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Found Photos

These are various "found photos". They are not necessary "stolen". All of these images
were actually purchased at estate sales. I have posted them in hopes that you will find
some of them as interesting as I do.
Family Photo
Family Photo		 Lassie
Lassie		 Camping
Camping		 NOPE! I'm not coming out!!
NOPE! I'm not coming out!!
Men
Men		 Girls Rifle Club 1959
Girls Rifle Club 1959		 Are we having fun yet?
Are we having fun yet?		 The leaders of today
The leaders of today
Children at Play?
Children at Play?		 american
american		 Korean Lady w/ Child
Korean Lady w/ Child		 skull on a stick
skull on a stick

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Guest 31-May-2004 11:52
What a great gallery.
Guest 30-May-2004 04:40
Hi!Lydia!I like this gallery very much,the mysterious feeling those photos carry really haunted me.I feel like peeking through others' vision of past.The most haunting image for me is "Men",horrifies me,like I was hiding in the scene and accidentally saw it.Me myself are collecting found photos too.
Hope you can post more here.

Hongling
Wendy O27-May-2004 12:47
Fascinating gallery, especially since you don't know the stories behind these. The imagination could run amuck!
Selvin Chance21-Mar-2004 21:04
Lydia,
The pictures offer a glimpse into someone's past. Yes, reading too much into them is risky.

Like you I found them, engrossing.
Aloha
Lydia Butynski26-Dec-2003 22:21
hey, becareful with your observations. i am pretty sure my father took that picture. :)
john satterberg 26-Dec-2003 20:23
Very Interesting!

Just what has happened to the poeple who were in the photos is a mystery.
How is it that the photos came to be of no value to the people who are selling them to perfect strangers... 'hum
Did the poeple live tragic lives or happy ones?
I too have found such photo albumns, though I found them interesting, I nerver bought one, as not whishing to become haunted by the images.
The shot of the Korean Lady & Girl was nice, with it's broken down plaster wall for a backdrop. That one was most certain to have been taken by an American G.I. durring the Korean War... He was her lover... you can tell.



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