While we’ve all gotten accustomed to smartphones capable of holding tens of thousands of photos, the right image still has a way of making you pause and think. Regular snapshots of life, of a time gone by or maybe just of people you haven’t seen in all too long.
The “Found Photos” online community is dedicated to sharing cool, interesting and often wholesome pictures netizens just happened to stumble across. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own thoughts and experiences in the comments below.
#1 Found Some Old Pictures Of My Grandmother. I Never Knew Her, But I Got Her Hair
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#2 Bought A Camera On Ebay With An SD Card Inside- This Was The Only Image Still On It
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#3 Found In A Box Next To A Hospital Dumpster. Looks Like They're Teaching An Old Woman How To Play Mariokart Haha
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#4 Found In Abandoned Detroit House Set To Be Demolished
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#5 I Found A Bunch Of Dry Plate Glass Negatives From A World's Fair In A Box That Was Being Thrown Away
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#6 Found This Photo Strip Of My Late Aunt’s Parents While Cleaning Out Her Old Storage Unit
I posted this pic on another sub previously, but I figure it would be appropriate here as well. Last summer I got the last of my aunt’s things moved out of the storage unit we’d rented for her when she moved into my family’s home in the last year of her life. I uncovered a ton of old photos that I’d never seen before, and this is by far my favorite. These lovely folks are my aunt’s (really my grandpa’s cousin, but I called her my aunt) parents, Libby and Ted, I believe sometime in the 1830s. Ted was my Grandpa’s uncle. I sadly never met him, as he passed long before I was born, but Libby lived to be 100 and had all her wits about her until she had a stroke shortly before she passed. I love how joyful and unserious these photos are, and I am so glad to have pictures that capture their personalities like this. I only wish I had found it while my aunt was still alive. I really regret not asking her more about our family history when I had the chance.
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#7 Found This Photo In Nashville Thrift Store - Reminds Me Of My Daughter
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#8 Bought A Vintage Slide Projector And It Came With Slides From The 1960's
This one was my favorite so far. Most of the slides / pics were taken around 1968. I can upload more, if anyone is interested (and with a better angle). Almost every slide I have viewed so far has this dog in it no matter what's going on in the rest of the photo!
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#9 Found A Roll Of Film At A Flea Market
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#10 Found A Photo Of Me When I Was 12 And My Foster Dad Who I Still Call Pop 40 Years Later. He's A Great, Great Man
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#11 A Blushing Bride Showed Up In The Goodwill Bins The Other Day… 100 Years After Her Wedding Day
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#12 Family Portrait Found In A Thrifted Book
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#13 Found This Photo Of My Mom Lost Between The Pages Of A Book
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#14 Found In A Deceased Relatives House, We Don’t Know Who She Is
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#15 And My Mom Had No Idea I Was Gay… 😂
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#16 My Mom Found These Behind A Cork Board She Bought At A Thrift Store
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#17 Update: Left Behind By A Prior Owner Of My Home. Found Face Down On The Top Shelf Of A Closet. I Have Lived Here 18 Years And Never Noticed It Until I Jumped Up To See If I Had Cleared The Shelf
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#18 Peppy Did Come Home With Me Today
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#19 Found On The Sidewalk
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#20 In My Great Grandmothers Album
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#21 Someone Found A Camera With 10 Year Old Photos Of My Dog And Contacted Me
I got a text from an unknown number saying they had found a camera with photos of my dog on it. They shared the photos with friends and someone made out my phone number from his tag. I replied with pictures of my dog currently and they were thrilled to see he was still alive and healthy. A little too thrilled. By the surroundings and state of wear on his collar I knew who took the pictures and when. I remember so clearly because my friend who’s a strange fellow (that’s important for later) had babysat my dog and they went hiking in Glacier National Park one day and he came home so late I was incredibly frustrated and worried. They confirmed that they found the camera in Glacier, wayyyy off trail and submerged in a river. They said the rest of the photos on the camera were quite disturbing and they didn’t feel comfortable sharing at first. I provided some examples of my friend’s strange approach to art and they gave in and sent the photos. The people who found the camera were concerned because the photos show my friend holding my dog wearing a black cloak with a big knife in his hand. The next photos show him dog-less looking over the edge as if my dog had gone off the side. They even went as far as to send a photo of a girl (not shared here) in the same series photos to Glacier rangers and confer with missing persons. While disturbed and angry that he would play stupid games with my dog, at first, I am able to laugh about this situation currently and I’m just shocked that these photos were found! My friend who babysat my dog is an odd fellow, he made a series of Christmas cards of him baptizing my dog in a lake. I sent the phone number the pictures of the Christmas cards and they then felt comfortable sharing the photos. LMAO
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#22 Found On A Sidewalk In Boston
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#23 Found At Estate Sale
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#24 Found A Vietnam Veterans Photo Album Along With His Dog Tags Thrown Away In A Dumpster
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#25 My Favorite Found Photo, An Itsy Bitsy Polaroid Of Some Pals
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#26 It's Always Tough Seeing The Most Exciting Moments Of A Life For Sale To Strangers
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#27 Found Under An Old Gas Heater From The 70s We Removed From Our House
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#28 Some Of The Stranger Old Photographs I've Found Over The Years
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#29 I Developed 4 Rolls Of Film I Found In Old Cameras
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#30 From 2010 Found In Thrifted Camera
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#31 Found Photo From Estate Sale, 1980s I Believe
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#32 Found On An Old Camera I Bought/ A Trip To New York!
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#33 4th Grade Friends In Sept 2001 (Found At A Thrift Store)
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#34 Couples At A Dance Circa 1979 Or '80. Found In A Used Book 1992
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#35 Goodwill Bins Find. Looks Like They Had A Good Time!
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