RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A Richmond woman made a remarkable find in a local antique shop.
Megan Abell discovered negatives of vintage photos that are breathtaking.
“The pictures were very beautiful and so I was just like they were three dollars a piece and so I was like done, all mine,” she explains.
Abell is a professional photographer who thought the images were special, but she had no idea how much attention they would ultimately capture.
Wednesday night, Abell posted them on Facebook, hoping to learn more about the women in the photos or the person who took them.
The photos are now going viral.
“They have this haunting quality to them where you just feel like you’re transported back because it really draws you in and i think that’s why people love them so much,” adds Abell.
The photos had more than 8,000 shares on Facebook in less than 24 hours.
So far, no one’s identified the women in these images, but plenty are speculating about where and when the photos were taken.
The consensus seems to believe they were shot in California in the 1950s or 1960s.
Abell hopes people will continue to share her post until she finds the ending to a story likely started decades ago.
“I really, really want to find who they belong to. Like I think I owe them at least that much,” she says.
If you want to see the photos and share them on Facebook, click here.
You can also follow #HelpFindTheGirlsOnTheNegatives on social media.
