Who Were They?

Lost and forgotten photos from the past

This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt (a railway kitchen) had me searching in the antique shop for interesting photographs, and while I did find some that would *probably* work, I settled on three photographic proofs of an industrial kitchen. Little did I know what an great historical touchpoint this would turn out to be. Upon first …

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Sometimes, you have to do things you just would rather not do. And when you are a kid, that thing could be sitting quietly working at math, apologizing for teasing the child next to you during lunch hour, or standing still for the class portrait. Take a look at these young faces and just imagine …

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This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt features a large group of distinguished looking, suited men with varying degrees of hair loss, standing near a round table, being photographed. In thinking about my photos I realized that while these fellows are not at a round table, there are certainly plenty of them, some even with bald heads. …

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  For as long as there have been Christmas cards, people have been sending them late, haha. Here’s a nice card showing stair step kids in coordinating pajamas. It appears that Mrs Smith intended to mail these before the Christmas rush but missed the opportunity due to late delivery, and just wrote over the Christmas …

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