Interesting thread about discarded family pictures. Many years ago, I was going through an outbuilding in Rockville CT that was part of the former property of a television pioneer and amateur radio op who ran a ham TV station using pro and home brew NTSC color equipment from the highest peak in town. Not much left, but I did pick up a few pics that appear to be family photos. His name was Al Denson, and he had a few patents on TV circuitry. The vandals had pretty much destroyed any electronics, but there wasn't much left anyway.