Raemarie Gooding wants to get to the bottom of a years-old mystery that's been nagging at her.

Several years ago, Gooding was browsing garage sales in Saskatoon when she came across two old photo albums. Intrigued, she picked them up.

"I just really dug the covers," she said. "And then when I looked inside, there were all these old photos."

Raemarie Gooding is trying to find the family behind these pictures. (Raemarie Gooding)

The photos, many of them likely taken in the 1930s, are a combination of staged portraits and candid pictures. Short captions and cut-out phrases from newspapers adorn many of the pictures.

"They look like they're of family, mostly, and someone's taken great care with it," she said, likening the album to a scrapbook.

When Gooding found out the albums would likely be thrown away, she snatched them up. Now, she's trying to find the family they belong to.

Clues from the past

While there is no definitive name attached to the albums, there are clues scattered throughout them.

One of the more recent pictures from 1972 is labelled "Bob Moffat with projector he made — examines some old 35 mm film in his workshop."

Moffat is mentioned again in a newspaper clipping, talking about a model railway that he built, "representing Hudson Paper Co., Regina."

It's also not clear how to spell Moffat's name. The newspaper clipping talks about a "Bob Moffatt," but the handwritten note on the back of the 1972 picture calls him "Bob Moffat".

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According to the captions, many of the photos were taken in Moose Jaw, Sask.

"If it were me, I would want them back," said Gooding.