Welcome to Iowa  Orphaned Family Treasures   Did you ever run across old family photos and think, "someone is looking for these?" By posting your old photos here, you or others may gain a couple of possible benefits; someone may recognize someone in  the photos, and in so doing, break down a brick wall.

INTRODUCTION

Since 1998 these photos with text have been posted manually. This will continue until we can obtain an automatic query and photo posting system.

Finally, although these photos were found in various counties of Iowa, the people in the photos did not necessarily live in Iowa. We have found photos in Missouri of families in Iowa, and photos found in Iowa were of families who moved on to Oregon.

You can use the search engine to find photographs. Photos may be listed in the county found and not necessarily in the county lost.   Queries are marked as LOST or FOUND. 

If you see an item that belongs in your family, please contact the submitter directly. Then contact us at Iowa Orphaned Family Treasures and let us know about your success!

Searching for a photographer's location? 

Check our Photographers Index page. We will post photographer's names and addresses.

Index to Lost Family Treasures for the State of Iowa

These photos came from several families in several counties, both people and places.

 

Ames	Harlan	ForestCity	Child	Photographers
Cedar	Henry	MountPleasant	TinLady
Clayton	Iowa	Red_Oak	Women
Dallas	Polk	More_pictures	Fergason_King
DesMoines	Schools	Postcard
Gutherie	Unknown	Miscellaneous	Water

INSTRUCTIONS: 

New information will be posted here first, then moved from there to the appropriate page

EXAMPLES:

1. List of photographers will be moved to the photographers index page. 

2. Queries (text with photograph) will be moved to the query or comments page.

3. Find specials (like back side of a photo below) on photographers page. 

4. New stuff will go to the temporary file until we find time to format and post them..

5. For how to post a photo here, contact Webmaster and attach your photo to the email.

Photographers listed below will be moved to the Photographers index page

Here the most unusual graphic designs found on the backs of some photographs will be displayed. Featured left is an eye catching bird design on reverse of photographic paper indicating the shop was in Ottumwa. The photographer named J. M. Winn was located at 228 E. Main Street, Ottumwa, Iowa. His photographic business was started in 1876. If you find another photo with a bird on the back, please let me know. Thanks go to Patti Robel at probel5@aol.com