Found a bundle of old photographs.
Description
I found these photographs this afternoon around 4:30 p.m. behind the Old Market arches in downtown Omaha. They were tucked in a crumpled envelope inside a jacket pocket from a thrift-store donation bin I was sorting through near 13th Street. The images look like a family’s memory—portraits on a brick street, a gray Chevy in a quiet winter yard, and dates scribbled in the corner. It felt strange and intimate to stumble on someone else’s life, and I’d like to see them go back to the people they belong to. If you recognize any faces or clues, please use the posting so the owner can reclaim them.
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