Friday, March 30, 2012

Turn it OVER! There's something on the back! March 2012



Very often, notations on the reverse of these found photographs are obscure or too brief or illegible. Most often there is nothing at all.

But now and then there is a message from the past that sparkles.

Back in March of 2009 LOST GALLERY had a full page of photographs and their very interesting reverse sides. There have been many new additions to the collection since then.

Here is a new group of those photographs with mysterious, funny and sometimes puzzling reverse sides; tiny bits of history, reaching out to us over the decades and sometimes centuries.


Cabinet Card man
Cabinet Card man

On reverse:
John Herman


Cabinet Card woman with high collar
Cabinet Card woman with high collar

On reverse:
Mary C Thompson
Died January 27, 1887
at her home in Butler
County PA
Of pneumony and Kidney
complaint
aged 42 years 7 months
and 23 days


CDV woman
CDV woman

On reverse:
Mrs. Mollie Hinkle
Barnsville
Belmont Co
Ohio


Hello
Hello

On reverse:
Aunt Ella
my (Dad's Sister)
Ella McClure Tidd

at bottom:
L. B. McClure Jr.


Cabinet Card Woman
Cabinet Card Woman (trimmed)

On reverse:
Mrs Mary Armstrong Boyd
Second cousin to C. S. Armstrong


Oval portrait of a woman
Oval portrait of a woman

On reverse:
Picture made 1910
Nora Hudson
Mother of Edna Barnes
Picture taken before
she married Papa Barnes


Cabinet Card woman portrait
Cabinet Card woman portrait reverse

On reverse:
Chris & Roxie
Chris & Roxie
(in pencil, very light)

Photographer:
Carpenter
Photographic Rooms
615 Main Street
Kansas City. Mo.


Cabinet Card portrait of a woman
Cabinet Card portrait of a woman

On reverse:
Aunt Cornelia Armstrong Paules

Photographer:
LeRue Lemer
206 Market St.
Harrisburg, PA


Cabinet Card portrait of a woman
Cabinet Card portrait of a woman

On reverse:
Aunt Mary Herman

Photographer:
Le Rue Lemer
206 Market St.
Harrisburg, PA



Cabinet Card couple

Cabinet Card couple

Photographer:
D. P. Sink
South Main St.
Vernon, Texas

On reverse:
Mr- J. G. Ayers
August 20 - 1895


Cabinet Card couple
Cabinet Card Couple

On Reverse:
Clovis N. M.
June 24 - ???9
I found this picture of
you and your girl and
I know you want it
so this is why I am
sending it to you well
I (illegible) you have changed
some since I saw you
last you have growned
to be good looking
since I saw you last
please write me a perscription
on beauty finding and
maby some day I will
send you and Lizzie
one of my picture
Guess who

On front:
This speaks of the future
Ha Ha


Woman and Flying Fish
RPPC Flying Fish

On Reverse:
Catalina Island
Aug. 29 1948
Dear Florine John and Dale
Having a swell time
Wish you guys had come
out here. Came over
on the Catalina Steamer
Danced and ate until
6:30 PM. We saw a
whale & some flying
fish. Catalina is just
so beautiful I can't
describe it to you.


Girl in a garden
Girl in a garden reverse

On Reverse:
(something) Home ??? Alone
Here is a
picture if you
dont want it
send it back



The most popular photographs most popular, Family Group,
An album of the most requested photographs in the Lost Gallery.

Area 51 and a Half Area 51 and a Half
You are probably not authorized to see these.


Don't take my picture! Oh! You DID didn't you!
completely unaware of the photographer
This is a collection of photographs that disappear on the way home from the photo processing shop.


BACK TO
THE MAIN INDEX PAGE
Or try out the NEW
BACK PAGE INDEX

And don't miss
Cabinet Card Gallery
Penny Tales
Square America
Tattered and Lost Vernacular Photography
The best FOUND PHOTOGRAPH sites on the web.
And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.

All images are the property of Lost Gallery and the author. Permission must be granted for their use. All rights reserved.

THE KIDS Lesson one.
It is always a mystery how a photograph of any of these precious children could end up lost or abandoned.
Here are a few.
You will probably say "Ooh..." at least once.

Dee and the Business School Dee and the Business School
The beautiful Dee. A curious story, What do you see?

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
Neiffel and Helvetica Typehigh

"What are they doing?"

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Enhancement - Looking for Lost Details March 2012

For some, an old photograph loses its charm when "restored" to modern day clarity with all the age spots removed. Some photographs however, benefit greatly from just a nudge of enhancement. An improved contrast or the reversal of the yellowing brings out details that otherwise would have been missed and lost forever.

To please both camps of those of us who rescue old photographs, here are both the originals and the enhanced of just a few of the latest additions to Lost Gallery.


Woman and two girls
Woman and two girls


Three engine biplane
Three engine biplane
Three engine biplane
Three engine biplane

Two Children - original

Two Children

Ship and shore
Ship and shore

Three on a donkey original
Three on a donkey (enhanced version)


Girl on a pony
Girl on a pony enhanced


Photobooth Woman
Photobooth Woman
Photobooth Girl
Photobooth Girl

Oval portrait of a woman, original
Oval portrait of a woman

Man and dummy?
Man and dummy?

Cabinet Card woman portrait
Cabinet Card woman

Cabinet Card portrait of a woman
Cabinet Card portrait of a woman

Cabinet Card man w white tie
Cabinet Card man

Cabinet Card man
Cabinet Card man

Cabinet Card portrait of a woman
Cabinet Card portrait of a woman

Cabinet Card portrait of a woman with brooch
Cabinet Card portrait of a woman with brooch
On this one the yellow was removed from the photograph and the backing.

Cabinet Card portrait of a woman
Cabinet Card portrait of a woman

Cabinet Card portrait of a man
Cabinet Card man

Cabinet Card man with tie
Cabinet Card man with tie

Cabinet Card man with moustache
Cabinet Card man with moustache

Cabinet Card portrait of a man head and shoulders
Cabinet Card portrait of a man head and shoulders

Cabinet Card portrait man w short hair
Cabinet Card portrait man w short hair

Cabinet Card man with bow tie
Cabinet Card man with bow tie enhanced

Cabinet Card portrait man w curly hair
Cabinet Card portrait man w curly hair

Cabinet Card portrait man standing
Cabinet Card portrait man standing

Cabinet Card woman with high collar
Cabinet Card woman with high collar

Cabinet Card portrait young man
Cabinet Card portrait young man

The most popular photographs most popular, Family Group, An album of the most requested photographs in the Lost Gallery.

Area 51 and a Half Area 51 and a Half
You are probably not authorized to see these.

Don't take my picture! Oh! You DID didn't you! completely unaware of the photographer
This is a collection of photographs that disappear on the way home from the photo processing shop.

BACK TO
THE MAIN INDEX PAGE Or try out the NEW
BACK PAGE INDEX

And don't miss
Cabinet Card Gallery
Everyday Ago
Penny Tales
Tattered and Lost
Vernacular Photography
The best
FOUND PHOTOGRAPH sites on the web.
And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.

All images are the property of Lost Gallery and the author. Permission must be granted for their use. All rights reserved.

THE KIDS Lesson one.
It is always a mystery how a photograph of any of these precious children could end up lost or abandoned. Here are a few. You will probably say "Ooh..." at least once.

Dee and the Business School Dee and the Business School
The beautiful Dee. A curious story, What do you see?

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
Neiffel and Helvetica Typehigh

"What are they doing?"

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