<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>The Uncaptioned Past</title><link>https://theuncaptionedpast.com</link><description>Historical photographs, open archival mysteries, and primary-source visual investigations — tracing unidentified places, people, and dates.</description><language>en</language><atom:link href="https://theuncaptionedpast.com/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>The mill with a missing name</title><link>https://theuncaptionedpast.com/cases/homestead-woolen-mill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://theuncaptionedpast.com/cases/homestead-woolen-mill/</guid><description>A local historical society identifies a New Hampshire stereograph. The answer gives us a place, and a clearer set of questions.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>identified</category></item><item><title>Who sat beneath this chandelier?</title><link>https://theuncaptionedpast.com/cases/gothic-auditorium/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://theuncaptionedpast.com/cases/gothic-auditorium/</guid><description>Pointed arches, individual seats, and an enormous chandelier. A Ripple Bros. stereograph gives us a room, but no secure name or purpose.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>open</category></item><item><title>The home he dreamed of</title><link>https://theuncaptionedpast.com/cases/iowa-cavalry-diary/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://theuncaptionedpast.com/cases/iowa-cavalry-diary/</guid><description>An unnamed soldier wrote of hospital work and a future with Frankie. An overlooked biography points to Richard H. Johnston.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>open</category></item><item><title>The tower beside the dome</title><link>https://theuncaptionedpast.com/cases/philadelphia-centennial-buildings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://theuncaptionedpast.com/cases/philadelphia-centennial-buildings/</guid><description>A square tower, a pale dome and a period map place an uncaptioned stereograph at Philadelphia’s 1876 Centennial Exhibition.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>identified</category></item></channel></rss>