Photos Without Families

This photo came to me from Germany, labelled "Onkel Oscar Möckel im Jahr 1886" (Uncle Oscar Möckel in the year 1886), but the photo was...

Thomas E. Snyder, a kind face from the past. He put on his best (and probably only) suit, tied a flower-patterned tie around his neck...

Under mum’s protective wing. Unconditional love in that gaze. Lillian & Max Ludlow, mother & son, photographed in the late 1910s. Max...

Little Margaret had a fun day at the Kirkness Studio in Baltimore. Her mama dolled her up with baby jewellery: a ring, a bracelet, a...

This photo is a true gem! Just look at all the writing on the back of the photo – 7 generations of names! Jane Thompson Moore Day Mother...

When I was a child, I LOVED my birthday parties. And not because I was expecting a lot of gifts, but because I loved to throw birthday...

Just your typical Victorian era image of a cute baby, right? I look at this little darling with the biggest and brightest eyes and would...

I bought this image recently at my local flea market in Hamburg. It says on the back: "To cousin Charlie from your North Dakota cousins...

Doesn’t your heart just melt when you look at these darlings? They were sisters Ruby and Gladys Niel from Midland in Michigan. Can’t the...

Sylvia Witt was born on January 7, 1900, as the second youngest of altogether 8 children of Henry Witt (1856-1934) and Anna Lyle née...

This beautiful person was Lillian Thayer. According to the previous owner of this lost photo, she was a school teacher, to whom they...

These two larger cabinet cards managed to stay together, despite travelling almost around the world from the United States to Spain and...

I published a blogpost about William Hayden Kuehn some time ago. Today I write about her fun auntie Cora Sheddy née Kuehn. And later I...

You know by now that I can’t resist an identified orphan photo. So when I saw five on sale by @old_magazines_and_books, all identified...

William Hayden Kuehn was born on November 26, 1904, in Philadelphia, Pa. His father Charles Henry Kuehn was a son of German immigrants,...

I got this photo from my Instagram friend Chase. There is just too much loveliness in this photo – a sweet child with her sweet pet and...

Updated! The photo is on its way to be reunited with its family. Sweet child, believe in yourself, your future looks very promising! I...

I bought these two photos on an Instagram sale from the United States. One of them seems to have been kept in a round photo frame all...

Here’s one of those found treasures that is my favourite kind! It has all the important clues to make our search successful. It states...

This looks like a smile of someone who loves snow, don’t you think? The photo has been labelled Herfila Mendoza @Vincent Hall and the...