Enhancement - Looking for Lost Details - April 2012

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 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.

Although color-correction improved the clarity of this one a great deal, I still have no idea what it is.

This one improved in clarity but the color is still off.

This one was pretty far gone but it improved a bit in clarity if not color.

There are now more than 4,000 photographs in the Lost Gallery.

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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Cabinet Card Gallery
Everyday Ago
Penny Tales
Tattered and Lost
Vernacular Photography
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THE DAILY POSTCARD.

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

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?"

The Pilgrim Family - Home Again

Another portrait finds its way home.

Today, I was able to mail this fine portrait to a family historian for the Pilgrim Family.

Using the scant information on the reverse of this cabinet card I constructed a small family tree on Ancestry.com.

I reasoned that Lizzie (probably Elizabeth) had a brother, last name Dunton. I speculated that Lizzie married a man named Pilgrim. The picture was taken in Marietta, GA, I guessed around 1900. I put this guesswork in the Ancestry Search engine and several new pieces information turned up right away. My speculation was correct.

I added the new information and developed the tree forward a couple generations. Although lots of ancestors turned up, I carried the tree back only one generation; I was looking for a living connection.

It only took eight months. I was contacted by a family historian, a descendant of one of the Pilgrim children. I explained to her that I was not part of the Pilgrim family but only trying to place this picture into the hands of a family historian. And it turns out she is just that.

Here is the family tree as it looks at the date of the picture. The youngest, Hollis, born in 1859, in the photographs appears to be about two years old, making the picture date about 1897.

Three more children were born to the Pilgrim Family: Ernest Edward (1898-1955), Nancy Eunice (1901-1919)and Troy Eldridge (1904-1928).

So James Robert Pilgrim and wife Elizabeth Dunton had nine children. I was able to find reference to 20 grand children and at least as many great-grand children.

There are now more than 4,000 photographs in the Lost Gallery.

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.

BACK TO
THE MAIN INDEX PAGE Or try out the NEW
BACK PAGE INDEX

And don't miss
Cabinet Card Gallery
Everyday Ago
Penny Tales
Tattered and Lost
Vernacular Photography
The best
FOUND PHOTOGRAPH sites on the web.
And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.

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

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?"

Let's All Go To The Movies - This Time For Keeps

Esther Williams, The Million Dollar Mermaid
She'll be 92 August 2012.

There are now more than 4,000 photographs in the Lost Gallery.

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.

BACK TO
THE MAIN INDEX PAGE Or try out the NEW
BACK PAGE INDEX

And don't miss
Cabinet Card Gallery
Everyday Ago
Penny Tales
Tattered and Lost
Vernacular Photography
The best
FOUND PHOTOGRAPH sites on the web.
And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.

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

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?"

Those Talking Pictures - You just wait ...

You just wait.
When I grow up I'm going to kick your slats out.

Essie exits.
This one was a good addition to the BACK PAGE called
ADVANCE TO THE REAR!

There are now more than 4,000 photographs in the Lost Gallery.

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.

BACK TO
THE MAIN INDEX PAGE
Or try out the NEW
BACK PAGE INDEX

And don't miss
Cabinet Card Gallery
Penny Tales
Square America
Tattered and Lost Vernacular Photography
The best FOUND PHOTOGRAPH sites on the web.
And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.

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

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?"

Back Page - The Parasol

The Parasol.
We hardly use the term any more. But in the days before skimpy, light clothing and the air conditioner and sunblock, there was the parasol. Here are a few.

New Additions

Of course there is still one place you see the parasol still in use: The Beach.

But of course they are often much bigger and are called "Beach Umbrellas" now.

Visit Tattered and Lost for another view of the parasol.

There are now more than 4,000 photographs in the Lost Gallery.

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.

BACK TO
THE MAIN INDEX PAGE
Or try out the NEW
BACK PAGE INDEX

And don't miss
Cabinet Card Gallery
Everyday Ago
Penny Tales
Tattered and Lost
Vernacular Photography
The best
FOUND PHOTOGRAPH sites on the web.
And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.

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

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?"