What you are, they once were.

Professional photographer. Amateur historian. Peruser of antique shops and collector of vintage photographs and postcards. Everything I share here was found and purchased by me, and it is my goal to ensure that these forgotten souls are brought back to life and that their memory lives on for as long as possible. What you are, they once were. What they are, you will be.

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Carte de Visite (visiting card) of a young woman with a fancy hat.

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Boy with polio leg braces When: 1950s (?)
Where: Unknown

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Leap frog When: 1930s-1950s

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The back reads: “We were going to pose for this but Jean snapped it unexpectedly. Notice I have one leg in and one out.” I can tell these are the kind of girls I’d want to hang out with. When: June 25, 1944 Where: Unknown

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Writer’s block
When: August 11, 1930 Where: Germany

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The back reads: “Mormon Temple at Laie” When: Unknown
Where: Laie, Honolulu

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A fashionable older woman. 
When: 1920s Where: Unknown

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Who: Virginia Lamb, Myrleen Kelley, Gerald Lamb, Mary Jean Lamb, Elaine Kelley When: 1920s

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Cover sleeve reads: “Are you married?”
Where: Tennessee When: 1900s

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Tapestry man


When: 1930s-40s 
 Where: unknown

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Got it? Get it! Atlas Prager Beer


When: 1940s Where: Chicago

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“A veteran, his monkey, + Rick”

Where: Vancouver, Washington
 When: 1950s

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“Church services. One of the best chaplains I ever heard.”


When: Christmas 1944 Where: Altape, Papua New Guinea

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A young couple on a park bench. 
Who: “Harold ‘Rick’ Sherman & Arlene W. Lucas (AKA Charra De Merco)” 

When: 1942 Where: San Francisco

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Shu-Fix High Class Shoe Rebuilding

When: 1930s Where: Unknown

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Mlem

When: 1950s

Where: Unknown

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Man and woman pose in front of train with a bag of chicken feed. 

When: 1964

Where: Unknown