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Identical Twins Cabinet Print
This is one of the most interesting cabinet prints I own. I'm guessing it is late 1890s. I was thrilled to find it. I bought it in Sedalia, MO in the summer of 2006, at a strange, messy antique store...
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Baby Photo Found on a Bushwick Street
My friend Mariam found this one on the street in Bushwick, Brooklyn, I believe, probably in 2004. Sad.
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Old Postcards - Arkansas - the Land of Beauty
Not sure if the irony was intentional or not. I found these last summer in a Missouri antique mall.
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Honolulu Photo Booth Unhappy Baby
Another picture I got in the crazy antique shop in Sedalia, MO.Writing on back reads: Taken at Woolworth's in Honolulu. 12-5-60, 1 1/2 months ole.
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Massage
I don't remember where I got this, but I remember paying a whole $1 for it because I liked it so much.
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Duluth Lumber Raft - Postcard 1906
My hometown - Duluth, MN. Interesting postcard from 1906. No message, just sent via General Delivery.
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Innocent Victim
I wish I could remember where this came from. I have an idea that it might have been found in an old relative's footlocker from WWI that my parents obtained. Not certain. But highly possible.I know...
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Shadow Pictures
I specifically collect pictures that contain the shadow of the photographer. Something fascinating about them for me, kind of a mystery, a story behind the photo. Here are a few I especially like:
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L'il Sock Sniffer
Found this one when I was home in Duluth last weekend for Easter. Very amusing.
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Many Interpretations
I went to Pennsylvania last weekend and visited Adamstown, Antique Capital USA (TM). Yes, it is trademarked. Found great things, this picture was in a stack that one seller gave me for $5. A bargain!
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Children's Funeral Memorial Cards
I found these in a little antique store in Rochester, England that specialized in postcards. They also had a lot of ephemera and photos.
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Child's Grave - Worcester, England 1900
Another morbid find from that Rochester antique store, a cabinet photo of a child's grave. "God called the little child."
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Rufus Stone - Site of King William II death
Yet another strange find in Rochester, this was a very old picture of the Rufus Stone, the site marking King William II's death by arrow, which was erected in 1865.See a contemporary photo of it here...
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Found on the Job...
I was going through a major cleaning phase at work and ended up organizing the entire reception area. Some former employee had left an envelope of photos up there, including these 2 creepy polaroids. I...
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Unsettling
I found these in a random upscale thrift store in Manhattan today. Very spooky.
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Forgotten still from the film "The Orphanage" ?
I found this at the Antiques Garage in Chelsea yesterday (apparently the place where all the serious photo hounds go to find interesting pics). There were thousands of amazing photos and random luck...
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Busted! Bawdy Postcard...
Speaks for itself I suppose. I love how incredibly simple and cheap this card is in every respect.
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Poser
I was fortunate enough to find this amazing group of photos of a cute chubby girl posing in various costumes in her yard circa probably 1960s. Another amazing Chelsea Antiques Garage find. This totally...
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Gas Mask
This photo terrifies me. Found at the treasure trove that is the Antiques Garage. Where do they get these things?
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Prospect Park South - 1905 Vintage Postcard
I found this postcard, sent from Brooklyn in 1905 to Passaic, NJ in Duluth, MN in 2007. Go figure! It took only one day to get to Passaic way back when (and arrived on my birthday of all days!). I was...
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Bang on Can - Backyard Morse Code Experiment
SOS! Why is this boy pointing? The world will never know. I have one more picture from this group and rest assured the boy is pointing in that one as well. I love the minute maid microphone! Why is the...
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