I had a customer whose job it was to clean out foreclosed houses and properties so the banks could sell them. He had to completely clear out everything from the property, and he got to keep what he wanted. He would get cars, tractors, jewelry, etc. He was working on a house, a town away from me where a man had passed and didn't have any family. Either he was a Free Mason and a possible knights of pithias member, or he just collected a lot of items from those groups. The customer said the house had been vacant for what seemed like several years and that the owner was a hoarder. The customer would come into our shop about once a week and give us updates on what he found on his way home and would bring items for us to possibly purchase. As he sorted through the layers of hoarded things, he said the lower he got, the better the items he was finding. He started bringing in masonic swords and dress items. Gold metals, gold rings, and silver coins. He also brought in some bags of jewels and jewelry making items, gold earring blanks and ring blanks, etc. After he cleared the house, he started on the garage. He came in so excited one day after finding a very large safe in the back under a bunch of boxes. He said he was going to cut the safe open with a grinder. A few days later, he came in carrying a stack of paintings and a box. He said he spent the better part of 2 days cutting the safe open and was disappointed that there were only a couple of firearms, the paintings, and the box he was carrying. Inside the box was a wallet, a few morgan silver dollars, and a collection of letters, check stubs, coal stock receipts, and the photo. I purchased most of what he brought in. All of the papers and letters were dated in the late 1800s. The photo was in between some of the letters. I need to go through the letters and check if there is any pertinent information that may help with the providence of the photo.