I always enjoy when Steve posts old found photos & slides on Shadows & Light--here's one such post of his.
(I’m such a librarian—I wish bloggers would index tag their posts--I can't find or link to categories...)
I tagged these "found photos", and there aren't many other posts of those here. Steve inspires me to share more!
These, here below, were the most interesting/evocative photos that I chose from a batch donated to the thrift store.
Few of these photos had anything on the back except a few penciled prices. I'd guess someone bought them over time and they aren't a stash from one family line.
I cropped expanses of lawn or sky in a couple photos, and I guessed at chronological order.
Input & more guesses welcome!
1, Below: Girl, right, could be a Charles Addams character! (Steve suggests this is the oldest photo in the batch.)
2, Below: Spiffy sleeves & spats, and a pompom on her hat.
3, Below: I didn't notice her fox muff till I enlarged the photo. That's one of the benefits of photographing old photos--looking closely at the details.
4. Below: Handwritten ON THE BACK:
Anderson's flowers
June – Aug 1950
The awkward pose though...
5, Below: I thought this was a motorcycle at first, but it's a grinder/ sharpener.
ON BACK: Alice Hilda Anna Julia
An antique grinding wheel from a Historical Society, "used for grinding or sharpening ferrous
tools, a necessity on any working farm."
6, Below: Cat! Orange, even in black and white, right?
ON BACK: 1954
7, Below: Is that woman flashing the photographer?! (Her elbows are raised off her knees in the right photo, like she's doing it on purpose.)
while the kids in the center are being kids.
10, Below: ON BACK:
Left, Alice Buckson, Right Mary Minty, Gold Beach, Oregon
(A google search turned up nothing.)
Pat Ryan
May 1968
12, Below: Did I post this one already? It's a favorite--I especially love how the woman on the right is holding her cigarette. Historic!
Only the young man (son?) looks happy to be there... or maybe he's happy with the photographer.
Who's on the shore (or another boat) with the camera?
You never know what's going on in found photos, they just tease.
