Kmart Employees in North Carolina watching the moon landing (July 16, 1969)1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Kids carrying cardboard for break dancing. New York City, 1983. Photographer- Martha Cooper1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Woodcutter spending his Saturday night at a bar in Craigville, Minnesota (1937)1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
These boys were ejected from Marietta High School in Marietta, Georgia for their long hair in 1971.1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Mrs. Handy with vegetables she has just canned. Scotland, Maryland in 1940. Photograph by Jack Delano. The image, information in the caption, and date are from the Library of Congress1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The crew of the Kmart in Santa Rosa, California, photographed on their opening day in 1970. Photo by Don Meacham, shown courtesy of the Sonoma County Library.1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The 1st Buc-ee's and its owner Beaver Aplin, a week after it opened in Lake Jackson, TX, 1982.1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/texas
Blizzard Of 1888 (March) Madison Ave @ East 40th, NYC. Photo Courtesy of R. Weissman1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
One of the last photos of Betty White, taken on 12/20/21. Shared courtesy of Betty’s assistant Kiersten on Betty’s official Facebook page.2yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/lastimages
Two brothers marry their fiances on the same day in a “joint ceremony” (circa 1970s)5yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Philadelphia, Easter Sunday, March 25th, 1951. Photo Credit: John Mosley, photo courtesy of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection. Image Source: Temple University Archives.1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A clearly staged, but interesting time capsule of a circa 1964 General Foods Corporation publicity photo. A great view of their offering at the time. Photo courtesy of Pleasant Family Shopping on Facebook.2yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A short-order cook in a coffee shop on the Upper West Side (NYC) in the late 1970s. Photo by Stephen Harmon2yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Fifth Avenue, NYC (1974) Photographer unknown. Original Kodachrome collection of Susan Fensten.1wk ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Cairo Mary, bouncer at Shanghai Reds (5th and Beacon in San Pedro, CA) escorts a customer to the door. 19532yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A man shovels snow from a driveway in Albuquerque, New Mexico (December 5, 1969)1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A bartender identified only as “Hugo” posing behind the plank of a bar, with a waitress, in Buffalo, New York in 1948.1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Photograph caption reads: The bodyguard known as Lori, her .357 equalizer, and her Beverly Hills (CA) employer, ex-policeman Herman Marx. Photograph dated: May 16, 1982.1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A grandmother takes the boys to Wrigley Field in Chicago, 19705yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
1955. Lower East Side. NYC. An elderly lady and her dog watch the world go by from her apartment window. Photo by Erika Stone/Getty Images3yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Young woman behind the counter, at her register, waiting for customers in a 5 and Dime on Fifth Avenue (1945) Ruth Orkin, photographer.3yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A woman sweeping the front yard of a Gulf gas station at Mineral Wells, Texas, 1981.2yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Students walking by the Bell Tower at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina (1980)2yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Martin Luther King Jr. waits for a pitch from his daughter Yolanda in the backyard of their home in Atlanta (1964)5yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Circa 1970s. On Upper West Side, NYC. Mothers hands free, holding their babies in baby carriers. Morris Huberland, photographer.2yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The National Bank Tower, 1300 Southwest Fifth Avenue, Portland, Oregon, January 19733yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A crowd marches through New York's Chinatown to celebrate the end of World War II, Photo by Weegee, 19453yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Two Cigarette Girls at a Tallahassee, Florida nightclub in 19562yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Waitress Helen Ann Smith at a Memphis diner on Beale Street ...Memphis, Tennessee 1950's. (Photo by Ernest C. Withers)2yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Garment District, NYC, 36th Street and 7th Avenue, 1970's. Photo by Ozzie Friedman.3yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Mary Wallace: First female bus driver for Chicago Transit Authority (1974)5yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
View, from atop a staircase, along the interior of the Cleveland Arcade, Cleveland, Ohio, July 1980.6mo ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Windows on the World, World Trade Center, NYC (1977) Photo by Ted Thai3yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
3 Little Pigs Park Costumes, Disneyland in Anaheim, CA (December 1960)2yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Brooklyn, NY. Teenager and his Pigeon. (1959) Brooklyn Gang Series. Bruce Davidson, photographer.3yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The day after Thanksgiving at the food court in Valley View Mall in Dallas, TX, 1978.1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My uncle Mark and my late aunt Anita during the summer of 1981 standing in front of Mark's 1970 blue Dodge Coronet. They are holding up eleven fingers because the Coronet was celebrating its 11th birthday that day.6mo ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A man begging for his wife’s forgiveness inside Divorce Court. Chicago, ca. 19485yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Smoking area of Hart County High School in Munfordville KY (1977)3yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
This couple is onboard Amtrak's Lone Star as it just crossed over into Oklahoma. They are discussing their plans in a passenger car, June of 1974.2yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The brand new DeMoulas supermarket in Salem, NH, their first in the state, circa 1964. Seen on The Valley View Room FB page.1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Outside the Queensboro Bridge, New York City (1964) Photo by Evelyn Hofer4yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
One of the last photos of Betty White, taken on 12/20/21. Courtesy of Betty’s official Facebook page2yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/pics
The wife of a coal miner wins a new Gibson dishwasher at the company's 1st annual employee & family picnic near Jasper, Tennessee, August 1974.4yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A woman at an Automat. New York City, 1953. Photo courtesy of Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos3yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Behind the counter at a small (unnamed) Los Angeles restaurant (1980)10mo ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Trucker with cowboy hat, Bakersfield, CA (1979) Photo by Elisa Leonelli8mo ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My father and some random woman at the entrance to Opryland in Nashville, TN (1982)1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
World Trade Center Under Construction, seen from below the Brooklyn Bridge, 1971. Photo by Paul Rice3yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Three 80s icons in 2023: Penn & Teller & an almost unrecognizable Boy George9mo ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/80s
Three kids standing at the side door of a house with a Triumph TR7 parked in the driveway near train tracks. Circa 1977.3yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Slam dancing during Black Flag concert at Mi Casita in Torrance, California, 198311mo ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Neighborhood in a retired baseball stadium in Osaka, Japan3yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Mama Mia's Real Italian Spaghetti in San Jose, California (circa 1950s)4yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A job seeker with sandwich sign walks the NYC sidewalks, hoping he will get employment (1938) Otto Hagel, photographer4yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The Gresham, OR Kmart, just outside of Portland, circa February 19782yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/Portland
Inside a McDonald’s during the holiday season, circa 1976. Photo courtesy of Pleasant Family Shopping on Facebook and their great collection.1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A 38 year old Ken Stabler warming up in 1983. As the great Super 70s Sports Twitter reminded me, he was 3 years younger than Tom Brady is now.5yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/nfl
My father sitting with with his maternal grandmother inside her apartment in the University Heights neighborhood of the Bronx - circa 1979-80.3yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Vietnam Veterans Day Parade, NYC. Men who served and participated in (1973). Photo by Mitch Epstein.1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
NYC, the corner of 86th & Third, looking north. 1981. Photo by Eugene Polgar5mo ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/newyorkcity
The SSGLC (Society for Senior Gay and Lesbian Citizens) celebrates their new home at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Circa 1979.1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Man enjoying a beer at a local bar, Seattle (WA), approximately 1950's3yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Center City Wawa at 17th & Arch Streets. March 14th, 1978. Photo Credit: Temple University Archives.1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/philadelphia
Popcorn and Candy stand at Sears, Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, IL, early 60s photo from Pleasant Family Shopping on Facebook3mo ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Television salesperson Sam Carrao posed with display of new merchandise at The TV Center, 914 Main Street in Green Bay, WI (June 1, 1956)1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A group of friends at an unidentified bar in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 19592yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Couple on a date at 821 7th Avenue in New York City (Circa 1963-64). Photo by Arthur von Schwertfuehrer5yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Gates Avenue from the Myrtle Avenue Elevated platform in Bushwick. Brooklyn, New York City, 1980. Photo by Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos1wk ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Early 80s, proto Insta food post! A spread my paternal grandmother prepared for a Family Circle meeting in October 1983.7mo ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
From Mike Murray on Twitter: Living former SNL cast members with 100+ episode credits who have yet to host. Will anyone else be crossed off this list?2yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/LiveFromNewYork
A brother and sister pose for a photo in front of the Space Shuttle Enterprise in 1977.4yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis in the early 1900s. The walls were painted by a surgeon who wanted to give patients something to look at while they waited for their anesthesia.5yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A pair of extravagantly dressed fans as they pose next to a Cadillac car outside of Madison Square Garden prior to a boxing match between Muhammad Ali & Oscar Bonavena (December 7, 1970). Photo by Bill Ray4yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Washington Square Park, NYC (1960). Winston Vargas, photographer.4yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Things that wouldn’t happen today: The Fat Men’s Shop in New York City (1955)5yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
McDonald's vice-president Peter Beresford showing off McDonald's Pizza in Toronto in 1992.3mo ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/90s
Ken Griffey Jr. getting his head shots taken circa 1993 so Midway could turn him into a NBA Jam secret character.5yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/baseball
Two women having a sidewalk conversation in NYC (1966-67). Photo by Tod Papageorge4yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A clown “barker” hustling customers for a strip club on Broadway in San Francisco’s North Beach (1950) Photo by Fred Lyon.2yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Beach picnic, Huntington Beach, CA . (1937). Photo courtesy of Dick Whittington Studios3yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The Day My Kid Went Punk, ABC After-School Special (1987)3yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/OldSchoolRidiculous
The Treasury discount store and supermarket, circa 1971, as photographed for parent J.C. Penney Company’s annual report. Photo courtesy of Pleasant Family Shopping on Facebook2yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Today in 1962: Jackie Robinson & his wife Rachel pose at their home in Stamford, CT after receiving the news that Jackie had been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame!5yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/baseball
The gang on the stoop, West 47th Street, Hells Kitchen (NYC) pre-gentrification (1979) Photo by Marcia Bricker Halperin3yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Teacher Edna Bodden taking students on a field trip to a local grocery store to buy lettuce for their Pet Turtle. 20th St. Btwn 1st & 2nd Ave facing Eastward Manhattan, NYC (1964) Photo by Burk Uzzle1mo ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Judi Pivirotto pours coffee at the Madison Plaza diner in Paterson, NJ in a photo taken in 1975. Photo courtesy of Judi Pivirotto.1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A group of men and women, members of the Capetowners Club, sit in a booth in a bar probably in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado (circa early 1960s)3yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Days Inn - Complete with fake grass, fake palm trees & beautifully decorated in floral arrangements (1978)5yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
NYC Street Scene. A couple stop for some refreshments at an open window to the street restaurant with “Bordens Buttermilk at 10 cent per glass and Ice Cream Sodas with Hortons Ice Cream at 15 cents”. (1949) Ruth Orkin, photographer.5mo ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Mary Wallace: First female bus driver for Chicago Transit Authority (1974)5yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Two students from Robertson High School in Las Vegas, New Mexico (yes, there is a Las Vegas in NM) pose for a prom photo in 1981. Photo credit: Alex Traube2yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Shopping in carpeted comfort. Fleming Company photo of an unidentified supermarket, circa 1965, from their annual report. Photo and caption courtesy of Pleasant Family Shopping on Facebook.2mo ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Easter Sunday in Harlem, New York 1947 Photo by Henri Cartier-Bresson5yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Outside the “Tedeschi & Pardi” Saloon at 189 1/2 Vine Street in Cincinnati, Ohio in 18882yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The day after Thanksgiving at the food court in Valley View Mall in Dallas, 1978.1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/Dallas
Margaret Hamilton from The Wizard of Oz as Cora, the Maxwell House Coffee Lady - 1977.7mo ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/vintageads
Checking in at the Vineland (NJ) YMCA, circa 1960s. In those days, you got a locker key on an elastic band (to slip around your ankle when swimming) and were 'buzzed in' to the locker room door (visible in the rear). Photo courtesy of Kathy Franzoi1mo ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Brooklyn - When Day is Done. September 1949. Angelo Rizzuto, photographer.3yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The Aladdin parade at Disney MGM Studios. Premiered in 1992.1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/WaltDisneyWorld
On May 11, 1989, the Franklin Mills Mall (now Philadelphia Mills) opened for business in the far northeast. Here is the original mall directory of stores, published in the Inquirer on that day.1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/philadelphia
Vintage photo of Westminster Mall, courtesy of a circa late 70s or early 80s slide.10mo ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/orangecounty
Iron lungs in a polio ward, 1950. Let’s not recreate this people, alright?5yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
