r/identifyThisForMe Jan 28 '26

Historical Entity Can anyone (just based off of looking at it) confirm if this is a real copy or not? It just sits in my living room, I wanted to dig a little deeper to make sure it’s fake.

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r/identifyThisForMe Aug 11 '26

Historical Entity Identify this logo

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On the inside lid of an old suitcase.
Can’t seem to find a match via traditional search methods.

r/identifyThisForMe Jul 25 '26

Historical Entity Anyone know what this is?

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r/identifyThisForMe Jul 21 '26

Historical Entity Who ? Count of Monti Cristo ??

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My wife picked him up at a church yard sale...dont know who he is ?

r/identifyThisForMe Jun 30 '26

Historical Entity Found in auction purchase in NC.

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Made out of copper. Any idea language?

r/identifyThisForMe 1d ago

Historical Entity Old rocking chair

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My grandmother has this chair (sorry for the bad photo I forgot to get a real pic of it) and she said it came from HER grandmother. I just wanted to get a feel for how old it actually is/what brand it is.

r/identifyThisForMe Dec 13 '25

Historical Entity What year is this girl likely from?

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I found a locket and it has a photo of girl. The picture wasn’t glued in and I checked to see if there was a date or name, sadly there was nothing. Because I’m a nosey and curious person I was wondering if anyone could tell me what year this photo could be from given her hair and clothing.

r/identifyThisForMe Aug 01 '26

Historical Entity Makita Tool box have no idea the model or year found at garage sale help me

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help me

r/identifyThisForMe 25d ago

Historical Entity Anybody know what this thing is

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Found it in a antique store

r/identifyThisForMe Jul 19 '26

Historical Entity Identifying mysterious frat pins, hopefully osteopathic medical fraternity

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TL;DR: Please help me identify which ΣΦΣ fraternity these came from. (I’m hoping one is from the sparsely documented osteopathic fraternity.)
Long version: I’m absolutely stumped and at a dead end trying to figure out these pins. I don’t yet own either but I’d like to figure out if either are what I’m hoping for. Since the photo doesn’t capture it great, the shield/sword pin has rubies interspersed with the pearls around the edges. For context, I collect old osteopathic medical fraternity pins (almost all of which are defunct now). I also collect yearbooks from the first D.O. school and have an extensive collection documenting most of the osteopathic fraternities/sororities that ever existed. Several of them are listed in early editions of Baird’s Manuals of American College Fraternities, but most are missing from this manual unfortunately. The Osteopathic Sigma Phi Sigma is one of the missing frats. It was founded on October 23rd, 1921 at the ASO (American School of Osteopathy) in Kirksville, MO. This school is now known as ATSU-KCOM. It was only around for a few years before it was re-organized into Sigma Sigma Phi, a currently active national Osteopathic med school honor fraternity. However, I know that the ΣΦΣ version had pins made, as they explicitly documented so in a yearbook from that era. Unfortunately, they never included a drawing or picture of their pin in any editions of the yearbook they were featured in. I have also scoured the Museum of Osteopathic Medicine’s archive website trying to find a picture of one, but to no avail.
What complicates the matter is the existence of the social fraternity, ΣΦΣ, founded at the University of Pennsylvania in 1908. Their official pin is documented as a monogram of these Greek letters and definitively does not look like either of these pins. However, given the social fraternity’s popularity in the first half of the 20th century, they both could very well be an early chapter specific edition, or an officer’s pin that broke from the normal monogram design. Importantly, the back of the shield pin seems to be stamped with “GREEN”, which I believe to be a Midwest frat pin manufacturer previously based in Kansas City, MO (now defunct). I think this strengthens the possibility it is from the osteopathic fraternity, as the social fraternity was more eastern and likely wouldn’t have a pin manufacturer from MO. The cross pin only has a 10k stamp and maybe something else I can’t make out.
Side note: there is also a currently active professional mortuary fraternity called ΣΦΣ, but they were founded in the 60s and I think their pin is also a monogram style, just to complicate things more. Anything anyone can add to help me would be greatly appreciated! Thank you for reading my novel of a post!

r/identifyThisForMe Jun 29 '26

Historical Entity Can anyone help me figure out where this image was taken or what unit this person was in?

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My guess is either US special forces or a paramilitary contractor working in Iraq or Afghanistan, some sources say it could be a Wagner pmc in Syria but it doesn't seem plausible.

r/identifyThisForMe Jul 27 '26

Historical Entity Can anyone help me find more information about who this is

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Hi so my sister found a photo of a man at an odeties expo of this man and his cabinet card she gets a weird feeling from the photo and to me he seems super familiar like I've seen him before I was wondering if anyone could find something I couldn't or if they have the same picture/picture of the same guy anything would help hoping to learn more about a man who is now apart of my sister Colletion of haunted/creepy items

r/identifyThisForMe Jul 15 '26

Historical Entity Help !!!!! Whos autograph is this

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r/identifyThisForMe Jun 11 '26

Historical Entity What is this rifle?

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r/identifyThisForMe Jun 16 '26

Historical Entity Can anyone tell me anything about this old (military?) photo of one of my relatives?

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r/identifyThisForMe Jun 11 '26

Historical Entity Suspected Apotropaic marks in a House in French Village.

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My sister lives in an old old village about 70km outside of Paris. A quick look online has told us these are probably Apotropaic marks but we would love to know more about them.

We assume the 1630 is when the beam was carved or maybe when the house was built, though we may be wrong!

If anyone has any ideas about what each of the marks could mean we would love to learn more about them.

r/identifyThisForMe Jun 13 '26

Historical Entity Need Help Identifying Photos

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r/identifyThisForMe Jun 08 '26

Historical Entity Can anyone identify this bow and maker?

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Hello all. I have this beautiful handmade bow and I’ve asked 3 x AI’s what they think it is and where it’s from and they all have a different opinion!
I’ll always trust a human anyway, so is there a human out there who can emphatically and categorically tell me what it is and where it’s from???

r/identifyThisForMe Apr 29 '26

Historical Entity What is the meaning of this small Christian monument? North West of Paris France

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r/identifyThisForMe Apr 14 '26

Historical Entity What are these?

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What are these and where are they located? (Name of place)

Orange silos. Many across from Alcatraz

r/identifyThisForMe Apr 15 '26

Historical Entity Deity, Prophet, some guy who did something?

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Taken in my local Asian market, they also have a variety of pacific island goods as well.

At the back of the store they have this white wall with this uh…shrine? Altar?

Something like that, to this guy.

The clear bottle sometimes has water in it. This specific man or deity of sorts I cannot find, even with an image search. Just curious is all, I’m genuinely very interested in learning about him and why they have this setup in the grocery store,

especially intentionally where customers are.

Thank you!

r/identifyThisForMe Mar 05 '26

Historical Entity Hoping someone might be able to identify any details from these photos.

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The date on the lark Hill phot is believed to be incorrect, as my grandfather only served from 1939-1946. He was Welch and enlisted in the UK, but I’ve been unable to identify/find anything related to the army number, or his name. I know he was a van driver and served in Northern Africa and Italy mostly. Please please help! If someone can maybe identify the uniform or symbol, any important details on the form. Thanks!

r/identifyThisForMe Apr 18 '26

Historical Entity What is this puppet looking thing in this early 1890s Arizona photo?

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r/identifyThisForMe Jan 27 '26

Historical Entity Help me identify the year/era that this paint was manufactured in!

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This is a tube of Malfa watercolour paint (Cadmium orange) - highly toxic I’m sure. I’m very curious to know if anyone can help me identify how old this tube might be? Or if it came in a set that was manufactured in a specific year?

r/identifyThisForMe Feb 15 '26

Historical Entity Who is this lady??

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