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AncientFaces
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05/02/2024
School & Class Photos
As we honor teachers this week, take a look at these old school photos that show how things have changed in the classroom over the years.
AncientFaces
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05/02/2024
Parents in Education
William III shares this 1956 Christmas photo of his parents Betty Jo and William Holmes who were both educators at McKell High School in South Shore, Kentucky.
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05/02/2024
Remembering Alice "Bertha" O'Hearn
Sean shares about his mother Alice who worked in education for 26 years teaching Latin, Greek, and English at Springfield High School in Vermont.
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Moments we remember
AncientFaces
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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
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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
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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.