Who Were They?

Lost and forgotten photos from the past

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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Have you ever noticed when digging through a pile or box of old photos, the musty smell of attic? A surge of that odor hit me today as I searched for photos for this week’s Sepia Saturday post. It reminded me of my grandmother who had a really neat attic (neat to a kid, not …

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One of the sad aspects of my hobby is that I find so many photographs of babies, couples, families etc., all unidentified. They wind up on ebay, in antique shops, and otherwise available for sale as “vintage ephemera.” It really is sad, when you think about how early photography was not just a simple “point …

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Well this week’s Sepia Saturday prompt is a fellow with a turtle, but I shall diverge from the image prompt since, 1) I don’t have a picture of a turtle and 2) I have a really neat item from my family collection to share with you! Alan mentioned that this week’s Sepia meet-up is the …

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