And, while the painted backgrounds were standard in studio wedding pictures of that era, having four generations in the same photo wasn't. I take that as a surefire indication that your family was close, and showed respect for each other.
My mother's side was very close... her two grandparents saw to that. My father's side was close as well, but the family (at least here in America) was much smaller. His father was the youngest of nineteen children ( ) but they were all back in the old country, so we never got to know them.
) but they were all back in the old country, so we never got to know them.