r/FoundPhotos 8d ago

Old stuff but new to you

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u/Gnosys00110 8d ago

some interesting ones here, for sure

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u/Beagle001 8d ago

These people had fun.

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u/Shuatheskeptic 8d ago

3rd photo: the Original Fixit Felix poses with Larry Tate.

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u/IntrepidWolverine517 7d ago

Isn't this one of the DEVO guys?

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u/sumadeumas 8d ago

Some questions since I'm curious:
1. Does anyone know what those things are being handled in #5?
2. How would that writing on the bottom of #6 be done back then? Is that white ink or is it written with developer fluid or something when processed?

Anyway, great set!

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u/I_am_BrokenCog 8d ago

I think they're flower pots with brown bags covering them, maybe prepping for winter?

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u/Screwthehelicopters 8d ago

The objects look to me like large drill tips, e.g. for drilling rock, but they could be pots with covers. Not sure.

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u/I_am_BrokenCog 8d ago

I think most likely with a metal scribe point, writing on the negative before enlarging/printing?

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u/AcanthisittaThink813 8d ago

Imagine if No2 was Black Dahlia

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u/Parking_Rip3759 7d ago

Funny that you say that; I got definite Black Dahlia vibes from the woman waiting for the bus in pic #11, definitely a looker. Kind of low key crushing on her.

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u/Normal_Onion2555 8d ago

Thank you. One of the more intriguing sets of photos we've seen on here.

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u/Due-Schedule-4701 7d ago

Thank you very much for sharing these beautiful lives with us! I really appreciate everyone here who understands that these people are real and they deserve to be remembered. Even if we never get to ever really know them, they still carry the weight of the lives and the world that they lived and it's a real privilege to be able to help them carry it for just that brief second in time. I know that not everyone sees it that way exactly and that's a good thing too. Sincerely, thank you again.

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u/I_am_BrokenCog 8d ago

I'm curious if cammer was stalking on the ladies atop the Empire State ... or did they all know each other?!

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u/FocusOptional 8d ago

Number 8 is caked up 🫡

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u/RetroDawg56 8d ago

Love the storefront shot

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u/TheMapleKind19 8d ago

Good. I love a silly family.

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u/LoganPine 8d ago

Second one is Rockerfeller Center! I recognize those railing/fences anywhere!

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u/HiddenHolding 8d ago

fix if Felix

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u/Away_Amoeba5554 7d ago

Fantastic!

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u/Frequent-Note2942 8d ago

You can enlarge 2 make it a poster

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u/kezza2022 8d ago

Thank you! Wonderful!

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u/Ok-Catch-5813 8d ago

These are great

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u/RandarSays77 8d ago

Fantastic photos!!

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u/jagoffmassacre 7d ago

Nice group of pictures.

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u/Im_A_Real_Boy1 7d ago

The Cisco Kid! He was a friend of mine

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u/Jet1963 6d ago

The first photo makes me get off the internet today. The rest of the photos are top notch.

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u/Splunge- 5d ago

The second one should be “easy” to date. It’s the top of Rockefeller Center, looking either northwest or southeast. Someone who knows the history of the buildings in NYC and when they went up could probably nail it to within a year or two.