Lost Gallery: July 2018

Friday, July 27, 2018

Back Page - Class Picture - Page Two

The photo-memento of the group from a year or term in a school class has been a tradition for a long time. Here are a few examples of Class Pictures, some fairly recent but some going way back.

Some of these photographs were eight inch by ten inch, or larger and others were tiny snapshots. For clarity, all are presented here at approximately the same size.

A one-room school house and class.

NEW ADDITIONS

Found at Okie Junk Revival in Ada, Oklahoma, 26 Jul 2018

Inside cover of the folder containing the photograph

enlargement of id card in center of photograph

enlargement of signature on folder leaf

A search for Donald Powers was based on these clues:
He must have been born about 1940. He went to a Catholic school named St Mary's & St Patrick and his teacher was S M Adilia.

From the news item below, it was learned WHERE the school was located and that Sister Mary Adilia began teaching the fourth grade in 1948.

McHenry (IL) Plain Dealer
02 Sep 1948

From these clues and several others this obituary was found which reviews Donald Powers' life. It is still not known for certain which of the students in the photograph is Donald Powers. The search is still on.

It's just a guess, but this is probably a class picture.

Kirtley School. Texas?

I ain't standin' next to NO girls.

This one is a bit different that most. It is a class picture that is actually IN the classroom and it appears to be DURING class too.

Can't get enough? More class pictures are HERE!

Bassingbourn 1944
Long lost negatives taken during the winter of 1944-45 at Bassingbourn AAF base in England.

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.

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

And for postcards try
POSTCARDY
And see what's going on over at
Sepia Saturday!

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?
Neiffel and Helvetica Typehigh
"What are they doing?"

Saturday, July 14, 2018

Let's All Go To The Movies - Manta Ray Space Ship

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 ...

Not happening here.

These fellows, sleek in their leather outfits, seem quite concerned about someone just off camera, perhaps the director or a spouse. Or both.

UPDATE 09 Jul 2014
From Comment (see below)
SeemsToMe July 9, 2018 at 3:32 PM

Top image is from a 1968 film called "The Destructors". Bottom image is from a different film

Actually this still shot is from a different movie. Since the titles of the movie or movies that these two are from were not originally known, we are hanging them together in the gallery.

The top still has been identified, now how about this one!

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 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.

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

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?
Neiffel and Helvetica Typehigh
"What are they doing?"

AAF at Bassingbourn - The P-51 Mustang

In the basement of an "antique store" these two books of 35mm negatives were found. They were destined for the dumpster no doubt, but rescued for LOST GALLERY and the enthusiasts who treasure the history and memorabilia of the second world war.

The first book of contains 327 negatives. The photographs were scanned and uploaded to a set on Flickr in 2007 and then grouped generally by subject for the pages of LOST GALLERY. Most of the photographs in this set are of aircraft in world war two. Nothing was known for sure about the photographs but slowly over the years some information has accumulated. It was established that the date for most of the photographs is late 1944.

Most of the negatives had notations on the accompanying index pages. Mostly the photographer was concerned about the lighting and exposure of each frame but occasionally also made notes on the subject matter. Where possible these notations will be included under each picture on this page.

The 205 negatives in the other file were taken postwar, about half in England and the rest in Texas, USA. The photographs apparently show a bit of touring before leaving the England based AAF unit and the first photographs after arriving in Texas.

This page will review all of the negatives in the set that feature the P-51 Mustang and the information that has accumulated since 2007.

All images are the property of
Lost Gallery
and the author. Permission must be granted for their use.
All rights reserved.

All of these photographs have been posted on Flickr and on LOST GALLERY blog for over 6 years now. This updated posting adds the accumulated comments about them that add insight and information about the aircraft, the times and people.

If you have additional information to add, please do.

P51s parked

P51s f4.5 60th sec.

P51s f4 5 60

P51s B17s lite haze over sun

P51 B17 f9 30 lite cloud over sun no shadow

From D. Sheley on Flickr: Really cool photo. It's a group shot of 505th FS, 339th FG P-51's. I've been able to ID some of them,from front to back.

"Pistol Packin' Mama" flown by Capt. Evan Johnson

"Junior" flown by Lt. Jay Marts

"Umbriago" flown by Capt. William Krauss,this aircraft was lost on Feb. 6,1945 while flown by Lt. Gilbert Palmer,he was KIA.

4th in line I can't identify

"Bison Bull" flown by Capt. Chester Malarz,this aircraft was lost on Oct. 5,1944 while being flown by Lt. Stephen Ananian,he survived.

The aircraft parked tail out is "Miss E.T.O." and was flown by either Lt. Roland Gousie or Lt. George Jones,they were both assigned the plane during their tours.

From Gerry Asher on Flickr: New camera position = additional info. Third ship down, "Umbriago," is P-51D 44-14383 (coded 6N-H) assigned to CAPT William H. Krauss of the 505th Ftr Sq, 339th FG. It was lost 6 February 1945; LT Gilbert G. Palmer was KIA.

UPDATE July 2018
From "Anonymous" comment (see below)
Anonymous July 2, 2018 at 10:18 PM
You wrote that the plane tail out in one of the photos was flown by Roland Gousie or George Jones. My grandfather was Roland Gousie and I know he flew a plane named after his younger sister named Dottie. See: Little Friends or American Air Museum in Britan

Here is a picture of George Jones with Miss ETO So I think it is more likely George Jones.

P51s f4 5 60

P51s f4.5 60th sec.

P51s f4 5 60

P51s f6 3 40

P51s parked

From D. Sheley on Flickr: This is another view of P-51's from the 505th Fighter Squadron, 339th Fighter Group. I can only identify the two nearest the camera. The closest is "Umbriago" S/N 44-14383 coded 6N-H that was flown by Capt. William Krauss. The second plane in line is "Junior" S/N 44-14239 coded 6N-J that was flown by Lt. Jay Marts. This photo is of the same planes as another one of this set but from a different angle.

The third P-51 in line, with the Malcolm hood, is a C model with the S/N 42-103955 and coded 6N-G. As far as I can tell it was never named and didn't have an assigned pilot.

P51s parked

The photographer often took more than one shot at some scenes.

P51s B17s lite haze over sun

From Gerry Asher on Flickr: No splattering, just peeling paint. 339th FG at Fowlmere, not far from the 91st BG at Bassingbourn. Given the B-17 tails in the background, the photo was probably taken at the latter.

From D. Sheley on Flickr: I believe the number on the tail is 16259,with the 1 being really hard to see. That would make this planes serial number 41-6259. This plane has a really interesting history,what I've found so far. It served with two operational fighter groups,the 78th FG and then the 56th FG. It was declared as 'War Weary' and converted to a 2-seat configuration and used for liason duties out of Debden. Then she went to a rescue group,just like Shabby said. When it was still being used as a fighter it was assigned to these pilots (although others probably flew her too).

Major Harold Stump from the 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group. The plane carried the squadron code WZ-C and was named "Bad Medicine".
Capt. Glen Schiltz from the 63rd FS, 56th FG. The plane carried the squadron code UN-V and don't know if it was named.

A serial number search says this plane crashed at Church Broughton,England on Jan. 19,1944 and was condemned as missing on Oct. 31,1944. I'm still going to keep researching this and hopefully Shabby can add some more.

P51 P47 f9-40th sec. brite thru haze gel filt 01

P51 P47 f9 40 brite thru haze gel filt

P51s parked med yel filter

P51s cub op tent

P51s parked med yel filter 04

P51s parked med yel filter