Photographs from an Unidentified Oklahoma Family’s Antique Film Negatives (Pre-1920)

Looking at someone else’s memories found on early-1900s film negatives

I recently bought a sealed packet of old early-1900s film negatives with no idea what was on them. In this post (and video) we will take a look at someone else’s distant memories.

Who Were They?

There was no identifiable information about the family on the lab envelope or in the package. The only thing we have is the location of the lab in Oklahoma City, and some analysis from AI of the images to establish a wide range of dates.

Date Ranges

Some of the images were estimated by AI to be from around 1900, while others were dated into the1920s. This means the negatives must have been mixed together and stored together in the lab envelope.

High resolution scans of the negatives and their photographs

Below are the scans of all the negatives followed by their conversions to positive images…

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