A stack of vintage photographs discovered at Antique World Mall on the Boise Bench is now making its way to California, reuniting a family with precious memories of their late grandmother they thought were lost forever.
WATCH: Photos found in a Boise antique shop find their way back to a California family
Instagram project reunites family with late grandmother’s lost photos
The photos were found by Chase Bennett, founder of Lost Memory Repository, an Instagram page dedicated to posting lost vintage photographs, home videos and audio recordings. Bennett, who grew up in Mountain Home, has turned his childhood passion for photography into a mission to restore vintage memories and return them to their rightful owners.
“I was the kid with the camera in Mountain Home, Idaho, running around the town making little dumb videos,” Bennett said.
Bennett’s inspiration for the project came during a trip to Tennessee when he purchased a vintage camera at a thrift store…