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Any point in keeping these photos?
swingaloo
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Today I started my aim for 2019, to completely de-clutter every room, drawer and nook and cranny.
Going through a box in the bottom of a wardrobe I have come across some old photos (they are actually slides, the sort you look at through a little viewer) and Ive had a lovely half hour looking through them.
I will have been given them amongst a lot of cards etc from when my mum died. There is only one person I recognise on the photos and that is a great aunt who lived in America from her teens till her late 40s.
She has passed away as has every other relative on my mums side. These photos are obviously taken in America and amongst them are photos of what she describes as 'The gang' and 'Works xmas party' there are quite a few which look to have been at a wedding and several groups of ladies on a day out with dates ranging from 1950 to 1957. They have names on quite a lot of them as well as the date.
They are in very good condition and I have been able to take photos through the viewer which show the people quite clearly. All these young ladies in 1950's dresses having a good time.
It seems such a shame to bin them as they are all someone's friends and relatives. Im keeping those with my great aunt on but the rest are strangers to me. When my mother in law died I found dozens of photos of people I didn't know but as I had enough of an idea as to where the photos were taken I did manage to return some of them to their families.
Ive got the same urge to try to do this with these but realise the people in them will mostly have passed away now. That, plus the fact that they are taken in America will probably mean I have very little chance of success.
Does anyone know of any website or have any idea of how I could possibly try to get these people back to their families? If not they will sadly be binned.
Getting older is making me realise what a load of 'stuff' we keep for sentimental reasons which our own kids will have no interest in.
Going through a box in the bottom of a wardrobe I have come across some old photos (they are actually slides, the sort you look at through a little viewer) and Ive had a lovely half hour looking through them.
I will have been given them amongst a lot of cards etc from when my mum died. There is only one person I recognise on the photos and that is a great aunt who lived in America from her teens till her late 40s.
She has passed away as has every other relative on my mums side. These photos are obviously taken in America and amongst them are photos of what she describes as 'The gang' and 'Works xmas party' there are quite a few which look to have been at a wedding and several groups of ladies on a day out with dates ranging from 1950 to 1957. They have names on quite a lot of them as well as the date.
They are in very good condition and I have been able to take photos through the viewer which show the people quite clearly. All these young ladies in 1950's dresses having a good time.
It seems such a shame to bin them as they are all someone's friends and relatives. Im keeping those with my great aunt on but the rest are strangers to me. When my mother in law died I found dozens of photos of people I didn't know but as I had enough of an idea as to where the photos were taken I did manage to return some of them to their families.
Ive got the same urge to try to do this with these but realise the people in them will mostly have passed away now. That, plus the fact that they are taken in America will probably mean I have very little chance of success.
Does anyone know of any website or have any idea of how I could possibly try to get these people back to their families? If not they will sadly be binned.
Getting older is making me realise what a load of 'stuff' we keep for sentimental reasons which our own kids will have no interest in.
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The only sites I think you will have any luck with are genealogical ones I suspect.
I'm like you OP, hate throwing away history even if it isn't mine, its not like the photos can be reproduced - they could even have documentary value.
Inevitably you may need to just get rid though, if you won't be looking at them any more and they won't be going to a new home.0 -
You could offer them for free on something freecycle or a local swap and sell group.
Sometimes art students or other arty/crafty types want old photos for their projects.
At least then they won't be thrown away.0 -
If you’re on Facebook, there is a page called the “Kitsch Meow”, the members there love old pics such as yours, and from what I gather, most of them are from USA.
It may be worth joining the page and asking the admins if they have any ideas? In the meantime, do consider posting some of the photos on there, we love looking at the fashions and decor of the time!"I may be many things but not being indiscreet isn't one of them"0 -
I wonder if it might be worth contacting the mass observation archives and seeing if they might have a use for them?taking a self-enforced break from this forum due to the persistent and ongoing troll problem, and the systematic abuse of the report button system in order to get people/usernames banned0
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Guerillatoker wrote: »I'm like you OP, hate throwing away history even if it isn't mine, its not like the photos can be reproduced - they could even have documentary value.
They will certainly have some historical value showing the dress of the period and even local buildings that have long disappeared. There are people that collect photographs of this type - If the OP can identify the cities/areas where the photos were taken, the local libraries & historical societies may well be interested in the collection. Please don't just throw them in a bin.Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.0 -
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loubie_lou wrote: »Bore off if you have nothing constructive to say! :mad:
I answered the question. Your contribution was?0 -
Thank you for the replies. I have a couple of ideas now.0
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A timely reminder of the value of old photographs - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-43141667Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.0
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