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Timefound Archives curates authentic historical documents, photographs, and personal letters. Each piece is researched, verified, and preserved with museum-grade care in the United Kingdom.

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From The Found File
Signals in the Silence: Three Forgotten Photographs of the Royal Engineers (1915–1916)

Signals in the Silence: Three Forgotten Photographs of the Royal Engineers (1915–1916)

|Billy Culham
A rare trio of WWI photographs reveals the early training journey of a Royal Engineers Signal Service recruit from Hitchin to Haynes Park. Through careful research and provenance work, Timefound...
Vintage parchment thumbnail with faded postal markings and the title “From the Found File – The Glunkler Envelope.”

The Glunkler Envelope: A Forgotten Architect’s Journey Through War and Captivity

|Billy Culham
Discovered 110 years after it was sent, The Glunkler Envelope traces the journey of German architect Hermann Glunkler - from the YMCA’s humanitarian work in India to his capture and...

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