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Baldude863xx t1_j9e06kz wrote
Reply to First Lt. Charles Hall points to freshly painted marking on his P-40L Warhawk, 1940s by eaglemaxie
I used to work at American Forces Network and there was this old Colonel who came in about once a year who was one of the last of the Tuskegee Airmen or maybe even the last one by that time.
It was always a big deal when he came in and he got the VIP treatment from everyone in the building.
Emotional_Giraffe_63 t1_j9dzv1e wrote
ruka_k_wiremu t1_j9dzbmg wrote
Reply to comment by Masterchiefychief in Brothers Mads and Lars Mikkelsen (1990s) by Effective_Ticket_841
Um...no.
ChildrenotheWatchers t1_j9dz72n wrote
Reply to What do you do with photos that you don’t know who people are? More information in comments. 1940? by cosplayernerdgirl
1920s or 1930s. No corsets, and skirts weren't to the floor.
ChildrenotheWatchers t1_j9dywnl wrote
Reply to What do you do with photos that you don’t know who people are? More information in comments. 1940? by cosplayernerdgirl
Someone on Ancestry.com probably can tell you, if you have distant relatives who use that. Or you can ask the historical society if you know where the pictures were taken. Or a genealogy library or public library.
The city might publish weddings in the old newspapers.
mycatsnameisjanet t1_j9dyiyx wrote
I seem to be alone in saying that does NOT look like a bush.
Justanotherplaneguy t1_j9dy7ea wrote
Reply to Found this atop an hvac duct when I moved into my new home. I wish I knew more about it, although I assume it's circa mid 1940s by Dramatic-Scratch5410
According to the website this photograph is attributable to a guy by the name of Jerry Yellin who was involved with this squadron I believe. Look him up in Google.
amazonjazz t1_j9dxjpb wrote
Reply to What do you do with photos that you don’t know who people are? More information in comments. 1940? by cosplayernerdgirl
The curved or "Tango" heel would have been out of fashion by 1925ish. I would look at records between 1920-1925
maypearlnavigator t1_j9dx89v wrote
Reply to comment by CappaValley in Found this atop an hvac duct when I moved into my new home. I wish I knew more about it, although I assume it's circa mid 1940s by Dramatic-Scratch5410
Yeah. You did.
But for anyone to see that they have to go to your account because the post you made is auto-killed since it contains a link to external material and this sub, for reasons known only to the mods, does not allow links to external sites even if the site is totally benign and has excellent info directly related to the post thread.
I found a post here one time made by a guy who had located a collection of old photos taken in Arizona back in the last couple decades of the 19th century. They belonged to his family and fell to him by inheritance. He had no idea who any of the people were but I instantly recognized Tom Horn, Nelson Miles, several famous Apache scouts, etc and dug into it posting lots of links for him to know that his ancestor likely served as an Apache scout with the group who followed Geronimo into Mexico and later captured him. Anyway, none of my posts appeared since they had external links and the guy never found out who any of those people were since no other poster looked for or found any of them. Really frustrating after doing so much research. I was not bright enough to message the guy to tell him to look at my account for info. Big mistake by me.
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macsquoosh t1_j9dwtz5 wrote
Aaah , those awesome workshop pictures ...
SagebrushPoet t1_j9dwqwj wrote
Reply to comment by Dramatic-Scratch5410 in Found this atop an hvac duct when I moved into my new home. I wish I knew more about it, although I assume it's circa mid 1940s by Dramatic-Scratch5410
I was going to say it was that the 2nd guy from the right in the middle row had a passing resemblance to Claire L Chennault. Really nice, obscure find.
chr0nicpirate t1_j9dwn93 wrote
The lady in back your mom?
doomsdaybeast t1_j9dweqc wrote
Reply to What do you do with photos that you don’t know who people are? More information in comments. 1940? by cosplayernerdgirl
What do you do about the most unhappy people I've ever seen, jeez
ZZircon-15-98 t1_j9dvsdf wrote
NotOK1955 t1_j9dvonu wrote
Reply to Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney (1940's) by Dextralfraise
Sometimes I wonder if Dali influenced Walt’s vision of “Fantasia”
CompetitiveEditor336 t1_j9dvjt9 wrote
Reply to Found this atop an hvac duct when I moved into my new home. I wish I knew more about it, although I assume it's circa mid 1940s by Dramatic-Scratch5410
There is some print on the prop of the plane . Maybe this can b enlarged
[deleted] t1_j9dur0y wrote
Reply to comment by codeking12 in What do you do with photos that you don’t know who people are? More information in comments. 1940? by cosplayernerdgirl
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hummingbird_mywill t1_j9duk82 wrote
Reply to comment by icky_sticky_notes in What do you do with photos that you don’t know who people are? More information in comments. 1940? by cosplayernerdgirl
Men were not abundant then either!
Chad_Hooper t1_j9dt9y0 wrote
I managed to follow my dad into a couple of gas station’s garages in the’70s. They all had calendars of topless girls on the wall.
Th3seViolentDelights t1_j9dsvlw wrote
I will never not have a crush on my Mads lad
sausage_k1ng t1_j9ds4um wrote
Reply to comment by codeking12 in What do you do with photos that you don’t know who people are? More information in comments. 1940? by cosplayernerdgirl
Sorry, we’re not hoarders…
mossimoto11 t1_j9dry2l wrote
Reply to What do you do with photos that you don’t know who people are? More information in comments. 1940? by cosplayernerdgirl
My grandma has a bathroom full of old wedding photos from random people but if you ask her who someone is she’ll make up a story 😂
Mbcb350 t1_j9drvrt wrote
Reply to What do you do with photos that you don’t know who people are? More information in comments. 1940? by cosplayernerdgirl
I love this picture! She looks like she’s about done with this day & I think it might be because her shoes are too small.
CappaValley t1_j9e16nl wrote
Reply to comment by maypearlnavigator in Found this atop an hvac duct when I moved into my new home. I wish I knew more about it, although I assume it's circa mid 1940s by Dramatic-Scratch5410
Ahhhhh. Thank you very much. I was wondering why it got no traction. seemed pretty pertinent to me. I'll try a screenshot....
That's pretty cool that you found the Arizona info. I also had no idea about looking at the account...