Photos with the names and dates lost in history. AncientFaces has been reuniting mystery and orphan photos with their families since we began in 2000. This 'Lost & Found' collection is of photos foun...

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Political

Original photos of the politicians and political events throughout the past few centuries.

Welcome to a collection of photographs that document the fascinating history of politics. From democracies to monarchies, communism to fascism, and everything in between, this page captures the divers...

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Notorious

The people and places that live on in our memories - not for good reasons but because of how they shocked and saddened.

Images of serial killers, mass murderers, despots and dictators, prisons, and the victims of these horrors. These people & places live on in infamy in our history. There are the notorious killers: Th...

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1800s

The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.

The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...

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African Americans

See the faces of just some of the many African Americans who have contributed to building the United States into the country it is today.

African Americans in the early history of the United States had an extremely difficult start as immigrants. Having been primarily forced to immigrate to a new continent, African Americans worked throu...

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Native Americans

Images of the Native American people - the tribes, their dress, and their lifestyles. We honor and celebrate Native American history with this collection of historic photos.

The best way to understand the people who first inhabited North America, Native Americans, is through their own words. The following quotes contain some of the wisdom passed down through generations o...

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Popular Photos

These historical photos have generated quite the buzz!

This collection of historical photos has got people talking. These photos - either because of the subject and/or the story - have generated a lot of comments among the community. What do you have to s...

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Fashion

Discover how fashion has changed over the years with this collection of photos.

Fashion styles & vintage clothing throughout the decades that will inspire, make you wish for those times again, or may make you ask "What were they thinking"? Clothing styles have obviously changed ...

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Celebrities

Discover the lives and legacies of notable celebrities from the past, like Bette Davis and John Wayne, by browsing photographs of them in their prime.

The lasting impact of celebrities from the past cannot be denied; they continue to be an essential part of our cultural history. Through their talent, charisma, and unique personalities, they entertai...

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Antebellum Beauty

This scan of an 1850's Dagguereotype shows an incredibly beautiful young woman, early twenties perhaps, obviously married (ring on left hand) sitting next to a skirted table and sitting upon a Gothic side chair and holding another Daguerreotype of her husband (?)also in her left hand. Her clothes date to 1850-1855. Embossed in the right hand diagonal corner is the name "CHRISTOFLE". Perhaps the photographer or the studio? Surely someone out there recognizes this extraordinary beauty from other photos!

I came across this Daguerreotype and just fell in love with her exceptional beauty, and have no clues as to the identity of the woman, the location or the dates for sure. But from her appearance and dress, and the fact that it was such an early photograph, she must have been a woman of means or importance. Hopefully the name Christofle with present a clue to someone, and the mystery will be solved!

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Bill Shrum & Mary Reed

Bill Shrum & Mary Reed taken in I think Missouri
People in photo include: Bill Shrum

People tagged:

Mary
Reed

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BAPTISING AT THE RIVER 2

JOHN SAYLOR SERED ASA PENTECOSTAL MINISTER, THIS IS UST ONE OF MY BAPTISISM HE PREFORMED DOWN AT THE RIVER
People in photo include: John Saylor

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ORA

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HAYES SAYLOR IN THE MILITARY

HAYE SAYLOR SERVED IN THE ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II. HE WAS CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE

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George Washington Flanders's Death Certificate

George W. Flanders
Male, White, Widower, 85 yrs old, Farmer
Birthplace not known.
Date of Death: November 14, 1913
Buried; Poor Farm

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Paino Family Portrait

Paino family 1928

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HARRY & SUSANNA LAFFERTY

Harry Aloysious LAFFERTY born 12/13/1876, Glasgow, Scotland,
d 11/22/1952, FL; Parents: John (asa LAVERTY) LAFFERTY b 3/1858, in Ireland, married Elizabeth FINN 12/31/1872 St Mungo's Chapel, Glasgow, Scotland; AND Susanna H. (MILLS) LAFFERTY, b 11/3/1874 in Ballymoney, District of Kilrea, Derry, (aka Londonderry) Ireland. Parents: Joseph MILLS and Elizabeth BRADLEY. Susanna arrived 7/5/1894, Ellis Island, via The Chester from Southampton, Southamptonshire, England, UK. d 1962, NJ.

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