One of my favorite things to find in an antique store is a stack of old candid photos. I love looking at all the details and trying to figure out what year the picture was taken, what was going on in the lives of the people in the photos.
I stumbled across the best website called Square America and it is a collection of old photos – exactly the kind I love best. The photos are sorted into different galleries that you can view as a slide show.
I have no idea how I managed to find this site – it was one of those down the rabbit hole type of searches.
Take the photo above – there is so much going on. It makes me very uneasy, looking at this picture. First of all that man in the background is so menacing. What is he lunging at? The poor kid next to him is just cringing. And the baby yowling in the woman's arms. That woman looks like she would like nothing better than to put that baby down and spend the afternoon at a day spa, being fussed and preened over.
Of course the man might just be tossing a stick for the dog to fetch and there isn't anything menacing at all.
What do you think? First day of school? Getting ready for church? I love their identical shoes and their identical postures. Do you think the one second from the left is unhappy because he got stuck with long sleeves and everyone else has short?
At first I though this next one was taken on a cold snowy day but then realized they aren't really dressed for snow. They must be standing on a sand dune. I bet they were on a road trip and stopped for the photo opportunity. Go check out the site – you will be entertained for hours.
I added it to my list and will go look through it later,the guy kind of looks like he’s going to attack his neighbor on the other side of the fence and to me the kid does look scared and that poor baby is not thrilled at all with what is going on.
The picture of the boys just cracks me up..haha !
Andrea…Thanks so much for the link! It’s neat and oh, so nostalgic.
Oh my. I just lost an hour. Where is that picture of us all sitting on the couch in Port Huron?
I love old photos too. That one of the little boys is priceless. I just want to tell them to relax, it’ll be over in a minute.
I love old photos too. That one of the little boys is priceless. I just want to tell them to relax, it’ll be over in a minute.
Wow, those photos are so interesting. I always find it really strange going through old photographs… especially when they’re of strangers! I just think of people in the future looking at my pictures… :o) well. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
xox,
Linnea
These are great! I think the first one looks kind of menacing too, it’s definitely not a ‘happy family’ shot. And those poor boys, lol… I can just imagine mum or dad standing there telling them not to budge, they look terrified!
The last one is kind of beautiful in its simplicity, must have a look at the site!
Have a great weekend x
I love looking for old photos at antique stores but never really bought one. My fav are the boys… yeah boy #2 didn’t look like his enjoying the photo session.
It’s been awhile, Andrea since my very first post on your blog. It was something about Victoria magazine. You responded to me and then I got hooked. I just started my blog in June.
Have a lovely day.
Thanks for the link. I can spend hours looking at old photos. I’ve got a little pile of them on my sideboard. I found them in a junk shop in Austin. They are so magical!
By the way, can we talk about that chocolate you sent me?! That was amazing! We could not stop eating until it was gone and have been talking about it ever since.
-Maiz
Drifting in blog land and found your site……..going to share it on my blog today……..hope you can pop over and visit…….Afterwards I am going to go to the old photo site………sigh, have a feeling that I am not going to get a whole lot done today…..well, computerland isn’t a bad place to be, right?
These are really cool! Thanks for sharing!!!