Lost and Found: A Visual Archive of Items Across US Locations
I have compiled a visual archive of lost and found items from various locations across the United States, including Salt Lake City Airport, Texas Rangers stadiums, and universities like Gonzaga and Washington University in St. Louis. This collection spans from 2017 to 2026, capturing forgotten belongings at airports, transit hubs, and entertainment venues to highlight the universal experience of losing and finding personal items.
From Salt Lake City Airport to the Texas Rangers, every lost item tells a story of a moment in time.
- marysol5
>When something turns up at a stadium or an airport, staff photograph it, log it, and wait. Hundreds of places use one software tool for managing lost items, and I scraped their archives: thousands of accidental portraits of lost stuff.
Where? What Software? What Archive?
So many photos of peoples lock screens with clearly visible faces...
- axus
Picture of a lost iPhone, with a message to call the owner at a phone number. Guess taking pictures was in the job description, and returning lost property wasn't.
- ChrisArchitect
scraped from....where? The Lost & Found systems are all public? Sorry I haven't had to dig something out of a lost & found that wasn't a cardboard box under a front desk or whatever...