Mom Had Her Own Life

Found this casually discarded by itself on top of a bookshelf in the main reading room of the New York Public Library (the Stephen A. Schwarzman building to be specific). I am torn between thinking it’s sad that a mom couldn’t say this in person to her kids, it sounds like she abandoned them, and … Continued

Just Kids Being Kids

Found amongst the school yearbook department’s discards last year.

Delivery

Found walking down Kent Street. We think it’s a couple just after a baby is delivered.

PTA Calendar Dinner

I decided to take a look through the old album pages that I had found awhile back. This was on a page in which “PTA Calendar Dinner 1957-58″ was written in white grease pencil on black paper. There are other pictures from his page, they are both close-ups of the table settings.

Playground 1957

From pages of an old album found in the back of a cabinet. Those dresses and shoes do not look monkey-bar friendly.

Death Be Not Proud

Found the details of a funeral on this USO paper after a parade.

I Didn’t Realize

Found in the back of a Harry Potter book in the high school library. Too bad they didn’t check a box at the bottom, I’d really have liked for them to have quantified the coolness.

We Need to Play Bananagrams

It’s sad that this post-card never made it to the intended recipient, even though it doesn’t say anything terribly important.