For me, nothing is more satisfying discovering hidden gems（珍宝）in secondhand shop. all, one person's trash is another person's treasure.
Two years ago, I came across a collection of dusty photos. I thought, if these were （I）, or my family's, I'd want someone to return them to me, so I made it my goal to do so for others.
I've since visited secondhand shops （week）, and have accumulated more than 50, 000 of these items. I organize them in big boxes all over my house in New York. Photographs, home movies, undeveloped films, photo albums - you name it, I've collected it.
I've also set up a social media account to help reunite items with their owners or other family members. The quickest we've been able to find an owner is within two minutes. Someone commented below a photo I posted, "I think that's my child's preschool teacher. " The longest we've taken to find someone is four months, but I'm proud that we still made it. There are （thousand） of photos that have yet to be reunited. social media, this project would not be possible.
People are often quite emotional when we get in touch - most of these items are （lose） after a house move or a family death. Sometimes people donate a camera to a charity shop and forget to take the memory card out.
We once （manage）to reunite a family with pictures from 1943, which was special. I found a can containing two rolls of film at a shop. One of my followers found a family on a heritage site, and their old photographs looked similar to the ones I found. We contacted them, and they confirmed their ancestors were in the photographs. They were extremely grateful and said that a family member had recently moved out of New York, which is probably how the film ended up at a secondhand store.
I'd love to create a building to hold all these memories. I want every photo and video to be digitized so they can be preserved online. I'm bringing together a team to return the photos to their owners. , I am still working on it since we are short of money. Maybe one day, I can realize my dream.
