+977 A Redditor reached out to me and offered…

The story behind the picture: someone posted restored photos on r/interestingasfuck and I made a comment that received no replies or likes, but despite that photo restoration artist u/LadyArkane reached out to me via DM and offered their help.

My comment: “My uncle died way back in 1937, 2 years before my dad was born. He was only 5 years old and my grandparents went through hell all around that time—they lost him to polio, then lost their home and most of their belongings to the Ohio River flood.

Only one photo of him survived—one of him with my grandmother just weeks before he fell ill. *[I realized when I took the photo out this was wrong since he’s too young in the pic. I was mixing up illnesses—my grandmother contracted TB shortly after this pic and would spend the next few years in a sanitarium.]* We found while going through my dad’s things after he died, but it got put in a back jeans pocket then in the chaos of the time went through the washing machine. It made us all sick to see it so faded.

That little pic has been stashed inside my jewelry box ever since, hoping to find a way to restore it (and for technology to advance to where it could be successfully done) over the last 13+ years.”

This is legitimately heartwarming. ❤

This is truly amazing!

/r/MadeMeSmile

I love the unique bag of redditors we get here and one pops up and says “Here, Let me see what I can do, not the best job but I tried.” And they do a super professional job.

This is amazing! Happy for you & good on you as well

holy cow, look at that sausage arm!

Wow! That is so cool.

Such a gift to be able to give a family. Way to use your time and God-given talents in such a productive and compassionate way .

They have a great work

That’s fantastic work! What a blessing!

Looks fake as hell

I’ve only done a handful of these for friends (photographer by trade) and this looks like a tough one. Kudos to the editor. Glad you get to enjoy the restored photo!

Will Smith