Lost Gallery: Turn it over - There's something on the back

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.

On reverse:
June 15, 1928
I can shake
sitting down
as well as stand
ing up.
Come on Sailor
Daddy. Lets go
Arlene Rae
J. R. Kearns
U. S. S. Idaho
Bremerton

On reverse:
Bertha Wimer
Jayne Gahagan
Bertha W. died before
she was married
with Diphtheria
also Margaret died
at that time.
also
George McDeavitt

Much was discovered about this photograph and a few related ones. For the complete story,
here is the link to the McDeavitt Photograph page.

On Reverse:
Eddie & Emma

Mr & Mrs Randal
Miss Jess Randall
Corning
Kansas
Morenci, Ariz
We just came home
from the border. P. just
left came down to
play victrola. G. is painting
a picture for Ethylin. G.
is here several times a
day. Misses you all &
talks of you great deal
but is contented. We
are so glad to be home. They
will have Xmas breakfast
here & we will open our presents
together. Xmas wishes
from Buttses

Mrs Kidd &
Mary Lou
1913

On Reverse
Mary Lou &
Grady
1913

On the reverse:
I have checked
the man on the
right that is
my husband the
one with a checked
shirt and the
gun in his
hands.

On Reverse:
Mrs M. J. Parsons
Mama
Grey eyes
brown hair
Fair complexion
Brow dress
White tie

Photographer Robt. Mullins
Marlin & Coss
Texas

On reverse:
From Mr. and Mrs
Hayden.
Mr. and Mrs.
Hudgins

On the reverse:
Diddie &
"Thomas" Cat

On Reverse:
This is supposed
to be me,
although I have
my doubts
I honestly
didn't know
I was so fat
Jean
Campell
"Arnold"
1935

On reverse:
Tex ritter
October
1940
22yrs

(wellll, probably not...)

On Reverse
Alex 3 yrs
old. After
Haircut.

On reverse
This pictu
When dady
last summer
hn Quin

On reverse;
Eugene, Ed
& Popeye

Finished by
Culpepper Studio
Longview, Texas

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 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.