Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Enhancement - Looking For Lost Details - September 2014 - 5


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

Again, there are some really good examples this month, where a little boost made a great difference. As always, little or nothing has been "repaired" but just enhanced a bit.


Something
Something
It is still not clear exactly what we are seeing.
Frozen waterfall or fountain
Frozen waterfall or fountain

Sport
Sport

Woman and car in the woods.
Woman and car in the woods.

1938 Plymouth
1938 Plymouth

Ship
Ship


USS General Randell
USS General Randell

Boat
Boat

Girl and car
Girl and car
Seven guys
Seven guys

Rail road trestle
This one is a commercial RPPC but it benefited from a bit of enhancing also.
Rail road trestle

Four ladies and buckboard
Four ladies and buckboard

Man and Horse
Man and Horse
Man and horse
Man and horse

Cat
Cat

Dog in the snow
Dog in the snow
Two horses
Two horses

Two horses
Two horses

Boy on a pony
Boy on a pony
Woman and Campfire
Woman and Campfire


Can't get enough?
There are many pages
Looking For Lost Details.
Go HERE and then click on "Older Posts" at the lower right for even more!

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.

And don't miss
Cabinet Card Gallery
One Man's Treasure
Penny Tales
Square America
Tattered and Lost
Vernacular Photography
The best
FOUND PHOTOGRAPH
sites on the web.

And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.
POSTCARDY

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?
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"What are they doing?"

Monday, September 29, 2014

Let's All Go To The Movies - Puritan Picture


Occasionally the search for old photographs finds your LOST GALLERY curator in the darkest corner of a junk shop, elbow deep in a hat-box of ephemera. It's rare, but occasionally we see a familiar face ...

Well, the first guy on the left looks familiar, a bit like Charles Bronson. And I think I've seen the first guy on the right but, I don't know the name. I don't know the name of this opus either.

Gee, there sure are a lot of movies I haven't seen.


Now, if the central gentleman (fourth face from the left) is Hardie Hunter Albright, then this still is from the 1936 version of "The Scarlet Letter" with Coleen Moore and Alan Hale.

But that's only a guess. IMBD has a photograph of him also.

Do you have any ideas?

Oh,

Oh, don't get your knickers in a knot. I'll clean the garage tomorrow. I'm gonna go play pool with the boys.



Can't get enough?
Try some of these other pages that feature found movie stills or "lobby cards" found in LOST GALLERY.
Ben Turpin
Destination Moon
Flight To Mars
Rocketman
The Flying Saucer
When Worlds Collide

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.

And don't miss
Cabinet Card Gallery
One Man's Treasure
Penny Tales
Square America
Tattered and Lost
Vernacular Photography
The best
FOUND PHOTOGRAPH
sites on the web.

And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.
POSTCARDY

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?"