FOUND by Felix van Nostram
I found this in the pocket of a coat from the Salvation Army– this old, poofy coat had this picture in the inside breast pocket. It’s beautiful.
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Cradling Lady
Ventura Carbon Copy
FOUND by Amber Dawn in North Carolina
I purchased an old Ventura typewriter at a thrift store and there were two of these black pieces of paper (carbon copy paper, I think?) on which the writer had typed a couple of letters. What begins as a letter submitted along with a payment then intertwines with a heartfelt letter of guilt and loneliness. In the middle I can make out, “adjusting the best I can to being without my dear Valley. She was such a fine person and a lovely wife and we were very happy.” It ends with, “We will see all in October if nothing prevents.” There was a 2nd piece of paper with a single letter, signed Lewis and Valley.
Probably Expired
FOUND by Amber Dawn in North Carolina
I found this polaroid on the floor in Goodwill. I don’t know if there was a camera for sale and this is a test photo or if it fell out of an album or what. It’s probably expired film and it looks like it was stuck in the camera and somebody pulled it out. Must have passed the test, though. There was no polaroid camera around.
Spooky the Window
Can’t Find the Exit
The Eye of God
FOUND by Katie in Denver, Colorado
Found in a house that once belonged to Thomas Hornsby Ferril, the late poet laureate of Denver. Writing classes and workshops are now held in the building, but in the basement boxes of forgotten items line the walls. This picture was found in a dusty old trunk and was accompanied a letter that was postmarked in July 1938.
I’ll Meet You at the Cemetery Gates
FOUND by Maryanne Hamill in Cleveland, Ohio
Lake View Cemetery is one of the most beautiful cemeteries in Cleveland– it has such wonderful art throughout. People like President James Garfield, Eliot Ness and John D. Rockefeller are buried there. My favorite memorial is the angel that sits near the Haserot family plot (). I was just visiting there this weekend when I found what looked like a ripped up picture in front of the angel. It was like a little treasure just for me. I was so excited. I took it to work & scanned it, then I put the pieces together in Photoshop. This is what I found.
Electric Portrait
FOUND by Treplovski in Lawrence, Kansas
Tire tracks all across your back, I can see you’ve had your fun! Found this amazingly deteriorated studio portrait on a street near my apartment. No info on the back. No idea how much time it’d spent in Nature’s Photoshop but I was struck by the artful decay of the whole image. It’s four females, that much I’m sure of. Mom and three daughters? Four sisters? I can visualize this on the cover of a true-crime paperback. THE BABY-SITTER MURDERS.
