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AncientFaces
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04/25/2024
Honoring Jesse & Ethel Patterson
Karen shares stories about the adventures she had with her grandparents and remembers her grandfather as a a “classic country-loving and caring man” who was a great storyteller.
AncientFaces
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04/25/2024
Remembering Florence Margaret Sowell
Andre remembers his mom Florence as a great story teller and shares that when dinner was ready growing up, she would yell “ dinner raw do the chaw”.
AncientFaces
368k+ followers 400 favorites
04/25/2024
Funny Historical Photos
Check out these funny photos that show the lighter side of history and tell amusing stories from the past.
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Moments we remember
AncientFaces
368k+ followers 400 favorites
03/28/2023
Memories of a brother
"Thank you, AncientFaces team -- without you, the memories would die and there would only be a simple stone in a cemetery informing the world of absolutely nothing. Thank you for the chance to give my brother a little hope for immortality in the digital age."
AncientFaces
368k+ followers 400 favorites
04/20/2023
Lost & Found photos reunited with family
Orphan photos from antique stores, shoeboxes & family albums without names. We rescue photos and share them in 'Lost & Found' to reunite these treasures with their families. Discover photos of family you never knew existed thanks to the kindness of strangers.
Memories spotlight
AncientFaces
368k+ followers 400 favorites
08/07/2023
Remembered as beautiful inside & out
A beauty queen, Special Olympics volunteer, & teacher at an elementary school, her life was taken from her in 1986. Randy remembers his girlfriend Lynnie and finds sharing in some ways therapeutic. Marsha remembers Lynn as her high school friend, and Cindy remembers working with Lynn at the Seaside Pharmacy soda fountain in 1968.
AncientFaces
368k+ followers 400 favorites
08/07/2023
WW2 Moment captured on film
David shared this WW2 photo of his father and the B-17 Blue Dreams Crew. He only had his father's name, and over time 5 other men have been identified by 5 separate families. These strangers who became a band of brothers in WW2, unites their families even today.