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Carte de Visite (visiting card) of a young woman with a fancy hat.

#carte de visite #visiting card #vintage photography #vintage photo #antique photos #old photos #thriftstorefinds

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Boy with polio leg braces When: 1950s (?)
Where: Unknown

#polio #leg brace #1950s #old photos #antiquing finds #antique photos #vintage photos #photo collection #vernacular photography

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Leap frog When: 1930s-1950s

#leapfrog #1950s #1940s #1930s #old photos #vintage photos #antique photos #collectables #thriftstorefinds #antiquing finds #ghosts of the past #dead people

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The back reads: “We were going to pose for this but Jean snapped it unexpectedly. Notice I have one leg in and one out.” I can tell these are the kind of girls I’d want to hang out with. When: June 25, 1944 Where: Unknown

#trash #vintage photo #old photo #antique photos #antiquing finds #thriftstorefinds #thrifted #ghosts of the past #ghosts #dead people #1940sfashion #1940s #wwii #1944 #retro

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Writer’s block
When: August 11, 1930 Where: Germany

#old photography #old photo #old photos #vintage photo #antiquing finds #antique photos #thrifted #thriftstorefinds #writers block #bohemian #germany #1930s

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The back reads: “Mormon Temple at Laie” When: Unknown
Where: Laie, Honolulu

#Hawaii #Mormon #temple #ldstemple #old photography #old photo #vintage photo #found photo #found picture #thrifted #antique photos #antiquing finds #honolulu

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A fashionable older woman. 
When: 1920s Where: Unknown

#1920sfashion #1920s #forgotten faces #forgotten photos #vernacular photography #antiquing finds #antique photos #old photos #old photography #vintage photo #vintage photography

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Who: Virginia Lamb, Myrleen Kelley, Gerald Lamb, Mary Jean Lamb, Elaine Kelley When: 1920s

#1920s hair #1920s #forgotten faces #forgotten photos #forgotten names #forgotten history #ghosts of the past #dead people #antiquing finds #antique photos #vintage photography #vintage photos #vernacular photography #old photo

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Cover sleeve reads: “Are you married?”
Where: Tennessee When: 1900s

#Tennessee history #forgotten photos #forgotten faces #forgotten history #biracial #victorian era #edwardians #old photos #vintage photo #vintage photography #antique photos #antiquing finds

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Tapestry man


When: 1930s-40s 
 Where: unknown

#tapestry #wall tapestry #suit #men in suits #1940s #1930s #vintage photos #vintage photography #antique photos #thrifted #vernacular photography #dead people #forgotten faces #forgotten photos #forgotten history

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Got it? Get it! Atlas Prager Beer


When: 1940s Where: Chicago

#vernacular photography #1940sfashion #1940s #forgotten faces #forgotten photos #vintage photo #vintage #ad #vintage advertising

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“A veteran, his monkey, + Rick”

Where: Vancouver, Washington
 When: 1950s

#veteran #monkey #pet monkey #wwii #1950s #1940s #Washington #Vancouver #forgotten photos #forgotten faces #forgotten history #ghosts of the past #dead people #vernacular photography

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“Church services. One of the best chaplains I ever heard.”


When: Christmas 1944 Where: Altape, Papua New Guinea

#Christmas #1944 #papua new guinea #old photography #old photo #vintage photo #antique photos #vernacular photography #found pictures #thrifted #forgotten photos #forgotten faces

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A young couple on a park bench. 
Who: “Harold ‘Rick’ Sherman & Arlene W. Lucas (AKA Charra De Merco)” 

When: 1942 Where: San Francisco

#san francisco #old photography #old photo #wwii #world war ii #1940s #1940s fashion #retro

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Shu-Fix High Class Shoe Rebuilding

When: 1930s Where: Unknown

#cobbler #shoe repair #vintage photos #vintage photography #vintage fashion #vernacular photography #decade: 1930s #1930s #old photos #old photography #Antique #antique photos

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Mlem

When: 1950s

Where: Unknown

#mlem #1950s #forgotten history #Forgotten Faces #forgotten photos #ghosts #ghosts of the past #old photos #old photo #vintage photos #vintage photo #vintage photography #Weird History #vernacular photography

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Man and woman pose in front of train with a bag of chicken feed. 

When: 1964

Where: Unknown

#Burlington #train #chicken feed #vintage photos #vintage photography #american history #US history #history of photography #Antique #old photos