis2164 4 года назад +4

      fhhjjk yfvvhjj I would want to see that!!

    • @adyarym
      @adyarym 4 года назад +4

      Better than today for sure! It is not that far in time as young people think and it was damn better!

    • @karagdagangimpormasyon4736
      @karagdagangimpormasyon4736 4 года назад +2

      I will not believe you unless you upload it!!!!!!

  • @deem3204
    @deem3204 4 года назад +24

    OMG! It can’t believe this video made me cry. Can you imagine how happy that little girl would have been to know that you did such a lovely job of developing the pictures of her beloved cats and dog? Such a beautiful tribute to the little girl. ❤️❤️❤️

  • @Kittyintheraiyn
    @Kittyintheraiyn 2 года назад +1

    my heart is exploding with love and rainbows at these 120 yo kitty pictures, sometimes humans are awesome

  • @jacquelineholliday7769
    @jacquelineholliday7769 2 года назад +1

    Grief is the price of Love...And in that little cat's eyes , her soul says she was well loved and taken care of...Poor girl...I hope they are ALL eternally together, once again..

  • @appalachianwanderer4634
    @appalachianwanderer4634 4 года назад +326

    I'm enamored with the first photo. I can easily imagine a young girl sitting on the ground taking a photo of her beloved companion. We're instantly drawn to the kitty's face and her mane with such good composition, contrast and bokeh. And I'm left wondering what has caught the attention of the kitty.

    • @TheCraigy83
      @TheCraigy83 4 года назад +22

      i zoomed in on the cats eyes with my xb1 🎮 , looks like the reflection of a man sat with a boy behind him in the cats right eye ,,, the left eye a girl , her dress has a dark stripe going from her right shoulder down&across to her waist..

    • @sonholee5769
      @sonholee5769 4 года назад +3

      @@TheCraigy83 0_0

    • @russell2449
      @russell2449 4 года назад +2

      @@TheCraigy83 You're full of poo.

    • @bipedalbob
      @bipedalbob 4 года назад

      It's a very good shot of a beautiful cat.

    • @quantumdirect
      @quantumdirect 4 года назад

      Squirrel!

  • @rastusbojangles
    @rastusbojangles 4 года назад +104

    I think of myself as a cynical man, but holy cow my eyes watered up at both images. To think of the lives those animals lived and how much the people around them loved them made my heart swell.

  • @fen4ri
    @fen4ri 2 года назад +1

    I like the photo with all those animals together :) What a peaceful moment, preserved forever. You can tell her pets were a family to her.

  • @nolitaaa71
    @nolitaaa71 3 года назад +2

    Sometimes history seems to fade away, but thank God people from the past left some things for us. Eventhough we don't know this girl, I know she is in our hearts now. This was exciting and emotional to watch. Loved it. Thank you for this work.

  • @defunct1905
    @defunct1905 4 года назад +18

    The love of that child for her pets has brought a tear to time dried eye. I heard once,that all time happens all the time. Going by that,she was taking that picture as we were seeing it. She placed it in the drawer,as you removed it.

    • @bingofuel3545
      @bingofuel3545 4 года назад +2

      I think einstein would be proud of you!

  • @prettylilay
    @prettylilay 4 года назад +109

    This is the only thing on the internet today that made me feel spiritually enlightened.
    Thank you for bringing life to that 120 year old memory.

  • @FrenchmanOfSteel1
    @FrenchmanOfSteel1 3 года назад +1

    This video brought tears to my eyes! The story, the objects, the context, the music, the process and, of course, the cat.

  • @AP-eq6fv
    @AP-eq6fv 2 года назад +5

    This is beaufitul! Did you ever find out who the girl was and if any of her descendants are still alive? I'm sure they'd love to see this!

  • @CITAP1
    @CITAP1 4 года назад +111

    Proof the Love we have for pets is timeless.

    • @TheBiscuitFactory
      @TheBiscuitFactory 4 года назад +2

      CITAP1 “Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving... that transcends dimensions of time and space..”

  • @julianatanaputra3799
    @julianatanaputra3799 4 года назад +36

    I can sense there's so much love for the cats in those photos 💕

  • @Timbergal
    @Timbergal 3 года назад +1

    Awwwww.....a little girl over 100 yrs ago, loved her kitties and dog, just like little girls today.

  • @fernandonascimento213
    @fernandonascimento213 3 года назад +3

    I greet you as a real "photographer", not only because you have true knowledge about weird lenses and other stuffs on your channel, you even knowhow to develop antique photos plate. You are really amazing. Hats off.

  • @Powertuber1000
    @Powertuber1000 4 года назад +260

    A majority of the emotion was due to the excellent selection of music.

    • @sirwyatt94
      @sirwyatt94 3 года назад +3

      Does anyone know the exact name of the music? I wanna listen to it from the original source

    • @FINNSTIGAT0R
      @FINNSTIGAT0R 3 года назад +2

      @@sirwyatt94 Most likely royalty free catalog music, so not easily found outside of that service provider's platform.

    • @Wolvus1
      @Wolvus1 3 года назад +5

      I dont know, i watched it muted and there was plenty of emotion.

    • @elmo2800
      @elmo2800 3 года назад +5

      Watched it on mute and was deeply moved

    • @LaughingStock_
      @LaughingStock_ 3 года назад +7

      Actually, no - not for me. I turned the volume off.

  • @TheGottkaiserin
    @TheGottkaiserin 4 года назад +59

    The fact it was a cat made me smile❤️

  • @seanc8054
    @seanc8054 Год назад +1

    that was the most amazing thing i ever saw on youtube, she coulda took a photo of anything , but she chose her beloved pets because she loved them, it's very heart warming (also, was this person a photographer, how are those photos so nice 120 years ago by a child, this is amazing, did she ever take more photos? )

  • @skyboswell
    @skyboswell 3 года назад +1

    Discovered this on YT yesterday evening. I was entranced, transfixed, and loved every moment of the video. When the first plate with the tabby cat was developed, and I saw Mathieu's caption, my eyes filled with tears. So beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us. I am now going to check out your other videos. It's such a wonderful 'feel-good' video, and in these dark times something we all need. Merci beaucoup, Mathieu. xx

  • @AJanae.
    @AJanae. 4 года назад +357

    That cats great great great great grandkitties are somewhere in the world!

    • @dannyc8876
      @dannyc8876 4 года назад +23

      You missed like 50 greats ....great great....

    • @treesarae
      @treesarae 4 года назад +7

      Oh I hadn't thought of that what an interesting idea

    • @maskurman1
      @maskurman1 4 года назад +4

      Idk, but, i think this is sweet

    • @Fusem286
      @Fusem286 4 года назад +7

      depending on the cat whos life can be between 1 -16 years .. I'll just say 8 so I can get a number ... that would be great great great great greatgreat great great great greatgreat great great great great grandkitties

    • @maureen669
      @maureen669 4 года назад

      Actually, I hope not, all due respect. We have enough homeless cats and dogs. 💔

  • @Eza_yuta
    @Eza_yuta 4 года назад +55

    I have negative glass films from Taisho period Japan. I hope I can print them too someday with your method. No cat picture tho, just a family picture with kimono, building, house, garden, and a smiling baby holding a Japanese flag.

    • @ALEX-fq7hh
      @ALEX-fq7hh 4 года назад +3

      That would be interesting to see!

  • @ruffboimags
    @ruffboimags 2 года назад +3

    This made me cry, legitimately. People have always been people and that is why I'm a historian.

  • @Adrizzle
    @Adrizzle 3 года назад +4

    This hit me in the feels harder than anything has in a long time for some reason

  • @asadhafeez7713
    @asadhafeez7713 4 года назад +41

    The story of life is quite a sad one. Times come and go. Moments that will never come to pass again. Most of what we do know has been preserved in art, writings and of course, photography. The rest is legend.

  • @davemardon6756
    @davemardon6756 4 года назад +276

    Beautiful. Moments in time "frozen" forever....Its kind of silly that every time I see this type of "thing' (old photos) my first thought is something like "wow all those people are long gone".....There are photos in a coffee shop where I live (Idar Oberstein) that has pictures taken of the area immediately around the shop from around the 50's(?)...Often look at them and think "every person in these photos has a story, where did they go? what did they do in life".....Again, Beautiful work.

    • @nebtheweb8885
      @nebtheweb8885 4 года назад +15

      Some of us (from the 50's) are alive and well. :)

    • @Kalle72
      @Kalle72 4 года назад +7

      Funny thing is, you could take the same picture TODAY and start wondering the same thing tomorrow.

    • @peterxyz3541
      @peterxyz3541 4 года назад +15

      “All those moments, lost in time, like tears in the rain”

    • @peterxyz3541
      @peterxyz3541 4 года назад +1

      NebTheWeb the world demand and deserve your story

    • @davemardon6756
      @davemardon6756 4 года назад +8

      @@johnwayne8114 Don't know about "fancier" but it does represent a different time when life might have been a bit simpler, a time when technology was different. No doubt that 50-100 years from now people will look back at our pictures and wonder...

  • @Needacreate
    @Needacreate 4 года назад +1

    Recommended viewing for anyone who may have lost faith in the power of photography. This touching 6-minute-plus video literally brought tears to my eyes. Mathieu Stern, you're a real artist. Thanks so much for sharing this. 😻

  • @nativeamerica9254
    @nativeamerica9254 4 года назад +2

    That's an incredible way of revitalising a photograph from the past on olden glass slide into this time on photo paper. Great work! I'm sure the little girl will be pleased knowing her treasured photograph of her beloved and dear pet cat and dog and kitten were salvaged throughout the span of time and revived into this present time 120 years ahead for us all to see and admire.

  • @Bobster986
    @Bobster986 4 года назад +109

    In our fast moving digital life we have nearly forgot the magic of an analog world.

    • @JamesSmith-lt5zz
      @JamesSmith-lt5zz 4 года назад

      Ya there was no redo the picture you got is what you got and you wouldn't know for a couple days what they look like. The powers that be got to see all our pictures then and now in the digital age where every solitaire, or alarm or mc Donald's app etc request permission for your sd card/storage access and get to see all the pictures in your phone or computer

    • @rtepsutlaf
      @rtepsutlaf 4 года назад +2

      Yeah! It's more attractive (for me) I got an old SLR Praktica (Germany) older than me and it's unbelievable exciting and adventurous to make pictures of my little daughter on BW film. She asks me sometimes right after the snap "show me that!"
      😁

    • @civilsimmydave5172
      @civilsimmydave5172 4 года назад

      James Smith how the fuck is that better? What if the picture turns out horrendous? 🙄

  • @jassypr
    @jassypr 4 года назад +38

    It made me smile, the girl who took this photo really doesnt want her cat to be forgotten, the second photo nearly made me cry 🥺💖

  • @PLF817
    @PLF817 3 года назад +5

    Such a tender moment that touched my heart. How wonderful it would have been if the names of the fur babies were found in the time capsule. Therefore, I imaging their names would've been something like Tabby, Kitty-tom, and Daisy the dog.

  • @lensman5762
    @lensman5762 3 года назад +2

    Photography is freezing a moment in time. At times it conveys such sadness. The last time I felt like this was looking at the photographs of the personal belongings of Vivian Maier. It evokes such sad emotions like no other medium. Thanks for this.

  • @madeinkonada
    @madeinkonada 4 года назад +61

    I miss my cat already and she is just in the next room. This was beautiful. Thank you.

  • @amermeleitor
    @amermeleitor Год назад +1

    You are becoming one of my favorites youtubers, your videos have something between small stories and pieces of art that make me feel something special

  • @planetclaire820boulder8
    @planetclaire820boulder8 3 года назад

    So wonderful that you made the fur babies come alive! Touched my heart. We buried a kitty in my baby blanket when I was about 3. Funeral and all in grandma's back yard. After the pretty toung n groove chicken house had been removed, my friend came and rototilled the area; we hear a noise and stopped to check, when I saw my receiving blanket, I knew it was the kitty in that hinged cookie tin, it had been there only 15 years. But i recognized that lil mummy!
    ❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣

  • @mejuffrouwvandalen
    @mejuffrouwvandalen 4 года назад +108

    I wonder about how their lives have been, were they happy? They most definitely loved their cats ☺️

    • @caponekingpinking9917
      @caponekingpinking9917 4 года назад +1

      Well you see some.of there life with.images

    • @justthatonedumbkid7962
      @justthatonedumbkid7962 4 года назад +2

      @Extraordinary Umm, that's completely false lmao
      Do you even have any working brain cells? God you are so manipulated by society and modern education.

    • @aayushiisiingh3879
      @aayushiisiingh3879 4 года назад +1

      You should check out this channel called unheard. I recently discovered it.. They talk about lives and stories of normal people. Their stories. Your comment just reminded me of it.

  • @tasteinparis7138
    @tasteinparis7138 4 года назад +262

    Are we allowed to cry ?

    • @conif
      @conif 4 года назад +12

      yes we are

    • @samsen3965
      @samsen3965 4 года назад

      In the tune of Obama: "Yes We Can" (btw Please "No MAGA-2")

    • @muhammadnur1175
      @muhammadnur1175 4 года назад +3

      thought only me cried😥😥😥

    • @mfreeman313
      @mfreeman313 4 года назад +6

      Join the club.

    • @focal50mm
      @focal50mm 4 года назад +2

      I 😭😭

  • @SoundOfYourDestiny
    @SoundOfYourDestiny 9 месяцев назад

    It's so great that these artifacts ended up in the hands of someone with the appreciation, dedication, and wherewithal to appreciate them and render the pictures.

  • @sammyspaniel6054
    @sammyspaniel6054 4 года назад +1

    Cats and RUclips go together so well that even a century can't keep them apart.

  • @schockpink
    @schockpink 4 года назад +26

    I liked the care and respect he had in keeping everything as it was before. Beautiful!

  • @MrCochise71
    @MrCochise71 4 года назад +75

    Simply beautiful. Shows how important photography truly is.

  • @anupray8242
    @anupray8242 3 года назад +1

    What an amazing experience you had during the development of such an old exposed glass negative ! Beautiful. Thank you.

  • @mwj5368
    @mwj5368 3 года назад

    So dear that a girl, before her social programming, had no ego, and the love of her pets and such simple objects of importance to her to pass beyond her through the ages. Children have a tremendous lot to say. Thanks so much for bringing it all to life!

  • @anibalbabilonia1867
    @anibalbabilonia1867 4 года назад +11

    That's just beautiful and sweet! I bet who ever the little girl was is smiling from heaven. And reunited with her beloved cat❤.😻👍🙏

  • @MathieuStern
    @MathieuStern  4 года назад +100

    If someone needs tissues ... i have a box here
    Edit : If you want to admire the cats in their full glory : instagram.com/mathieustern (follow me, it's free)
    If you want to have a copy of the cat portrait in your place : tinyurl.com/wzekrn8

    • @dpfreedman
      @dpfreedman 4 года назад +1

      Same here.

    • @SnogSpit
      @SnogSpit 4 года назад +2

      erm, yeah please. i've been erm... cutting onions! yeah! that's why...

    • @TEAKUKAMBASSADOR
      @TEAKUKAMBASSADOR 4 года назад +2

      Moi aussi. Very beautiful video, Mathieu. God bless the little girl who loved her cat, kitten and dog so much. I hope they're all together again now.🙏✝️

    • @eekamoose
      @eekamoose 4 года назад +1

      Yes please, Mathieu. Wonderful video.

    • @johnnyvalter940
      @johnnyvalter940 4 года назад +1

      I'm struggling to hold back my tears.

  • @prakashm1468
    @prakashm1468 2 года назад

    This touched me instantly...the beautiful Kitty with her dog friend and kitten on lawn 120 years ago..and coming back after 120 years...it will never be forgotten and this picture will be worth millions in 20 years..

  • @swingyapants
    @swingyapants 4 года назад +4

    Incredible! Brought a lump to my throat; that’s what Photography is about

  • @hanniffydinn6019
    @hanniffydinn6019 4 года назад +978

    Holy mother in Jesus, even 120 years ago media was all about “cat videos”. 😹😹😻😻😼😼😽😺😸

    • @merlinmediagroup
      @merlinmediagroup 4 года назад +15

      Not quite, these are photographs, not videos.

    • @samsen3965
      @samsen3965 4 года назад +1

      Thumbs Upped but... Don't bark man! Pussies are in sweet sleep! 😹😻

    • @soarornor
      @soarornor 4 года назад +17

      When you have a genuine cat friend, it’s hard not to be in awe and want to share the love. Pet love is such a beautiful thing.

    • @tommypetraglia4688
      @tommypetraglia4688 4 года назад +4

      Ahhh, not even close...
      Egyptian pharohs: Here, -grab- hold my -pussy- cat

    • @yasu90
      @yasu90 4 года назад +1

      Who can afford cameras 120 years ago?? Few people i guess

  • @Mikeonabus
    @Mikeonabus 4 года назад +24

    Great series, and thank you for not saying the cliche "what's up youtube". More photography youtubers need to learn what filmmakers already know, "show don't tell"

  • @ivetteinfused
    @ivetteinfused 3 года назад +1

    I teared up watching this. I have rarely put my cat in my videos, but uploaded one tonight. When I read "She wanted her beloved cat not to be forgotten," I lost it. I hope my cat is never forgotten as well. Well done!

  • @rebekahdavis5935
    @rebekahdavis5935 3 года назад

    How SWEET !!

  • @leanoresansone982
    @leanoresansone982 4 года назад +22

    That was incredible!! Brought tears to my eyes as I know the feeling of having love for pets. You did a wonderful job recapturing the image of that beloved cat.

  • @DeadAbeVigoda
    @DeadAbeVigoda 4 года назад +49

    There's something profound about immortalizing some being from the past who would have otherwise been forgotten.

  • @vickygroce6217
    @vickygroce6217 4 года назад +1

    Goodness! When the cat was revealed it brought tears to my eyes.

  • @ghoulgoil5029
    @ghoulgoil5029 3 года назад

    Even back then sharing pictures of their pets was a thing. So precious.

  • @missgigglebox748
    @missgigglebox748 4 года назад +44

    That was amazing to watch and brought tears to my eyes. Cherish those photos forever so her furbabies will never be forgotten. 💖

    • @jcstides
      @jcstides 4 года назад +1

      Miss Gigglebox it’s just a cat

    • @dids3384
      @dids3384 4 года назад +2

      StupidEditsGuy Yes but its about the sentiment of keeping it

  • @aidryanrobert9352
    @aidryanrobert9352 4 года назад +44

    It is fascinating that this cat was able to stay still for like 5 minutes

    • @AmandaKayHowell
      @AmandaKayHowell 4 года назад +3

      I'm wondering about that too... those are awful clear photos for something moving...🤔

    • @nonyabidness5708
      @nonyabidness5708 4 года назад +3

      And how there was zero dust...

    • @BrickWilbur2369
      @BrickWilbur2369 4 года назад +9

      Large plate negatives had larger lenses which let more light in, so she could shoot at a higher speed. Which was probably in bright daylight also.
      Therefore, no blur.

    • @SpiritBear12
      @SpiritBear12 4 года назад +2

      120 years ago was 1900, developing solutions back then on glass plates were faster than they were in say 1860s. Just as technology changes quickly now, it changed pretty fast in those days too. 40 years is a good chunk of time and many things can change in that time.

  • @eiyin4814
    @eiyin4814 4 года назад +1

    This made me cry and smile, its so precious. Thank you.

  • @fabienneroure9995
    @fabienneroure9995 Год назад

    Oh my goodness this really touched my heart and made me shed tears of nostalgia. What a beautiful picture of her beloved kitty.🌟💛🌟