Where are your old family photos?

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Photo taken at antique store by slc

My daughter and I enjoyed shopping together in antique stores when she was younger. Once she saw some vintage family photos in a booth and said she thought it was sad the photos weren’t with the family they belonged to. She wanted to find the families and return their photos to them. Lofty goal for a young girl. Vintage family photos, slides and negatives are valuable but only to the family they belong to. Where are your old family photos?

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Old family photos and negatives found in Mom’s shed. Photo by slc

In May, I found hundreds of priceless old family photos and negatives from the early 1900’s in my Mom’s shed. Some of the envelopes have tiny teeth marks left by the shed’s inhabitants. With Mom’s blessing, I took them home and couldn’t wait to see what images would appear.

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