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.
"LOUISE"
THIRD FROM
RIGHT
BACK ROW
HASKELL
OR
QUANAH
This is a picture my society
girls had taken May 1st
after our May Day
Dinner. I am the third
from the end on the
top row and left
side. Do I owe you a
letter?
Dora
Betty Martin
Carolyn Figrss(?)
Margaret ALleman
Ed pick
Sidney Cuthbert
Mario Chapman
Spring Vacation
1929
At Mission M. E. Church
Tennis Courts
Ben & Anna
Thompson
Photographer:
Renslers
Cincinati, O.
Court & Vine
925 Vine
527 Central Ave.
425 Central Ave.
Cleveland
740 Euclid Ave.
It says (I think) "Paukow 1961" This is probably as misleading as it is helpful. The photo doesn't look like 1961.
This ones he doese
not want to get off
he cried so much
that he want more so
we have to gave him
a rid on the horse
baby Mark.
Budget
15/54
tri stand 1.73
3 rolls of film .55
dinner .25
carefare .35
miscillaneos .15
-------------
303
12 June 47
Charlie looks professoial.
12 June 47
Near co-op.
Chen covers Marks.
29 June 47
Del Mar Hotel
Up from swim
Dudy and
Va. Lee
(M)ay 1939
Marjorie May Sturcle (or Stinche)
Earl Meyer
William W. Volmer
Dorothy Mansfield
with her chickens
1945
taken at home in
her chicken yard.
Wichita Falls
Tex
Vee Stanfield
Dorothy Mansfield in
middle
Nadine Evert
July 1944
made at home
Return
Clara Lee
Age 17
Clara
H. S. Faculty
When Bob and I were in
school at Randlett
Harry Moore Supt. -far left
He married the teacher in
front of him
(They visited us twice in
Sapulpa.)
X - Miss Hudson favorite
teacher
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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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