Lost
Lost photographs from a personal collection in Gulfport
near the Gulfport Harbor
Lost
listing
Posted
about 4 hours
ago
Description
I was sorting through a stack of old photographs on Friday at 8:15 p.m., sitting near the Gulfport Harbor at Beach Blvd and 28th Ave. I stepped away to grab a jacket, and when I came back the wind had rattled the folder off the bench. The pictures span generations: my grandmother's wedding portrait from the 1950s, a family trip to the Biloxi Lighthouse, a birthday snapshot of my dad in a striped shirt. They’re irreplaceable, and I’m gutted at the thought someone else might have them. If they’re found, that would mean the world to me; they tell our family story in color.
Approximate last-seen location
near the Gulfport Harbor
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