Sometimes all you need is a name. You can be sorting through a pile of old family photographs, desperately trying to work out if the subject is your Great Uncle Joe or Cousin Mabel's young nephew, when you suddenly find a name pencilled on the reverse of the photograph and all your questions are answered. Of course, it is Harold Elk! And then you suddenly realise that you haven't the slightest idea who on earth Harold Elk is, and you have never come across that name before. And then you are back at square one: sat on one end of a plaster bench, lost and alone. Share your old photographs - whether you know who they are or you don't - here on Sepia Saturday. Just post your post on or around Saturday 28th June 2025 and add a link to the list below.
The prompt photographs for July all come from the collection of the US National Archives on Flickr Commons. Here is a preview of the month ahead.
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Lads in short trousers from the early 1900s to the 1950s.
Young boys posing in everything from gowns to football uniforms.
I picked up on "what's in a name" from the prompt. In my case, the names in Uncle Fred's WWII letters home mentioning his many family correspondents.
Harry looks a bit bored or sad, if you like. So I looked up a similar family photo and tried to date it.
Sitting on the edge of a parapet, balustrade, or railing for that shot which includes (at least for most of mine) a view of something to mark the occasion.
Not a young boy but an old man sitting in similar position - and some other "old friends"...
This was a great theme to feature a photo from my collection that shares a similar style and period. Musical of course
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