ATLANTA — A metro Atlanta man found a box with several photo albums inside that appear to belong to a Black military family associated with Fort McPherson.
Terrance Smith said he found what he called an “old wooden box” with seven albums inside beside the railroad tracks near what is now Tyler Perry Studios.
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The pictures inside date back as far as 65 years and show several generations of the family.
“It took me awhile to bring myself back together, because I was thinking about the loved ones,” Smith told Channel 2′s Berndt Petersen.
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“I believe it fell from the back of a truck or a transporting vehicle and was lost during the transition period of the Fort closing,” Smith said. “The belongings could had been left behind and/or lost in the abandoned buildings and work crews may have discovered it but didn’t salvage it.”
Smith and his friend, Richard Powell, who is an Army veteran, believe these ‘men in uniform’ likely served at Fort McPherson. Many of the photos date back 50 years, and some may be decades ‘older.’ Some of the names he found include ‘Major Isaac Freeman’ and 8-year Army veteran Elijah Compton. He hopes he can find their families.
Smith said he hopes Tyler Perry can help him find the albums’ owner and return the box to the family.
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