Photos Without Families

I love the mother’s elaboborate 1870s dress and the daughter’s bloomers peaking out from underneath her skirt and her tiny purse. They...

This photo came fully identified but without a location stamp. No problem – Ida Ernestine Johanne Wonneberger née Witthuhn was easy to...

This handsome young man was August Schöning who according to the print on the back of the photo owned a photography equipment business in...

A face from the 1860s so faded it is almost impossible to make out. I tried to save the image digitally as best as I could. I can’t make...

This photo blew me away the moment I saw it. The eyes of the little girl are piercing clear in the photo, I was mesmerised by her...

This little babe was Erich Sprengel, 6 months old in the photo, which was taken in Harburg (near Hamburg) at Easter 1896. I first checked...

I found this photo at my local antique market in Hamburg. Her face looks so familiar to me. I feel like I've seen this face many times in...

I found this CDV at my local antiques fair in January and picked it for mainly two reasons. Obviously, it’s really cute and identified,...

I found these 4 photos at my local antique market. I couldn’t pick just one and leave the rest – I had to keep them together cause they...

Here's a random identified photo amongst a blind lot of wedding photos I purchased from German ebay a few months ago. It reads: "Wife of...

I found this labelled photograph at my local antique market this month. It says: “Georg Christoph Schrage born 27.11.1837 in Hevensen,...

This photo came to me from German ebay as part of a random lot of photos. I was immediately mesmerized by the beauty and tenderness of...

I found these three photos at my local thrift store in Hamburg. I picked these cause they were identified, and it seems to be the same...

A nice collection of old photos was donated to me in Hamburg recently. There were only a few photos in the lot that were labelled with...

Happy Wedding Wednesday! Today we have a lovely couple – Heinrich & Betty – whose wedding day was on September 14, 1921, in Ludwigslust...

UPDATED – I received some new information about the Schoedels from one of our amazing readers, so I’ve adjusted the text below...