Photos Found Of Unknown Family

Flickr ^ | 02/22/2009 | *Kid*Doc*One*

[Dallas59]

[netmilsmom]

Why didn’t he take them back to where the Garage Sale was?

[al baby]

cool airplane

[Palladin]

Lovely family. I hope some descendent of these folks see these pics and recognize them.

Have you put them on Ancestry.com?

[EDINVA]

Did you find them in TX or VA? Maybe military family. There’s one picture of the Tidal Basin in DC, and another showing Skyline Drive in VA, c 1940.

[Excellence]

Can you see the state on the license plate?

[Mr. Mojo]

I have been haunted by them ever since.

What about them haunts you?

[jdfromny]

This may seem silly, but was the garage sale in Texas?

[Defiant]

There was a good documentary about people who buy old pictures like this, even without knowing anything about the people in the pictures. It was called Other People's Pictures.

You probably won't find who these people are, but you can preserve them with people who will appreciate them for their reflection of another time and place.

Whoever these people are, they are turning over in their graves.

[CaptRon]

Interesting but near impossible to determine. In nothern New Jersey there "is a 5.76-mile[1][2] long road in Northern New Jersey, between Interstate 287 in Oakland, Bergen County and County Route 511 in Ringwood, Passaic County, passing through Ringwood State Park in the Ramapo Mountains. It is a major route for those in the Ringwood and Wanaque area to get to Interstate 287. "

It even has its own exit off 287.

If the state of the license plate on the car i the one picture that has this written in the snow on car could be determined, it might at least narrow it down.

[mplsconservative]

Nice looking family. Seems like in the last pic, the guy was the early inventor of the satellite dish.

I have many photo albums in boxes in the basement that belonged to my grandparents. Most of the photos are over one hundred years old. Nobody alive today knows who most of the people are, but I find the photos comforting in a way.

I’m sure they would all be horrified to see what the Commie in Chief has done to our country today.

[tapatio]

Try Cindi's List Lost and Found

[Krodg]

I haven’t done genealogy in years but there used to be a site called Cyndi’s List (don’t remember the spelling) that had links to share old photos and discarded family Bibles. They had links you couldn’t find at Ancestry.

[Dallas59]

My question also. This gentleman that found the photos put them on his Flickr account. My family has many photos of persons from decades ago that no one alive now can recognize. Shows how important it is to talk to and listen to the Elderly of your family.

[SmallGovRepub]

You might be able to find out who had that license plate if the records still exist. If you can tell somehow which state that license plate comes from check with their DMV.

[Krodg]

I’m always too slow. LOL

[count-your-change]

Look at the license plate on the car, 51-223 and perhaps research plates from 1940. That picture seems to in the Shenandoah Park.

[Brad’s Gramma]

2nd picture....I’m assuming this is an area that RARELY gets snow (duh) and is on......sit down. Skyline Drive.

THAT should narrow it down! :)

SERIOUSLY......I buy old photos, the goofier, the better..these are really REALLY nice...someone needs to take that into a good photoshop and enlarge the license plate to see what state it’s in..

[Dallas59]

Her's a Link to the Mans Photos...

*Kid*Doc*One* Photostream "Unknown Family"

[rabidralph]

Looks like they lived in the DC area or visited relatives who lived there. The two ladies are standing under the cherry blossoms, with the Potomac behind them. The Skyline Drive reference is the roadway that goes into the rural area of Virginia, noted for its lovely fall foliage.