A ‘Nashville’ star and country singer, discover hundreds of photo negatives. Now she hopes to reunite the pictures with the family who took them.
The country singer known as Maisy Stella and her mother, Marylynne Stella, made quite a find in a Nashville area Goodwill store….and they’re hoping for some help.
After a recent dig at a Goodwill Outlet Store, Marylynne found a little box and brought it back to Maisy. What was inside the box captured both their hearts.
Marylynne said “It was filled with photo negatives,” estimating there are more than four hundred in all.
Using an app that can show the negatives developed, Maisy and Marylynne stepped into a family’s story, a family growing up through the 1950’s and 60’s.
Marylynne said the family dynamic was heartwarming and sweet as she scrolled through the pictures and got some insight in the family growing up.
Some of the pictures show the family on Christmas morning. Other pictures show the children riding on bikes or parents posing in their front yard.
For a mother and daughter, the moments are too precious for them not to get back home. But the clues to find the family are few.
Maisy and Marylynne are hoping the word can spread enough that someone out there can help in the journey of a box of pictures going from a Goodwill back to a family where they belong.
Marylynne said — “I can’t imagine getting 400 negatives of my childhood and my siblings, and I would just die for that.”
If you know the family in the pictures, contact Marylynne at mlstella@me.com.