Lost Gallery: June 2011

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Enhancement - Looking for Lost Details

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.

Beyond that, there are no tears patched, spots removed or missing areas replaced. No restorations.

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.

Enhancement is a subject visited often in LOST GALLERY. Here are some previous pages on the subject.

LOOKING FOR LOST DETAILS - MAY 15, 2011
LOOKING FOR LOST DETAILS - APRIL 21, 2011
LOOKING FOR LOST DETAILS - MARCH 10, 2011
LOOKING FOR LOST DETAILS - FEBRUARY 06, 2011
LOOKING FOR LOST DETAILS - DECEMBER 10, 2010

Or just click ENHANCEMENT under "Lables" at the bottom of this page and then click "OLDER POSTS" for additional pages of that subject.

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

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

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 best
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THE DAILY POSTCARD.

THE KIDS
It is always a mystery to us 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?
Neiffel and Helvetica Typehigh
"What are they doing?"

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Vintage Photobooth Page FOUR

two photobooth portraits mounted on one card

There are so many.

Here is the Fourth installment of the Photo-booth Series.

For a review here is
PAGE ONE -
PAGE TWO -
PAGE THREE -
PAGE FOUR - (This one)
PAGE FIVE -
PAGE SIX -
PAGE SEVEN -
PAGE EIGHT -
PAGE NINE -
Page TEN -
Page Eleven -
Page Twelve
Page Thirteen

Frenchie grew up to be much taller.

Chester never learned to drive. He couldn't remember where he parked the car.

Sally was a good old girl.

Portia was a dreamer.
She slept a lot.

Tommy had plans. Dillard did not.

Grandma Ellis never mentioned Grandpa Ellis. He was puzzled about that

Wendy taught phys-ed. Her husband was Ed. That's all.

Belinda knew Spike was lying when he said he couldn't call her from his cell. What were cell phones for anyway?

On reverse:
Mabel Vogt
Feb 1944
about the
middle of
the month

on reverse:
Love
Your Son
Harman

On reverse:
Feb. 19, 1946
with love your
old pal
Gertie

Gene knew eight people.
They were all broke too.

Faldo was happy about something but never said what.

Martha Frances Vess

His mother knew best.
Some people knew better.
Matt only knew good.

Bette Davis eyes

Look at all that hair.

Vest and plaid shirt.
Photobooth fashion statement

Real life Beaver Cleaver

Phillip knew everything he needed to know.

No one ever knew that Brenda was not a spy.

Photobooth royalty

Sawanee couldn't sing but she never admitted it.

Sometimes Vita smiled; sometimes she didn't.

Jon had a secret. But he told everyone anyway.

Bertie might have had fake pearls but her teeth were real.

Everett was so suggestive.

Aren't these last three the same woman?

There are often strips of three found abandoned. The photobooth dispensed four photographs in a strip. The best one was cut out and the rest packed away or thrown away.