Comments on: Thrifted Vintage Photos from JUNK

By: Joey

Joey — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:53:24 +0000

What a great grab bag of photos!

By: Darlene

Darlene — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:53:48 +0000

That is sooo cool! I would be thinking those exact same questions if I ran into a bin of vintage photos. How funny would it be if, let’s say you’re digging through that bin and you find an old picture of, I don’t know, your aunt when she was 5. How coincidental…and weird how it even got there. haha Anyways, can’t wait to see how you transformed Sabrina’s room!

By: ella

ella — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:35:28 +0000

That was fun! Those were cool too.

The big slide is from late 60’s early 70’s. I remember going to one of those when I was young.
The picture just above the slide with the bald dude is from the 70’s. The rounded corners on the picture is what dates it.

I have wondered about pictures I’ve found in the thrift. I hope someone can answer your “how did they get here?” question. My guess is they were left over from an estate sale?

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:01:16 +0000

Hi Sammy! I’d say a few photos you have attributed to the 1960’s may be earlier….aside from the woman with the beehive crouching, which looks very 1960’s, I think it is dated 1970 on the side? (Images are dated when printed, not when taken, so, you can often assume an image predates the date by a month if not several) The others – kids holding hands/woman on boardwalk – look more 1950’s to me. The woman at the table looks like it could be 1940’s? Hard to see. Also, remember that color photography became more accessible to all in the 1960’s so, people were generally enamored with it and wanted to use it immediately during the middle of that decade, while prior to that it was quite costly compared to B & W…. Great Images! -Christine

By: Alana

Alana — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:23:39 +0000

Have you heard of the Flickr group “Found Photos”? It’s one of my favourites, I waste hours looking through the photos sometimes, they’re just so captivating – much like the ones you found!

Here’s the link
http://www.flickr.com/groups/found-photos/