I retired in 2012 and decided to turn up the wick on my lifelong interest in film photography. I wanted something to do in the indoor…
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Found Photos: Dry Glass Plates taken by Dallas R. Sweney – By Christoph Traugott
November 29, 2020Here are a few samples from the collection of Glass Plates taken by Dallas R. Sweney (1883-1958), who lived at 807 Spring Street, Peoria, IL. In…
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Found Photos: Romaine Oberer Franzgrote Photo Archive – By Christoph Traugott
November 15, 2020Here we have fun and whimsical family treasures, with an epic backstory, spanning 1929 to 1959, but also covering various events and locales around the Central…
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Found Photos – Sam Hyde’s Photography Adventures, 1898-1904 – by Christoph Traugott
October 25, 2020Sam Hyde's Photography Adventures, 1898-1904, travelogue and personal pictures came in quite the elaborate handmade-showpiece-styled photo-album. Images are of locations in the Illinois side of the…
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Found Photos – Glass Slide Collection of John Voss, Ph.D. (1895 – 1948) – By Christoph Traugott
October 18, 2020This here is the Glass Slide Collection of John Voss, Ph.D. (1895 - 1948) Plant Ecologist, Principal and Teacher at Manual Training High School, Peoria, Illinois…
This photos were taken by unknown (as yet) World War II Servicemen and women, likely from Peoria, Illinois going for R&R time at Lake Lugano, Italy.…
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Found Photos – The Field Trip – 17 Never-Before Seen Images from the Mid 1960s – By Dirk Fletcher
October 4, 2020I consider myself lucky as I have been a photographer and surrounded by photography for pretty much my entire life. As a second-generation photographer, camera builder…
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Found Photos – Henry N. Mudge – A Suitcase of Negatives, 1916 to 1925 – Christoph Traugott
September 27, 2020While out photoing in the rural Manchester and Glasgow, Scott County, Illinois areas, I stopped into the Winchester Historic Square area, and made a beeline for…
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Found Photos – “Pictures from Japan and Elsewhere” Occupied Japan (1947-1949) – By Christoph Traugott
September 20, 2020In the old-books library vendor portion of Pleasant Hill Antique Mall, East Peoria, Illinois, in the magazine rack section, normally covered by Monkee Spectaculars and other…
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How I Successfully Developed 60+ Year Old C22 and B&W Film – by Sina Farhat
September 3, 2020I am a member of an analog photography Facebook group and some time ago a person by the name of David contacted me and asked if…
