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, sometimes a century.
On the reverse:
E. M. Hamblin
Stillwater
Okla
Photographer
M. H. Pinegar
Stillwater, Oklahoma Ter.
On the reverse
Presented to
Mrs E Kellerby
by Mre M J
Clark
On Reverse:
Anne Adams
Photographer imprint:
1055 Broadway
Cakland, Cal.
Ormsby
National Competition
Philadelphia 1882
Awarded to E. D. Ormsby
for the best Photograph
In the United States
The National Gold Medal
On the reverse
Hello Leland. How
are you and Etta
I am doing fine
don't know when
I will come home
yet. I will send
you this picture
write soon and
tell me all the
news Orendolee (?)
Postmarked
Sept 27, 1909
Marietta, Okla
Addressed to
Mrs C. W. Alexendar
Whitewright, Tex.
This is an RPPC. The postage stamp on the reverse was unceremoniously removed.
On the reverse
Christmas '72
Bob Jr. 17 Mo's old
On the reverse:
Rhonda & Archie Laney
26 July 74 Japan
On reverse:
Dory & I Horsing around.
Taken in Spardorf, Germany
On the reverse -
The one with 1 over
is Oscar, the 1 with
2 crosses is Owen
The card you sent
is is just fine
We are all real
well. Hope you
are well
Oscar Mathys
The one with 3 is Leo
(to)
Marion & Sheldon Schafer
Denison, Ia
On reverse:
Center
Al Massey
Audrey & Boyd Willis
Burley Willis Kids
(research)
Audrey Ena and Boyd Eldon Willis were two of six children of Franklin Burley Willis and Margaret E. Burkholder of Texas. Audrey and Boyd were born in Poolville, Texas. Franklin hailed from Arkansas and Margaret (Maggie) was from Poolville.
On the reverse;
11 Yrs 6 mo- 20 days
George just
before he went
to junior camp.
This is how
he looked the
day he left for
camp. June 27, 1937
319 Howard Ave
Burlingame
On the reverse:
Jack Franklin
Thioman (obscured)
age 2 Mach 22 - 30
Isn't very good
On the reverse:
For Ma.
Age 4 Months
weight 18 lbs.
On the reverse
Feb 23 1893
Earl Bruce age 6 m
Photographer
Deane
300 Elm St.
Dallas
On the reverse:
Little Alva Conway
to Aunt Phede
Brilliant first baby - born at
Glencoe, Okla. north of Stillwater
On the reverse:
(very faint, left edge)
From Little Dixon Carvyes
to his uncle
Macenas Bridges
DIXON (across center)
Photographer: P A Williams
Joplin. MO
On the reverse:
generous - Liberal: free
systematic - methodical
magnetic - attractive
emotional - seeing clearly
practical -
philosophical - calm . cool
spiritual - refined . baby
(at bottom)
Oscar Inman
Photographer
E. O. Daggett
Elm Street
Billings Missouri
On the reverse:
Brother
Leanders boy
cut his knee
on a piece of
glass - died
Photographer: Hutchings
Rail road
Photo Car
On the reverse:
Leona Pearl Scott
Montony
On the reverse:
Harlin Mantoni
in his infant days
ha ha
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Area 51 and a Half 
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Don't take my picture! Oh! You DID didn't you! 
This is a collection of photographs that disappear on the way home from the photo processing shop.
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THE KIDS 
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 
The beautiful Dee. A curious story, What do you see?
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
"What are they doing?"
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