This was inside an old recipe box. Instead of recipes it was a record of a woman’s daily affairs from the 1930s and early 1940s. It was mostly addresses but also included some of her expenses, rules for card games, a few diagrams of electric circuits and a long list of books she wanted to … Continued
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Statement: Late 2018, the photographer Jake Wright began gathering collections of unwanted photographs and gave them a home; a new place in the world. In possession of over 2000 35mm slide photos, curating an ever-growing project of historic social documentation, it begins to dissect the role of amateur image making in everyday life. The photographs … Continued
Found this near the entrance to a grocery store the day after Wichita did, indeed, get five inches of rain.
I love it when a few short words opens up an entire world. I don’t know these people and can only imagine what “lights are on” might mean to them. But, to me, it seems a mysterious and lovely sentiment.
This was inside of a book of cat pictures. Apparently this old lady lost her beloved kitty Koko and was practically inconsolable so her daughter bought her this book. The whole book was full of quotes and poems that she wrote. Poor old cat lady.
So many questions arise from the life of this to-do list maker….Who is Bob? Why does he get the worst jobs? Why put certain bodily functions on the list and not others? Is Pinocchio required reading every day? And so many more…. FOUND on the sidewalk.
A while back, I found a bunch of slide carousels. I don’t know who they belonged to originally, but some of the people appear in multiple slides, so that’s one clue. The dates are stamped on the slides and range from 1970 to 1979. Most are overseas vacation photos, but it’s the family photos which … Continued