Found Photographs

[Scott Davis]

[guyatou]

My mom was searching for something unrelated online a month ago, and came across this baby photo of my grandmother that we'd never seen! The poster said it was found in an antique store in California, where my grandmother was born. We plan to get in touch with the poster to see if we can purchase the hand-tinted photo.

So to answer your question, jcoldslabs, you very likely may have photos like this floating around out there of your relatives. Happy hunting!


Ireleen Florence Borges (Simmons)

Just imagine if all of these "lost" portraits could be returned to the families of the people depicted in them. Makes me wonder if there aren't photos of my ancestors sitting in someone's attic that I'll never know about.




Jonathan

[Randy]

Picked this up in an antique store in Floyd, VA. a couple months back.



In pencil on the back - "Eli Brown, Apple creek, Ohio".

So I did a search for "Eli Brown, Apple creek, Ohio" and found a picture of his grave on findagrave.com. He served in the Civil War and died in 1912.

[Randy]

Picked up in the same antique store.

Alfred Cratty, born in 1864.



He was a sports correspondent in Pittsburgh in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
The back of the picture has written in very faded, almost illegible pencil "Alfred Cratty, Pittsburgh, PA"
The photography studio was Aufrecht Gallery in Pittsburgh.

[jcoldslabs]

My mom was searching for something unrelated online a month ago, and came across this baby photo of my grandmother that we'd never seen!

I have to think that at some point in the future as more and more analog content is digitized face recognition algorithms will make it possible to search for anonymous photos of family members online using a reference photo as the search term. I would love to be able to upload a scan of my great grandfather and see where else his image pops up, for example. That day is coming, no doubt.

J.

[jcoldslabs]

A portrait of my grandfather's grandfather taken in 1921.




Jonathan

[Tin Can]

I posted a couple 35 year old polaroids on FB and faces were nearly instantly recognized and named.

I have to think that at some point in the future as more and more analog content is digitized face recognition algorithms will make it possible to search for anonymous photos of family members online using a reference photo as the search term. I would love to be able to upload a scan of my great grandfather and see where else his image pops up, for example. That day is coming, no doubt.

J.

[MDR]

Tintype from around 1900 probably two sisters and portrait carte de visite of a croatian Lady (Widow)

[numnutz]

I was sent this wartime picture (WW1 or WW2?) by a friend who found it on the internet.

I though you all may be interested.

I assume some will tell us where it was photographed what camera is pictured and what process the camera man is using.



hope you can help...

nn

[Jim Cole]

I was sent this wartime picture (WW1 or WW2?) by a friend who found it on the internet.

I though you all may be interested.

I assume some will tell us where it was photographed what camera is pictured and what process the camera man is using.



hope you can help...

nn

I can't help you with the when or where, but the transposition of the beautiful scenic background over the bombed out ruins is something else.