The lost photos

A blog for me to share the old photos I collect. Maybe someone will find a long-lost photo of a family member here...

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Jack Finney, Time and Again

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Born to Ride

This little girl was born to ride - she looks so calm! Dottie Ann (Coile) Norris in front of her family home in Ft. Lauderdale. Unknown date. [ Original: Dottie Ann Norris Florida ]

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Unhappy little boy

This little boy doesn’t look too happy. Ada, Ruel & Effie Gray taken in Marshall County, Oklahoma in the early 1900s. [ Original: Ada Ruel Effie Gray Oklahoma ]

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The Wild West - California

Towards the end of the wild west! Fred McAfee & sons who had a ranch in Calexico California in 1909. Notice the younger son is the only one not riding a horse. [ Original: Fred McAfee Family History ]

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I don't know about you guys, but I feel a little sorry for Wally there....

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1920s Fashion Los Angeles

Mom has a fashionable hat, so daughter must too! :) Alvena “Vena” Camilla (McAfee) Jordan and daughter Fern (Jordan) Heuman Poe formal portrait taken in Los Angeles, CA 1924. [ Original: Alvena McAfee & Fern Heuman Poe ]

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1920s Fashion Los Angeles

Mom has a fashionable hat, so daughter must too! :) Alvena “Vena” Camilla (McAfee) Jordan and daughter Fern (Jordan) Heuman Poe formal portrait taken in Los Angeles, CA 1924. [ Original: Alvena McAfee & Fern Heuman Poe ]

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1900s European Nurse

Beautiful portrait of Annie Isobel Cummings. It looks as though she was a nurse. Any ideas? Taken around 1900 somewhere in Europe. [ Original: Annie Isobel Cummings 1900 ]

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British Expeditionary Force

Proud young adult John Charles Harvey, a soldier of the 1939/1940 British Expeditionary Force who lost his life soon after this photo was taken.  [ More about John & the British Expeditionary Force ]

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Cool Vintage Family Portrait

This is one cool bunch. How’s this for a family portrait? Taken in the 1940s. [ Original: Picasso Family Portrait ]

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Before Hair Dryers

How would you like to deal with that hair every day? The beautiful Mary Anne (Maime) Mellinger taken sometime around the 1880s. [ Original: Mary Ann Maime Mellinger ]

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Allen Heckman

So cute! He looks like an old man in a young boy’s body. A portrait of Allen Heckman taken circa 1914.  [ Original: Allen Heckman Genealogy ]

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Too Cute

Adorable! Four year old Maude Catherine Frankforter standing over her toys. Love that the teddy bear is looking at her. [ Original: Maude Catherine Frankforter ]

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Two Cute Faces

Look at these expressions! Baby James (Jim) Trent with his sister Alice Trent taken in Waterloo Iowa circa 1906. [ Enlarged: James & Alice Trent 1906 Iowa ]  

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Distinguished Family in 1909

A distinguished looking family portrait taken in 1909 by Harris & Ewing.  Harris & Ewing was a Washington D.C. based photography studio that produced portraits, architecture and news photographs of the surrounding area. Unfortunately, the names of this family have been lost in time. [ Original:  Harris & Ewing Photography Studio ]

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1935 Kentucky Class Photo

What an excellent class photo! Love the animated face of the teacher. Mr. Richardson’s class, grades 10, 11 & 12 taken in Central City Kentucky 1935. [ Enlarged:  Alfred I Wickliffe Kentucky 1935 ]

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Farmerette, Los Angeles

From Fruits of Victory: The Woman’s Land Army in the Great War via Smithsonian Magazine:

A brass band welcomed the first unit of the California Woman’s Land Army when it arrived in the town of Elsinore on the first of May, 1918. The whole community turned out to greet the fifteen women dressed in their stiff new uniforms. The Chamber of Commerce officials gave speeches of welcome, the Farm Bureau president thanked the “farmerettes” for coming, and the mayor gave them the keys to the city.

The Land Army recruits drove the fifty miles from the WLA headquarters offices in downtown Los Angeles to Elsinore in style: the mayor had dispatched a truck to chauffeur them. At the welcoming ceremonies, Mayor Burnham apologized for the lack of an official municipal key ring, and offered instead a rake, hoe, and shovel to the farmerettes, “emblematic of their toil for patriotic defense.” The grateful citizens of Elsinore gave the farmerettes three loud cheers.

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Racy Blouse for 1900s?

Image of Leah Chew Thompson taken in Lafayette County Missouri in 1902. Kind of a racy blouse for the early 1900s? [ Original: Leah Chew Thompson Missouri ]