More old photos ... from around 1918 upwards.

[Michael Da Re]

To me these photos portray a sense of innocence that seems so hard to capture these days. I'm not saying that it doesn't exist. Just that it's harder to find these days. Thank you for sharing Keith.

Michael

 

[lynnb]

wow, Keith. Lucky you. I agree about the women talking over the back fence - my favourite and a standout!

 

[chris7521]

Excellent. Thanks for posting. Some real treasures!

 

[Keith]

wow, Keith. Lucky you. I agree about the women talking over the back fence - my favourite and a standout!

Thanks Lynn, I find this type of thing absolutely mesmerising and once it hooks me I'm gone. When the owner of the negs asked me at a new years bash I was at it if I could scan old negatives I couldn't get her to get them to me fast enough. Probably about twenty plus hours of work all done in two days ... just couldn't tear myself away! LOL

 

[hausen]

Wow. That is awesome Keith. Love the icecream girls and the couple on beach in their period togs. What an awesome find.

 

[Keith]

To me these photos portray a sense of innocence that seems so hard to capture these days. I'm not saying that it doesn't exist. Just that it's harder to find these days. Thank you for sharing Keith.

Michael

I know what you mean about that sense of innocence Michael ... the small child sitting in the lapping waves and the young girl standing proudly beside her obviously new bicycle really 'connect' for me.

All these people are likely long passed on but there they are captured with silver halide and celluloid to be wondered at some ninety years later. It's unlikely digital imaging will ever do this sort of thing for us which is not a shot at digital ... just the reality of a changing world.

The owner of the negs was telling me she has some glass plates and wanted to know if I can scan those also ... bring them on! 😀

 

[Mablo]

Wow, I just love to watch old photos. Thanks for sharing them with us.

 

[Peter Klein]

The truly wondeful thing about these pictures is that many are relatively spontaneous rather than strictly posed. So they give a sense of life and the subjects' reality that we don't always see in photos of this age. What treasures!

I loved the ice cream girls, too!

--Peter

 

[Mr_Flibble]

I love these old photos Keith, a bit of voyeurism into another (space and) time. That's why I love sites like shorpy.com too.

Thanks for sharing them.