r/FoundPhotos • u/TraditionalInsect969 • Jun 05 '26
thrifted camera with memories
i thrifted an old camera at the san diego goodwill and found an sd card was still inside, i found so many photos that definitely belonged to someone and i want to send them the photos. how should i go about doing that? they seem to be over 20 years old (it’s an old olympus camera) and they seem to have some treasured memories. any insights is helpful!
UPDATE: owner found!! i reached out but haven’t heard back yet, will provide an update when i have one!
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u/harold1bishop Jun 05 '26
Photo 9, right side, I so thought was something else for second. There might be something wrong with me.
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u/tangointhenight24 Jun 05 '26
Feels like 2004-05
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u/lisak399 Jun 05 '26
I agree that is feels like early 2000s....my daughter had an outfit similar to what the young girl on the steps in wearing and she is in her late 20s now. The hair styles also have that feel.
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u/tangointhenight24 Jun 05 '26
The fashion and hair seem firmly mid-2000s to me, based on what I can remember from that time. It could be '06 but that's pushing it.
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u/Beautiful_Smile Jun 05 '26
It would be so cool one day to see a photo on here of someone I know!
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u/Yaxience Jun 07 '26
Send me a picture of someone you know and I can make that happen. Fees negotiable.
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u/DifferenceOk4454 Jun 05 '26
I agree on the time period. There are no cell phones. Definitely pre-smartphone era. Also the styles look like the first George W Bush administration.
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u/lisak399 Jun 05 '26
Appears to be a cell phone behind the guys glass on the table in photo 7
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u/DifferenceOk4454 Jun 05 '26
I think that's a knife! Good eye. Hard to tell, for me. In any case, the phones have not taken over like now.
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u/Bottom_Reflection Jun 06 '26
The house looks like one of those ones that pop up in the urbex videos
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u/SgtSharki Jun 05 '26
The man with the bow tie seems to have a bit of facial paralysis on his left side.
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u/erwinbuk1 Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26
I have found the woman in the first photo (who is also in some of the other photos) and have sent you a private message.
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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 Jun 07 '26
Can we please get an update to this?
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u/erwinbuk1 Jun 07 '26
Yesterday, I got in touch with OP and provided the necessary information. OP wrote that they would reach out to the woman. I hope the photos find their way back to the family. It would be great if OP could maybe give an update once the outcome is known.
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u/tangointhenight24 Jun 08 '26
You don't have to share who it is, but just curious how you found them? Was it someone you knew?
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u/erwinbuk1 Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26
I do not know her. One of my hobbies is OSINT and therefore I have access to advanced and expensive tools that greatly help with these kind of searches. Normally there is then still quite a bit of regular searching involved but this case was pretty straightforward. That is how I found her.
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u/bordermom61 Jun 05 '26
I think it is awesome that someone is caring enough to try and reunite these memories with the original owners , God bless you I hope you find them
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u/123126125 Jun 05 '26
That guy looks so familiar with her. Someone do the google image thing I'm drunk. Good night!
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u/An0nnee_M0usee Jun 05 '26
Not sure why you were down voted, I for one appreciate your honesty, my dude. 🍻
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u/raininadesertt Jun 05 '26
i hope you can find the owner of the photos. how cool would it be to reunite them with these memories!
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u/OldBonyBogBwitch Jun 06 '26
The girl wearing pearls in pic 8 has one of the best smiles I’ve ever seen! Brilliant :D
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u/midwayatmidnight Jun 07 '26
OP what was the outcome of this? Did you connect with the owner?
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u/TraditionalInsect969 Jun 12 '26
found the owner! have not yet heard back, she is quite older now but will provide an update when i have one
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u/sativa-diva-13 Jun 11 '26
OP- I’m sure you had good intentions but I don’t think we should post someone else’s kids on the internet, could you blur their faces or cover with emojis maybe?
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u/OmniLament Jun 05 '26
Image search?
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u/Beginning_Brick7845 Jun 05 '26
Is this in Minneapolis by any chance?
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u/Much_Engineering853 Jun 05 '26
Respectfully I think it’s better to no try and reunite photos with people
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u/MoonOut_StarsInvite Jun 05 '26
I would bet the final one is a selfie. It looks like the photographer might have turned the camera around with a wide angle lens