
I have always found myself somewhat drawn to keeping the images and pictures that I see on the ground. Some people think it’s weird and a few find the legitimacy in doing so, but no matter what anyone says, I think it’s awesome. It’s so cool to be able to get a sneak peek into the lives of people you’ve never met and experience their world through photographs they have left behind. Why would throw printed images out in the first place? Is it because they have duplicates somewhere? Because they’re too old to be kept? Are these memories painful? I don’t think I’ll ever understand.
Recently I came across a treasure chest of images and I will be sharing them with you from time to time on I Think You’re Swell from now until they are all digitized and online. None will be edited in anyway, you will get them as they are, as they were found. I hope you enjoy them.
This is part one.


I wonder where this was taken and why she was all gussied up…

Does anyone recognize anything? Hmm..

Haha, silly bear, you’re not a wolf! Howlin’ like that! — I guess even animals like to pretend.

Haha, this reminds me of how my mom used to dress my brother and I in outfits that matched…like, c’mon mom, we’re two years apart! These kids look to be at least 3 or 4 years apart!

Oh ok. Looks like Mom took it to the next next level and dressed Pops just like the youngest son! Go back up one image! See for yourself.


Oh man! Look at that deer! Sooo dope. And I pay good money for a nice pair of socks like that…

Hehe.

The rounded corners of these images are really incredible. They give the pictures such a homegrown feeling, almost like only family photos should be developed with rounded corners.

I wonder if they found some stranger who was wandering in the woods to take this for them…or did they use a self timer? Hmm.

This one is my favorite of the bunch. (well the first image too) It has this energy about it that I love. Freedom, oh such freedom. Ha. And that car is pretty bad ass. Makes me think of just driving away to somewhere really far with someone that I love and somebody that loves me back — sighs. I hope that day is too far away…
So after looking through these photos and making this post, I decided to google “Tweetsie” which is on the train and car in this set and I found out that it is a railroad amusement park in North Carolina. Have any of you ever been? Was it hella fun? Recently or when you were a kid? Hmm, it looks like a pretty good time.
Well if you decide to go, the contact info and address is below.
Tweetsie Railroad
300 Tweetsie Railroad Lane
Blowing Rock, NC 28605
800-526-5740 / Fax 828-264-2234
Later nerds,
Antwan