This is a picture of my great grandparents on the night they got engaged. Circa early 1900s I believe?8mo ⋅ SmugChinchilla ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My cousin, Mark, died in his sleep last night at age 57. This was us back in 1972, BFFs forever.11mo ⋅ ZeldaRaeJr ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Average American family, Detroit, Michigan, 1954. All this on a Ford factory worker’s wages!1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Late 1940s or early 1950s West Virginia. My grandfather, an exhausted coal miner, would sleep a bit in the floor when he came home so as to not dirty the bed linens. He placed a towel on the pillow to keep from ruining it. Always an avid reader and smoker, note the newspaper and cigarettes.1yr ⋅ WVriverman ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandma at 16, in 1943. She said she used to go to a photo booth and have a photo taken every time she had her hair done and liked the way it looked .1yr ⋅ mykulFritz ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Grandma rebelling and wearing pants on picture day. They made her turn sideways1yr ⋅ henryfirebrand ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My great grandmother and her 8 sons, all served, all came home. My grandpa is on the very end. Served in WWII as a bomb detonator.1yr ⋅ blissbitch05 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My mom's mugshot, after being arrested at an equal rights protest in 1974.1yr ⋅ DistantKarma ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Grandmother's first and second weddings, before and after the Summer of Love1yr ⋅ BoazCorey ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Mom at prom in the late 1950s. This man is 80 and just drove about 300 miles across state to see my mother in a nursing facility. He brought this pic with him.1yr ⋅ damtaxmann ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A young girl posing in a photo booth during the 1930’s. Written above her is Mozella.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Lady Florence Norman, a suffragette, on her motor-scooter in 1916 London.1yr ⋅ 8d-M-b8 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Kmart Employees in North Carolina watching the moon landing (July 16, 1969)1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Such a huge response to my original post. Here is a pic from the date last night. Hopefully the mods will allow the post.1yr ⋅ damtaxmann ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
American family, Detroit, Michigan, 1954. This is all from a Ford factory worker’s wages.6mo ⋅ RayTracingOn ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Kids carrying cardboard for break dancing. New York City, 1983. Photographer- Martha Cooper10mo ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Opal Cooper baking and canning in the kitchen of her farmhouse near Radcliffe, Iowa, September 9, 19571yr ⋅ notbob1959 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A Civil War Veteran poses with his grandchildren, Mt. Pleasant, PA, c. 1900. The Library of Congress.8mo ⋅ FlamingoEvery5528 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
1977, my mother in trouble for breaking the recently created female dress code at IBM. Her suit color is too light. She and her mentor are strategizing how to either change the rules or explain the problem away.1yr ⋅ ladybadcrumble ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandparents in the 1940s. They were married for 78 years until they died 12 days apart. “We love each other and we like each other. That’s all there is.”1yr ⋅ ShinyRedBalloon ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My great grandmother in the early 1900’s. Thought she looked too awesome not to share.3yr ⋅ allerena85 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My great-aunt Fanny c. 1920. My Mom said about her, “She was never really about the boys.”2yr ⋅ joshweinstein ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
They evolution of my fire department career. First time in an engine, about 1969, up to my last engine before retirement.10mo ⋅ Pluckyboy64 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A series of sweet photographs taken by Hugh Magnum of a black woman smiling, c. 1890s. Duke University Libraries1yr ⋅ KatyaRomici00 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A Joyous Wedding Party, Harlem, NY, c. 1983. Photo by Thomas Hopker.7mo ⋅ FlamingoEvery5528 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A French woman with her baguette and six bottles of wine, Paris, 1945.7mo ⋅ alwanfilm ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My dad (on the left) and a friend in the early 70's, on a camping trip where they would end up finding a dead body in the woods1yr ⋅ Orevet ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandparents wedding photo from the 1940s. Poor farmers they couldn't afford a real wedding dress, so grandma wore her best sunday dress which happened to be navy blue.1yr ⋅ Vallaris24 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
“It’s not possible to take such a photograph anymore, as the buildings outside block the sun rays.” Grand Central, NYC (1929)8mo ⋅ Bulmara ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Air Warden tries to shelter two children during an air raid, London, 194011mo ⋅ InfamousLeopard383 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My mother has nary a hair out of place after a 4 day backpacking trip into the wilderness...a shout out to Breck hairspray. My parents 1969.6mo ⋅ mocatz ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Evicted sharecropper family in temporary camp, Butler County, Missouri, 1939.1yr ⋅ InfamousLeopard383 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Lost my Nana this week. Found some amazing photos including this one from I am assuming the 70s. Looks like it's from a Magazine.7mo ⋅ britty33 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
This picture was taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt at a children's puppet show. He caught this picture of the children at the exact moment the dragon was slain. Tuileries, France, 1963.1yr ⋅ petr19799Y ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Woolworths, Sydney AU, 1960. An entire supermarket with practically no plastic yet. Everything is in cardboard or foil, wax-paper, tin, glass bottles with metal caps, - and biodegradable wasn't even a thing.1yr ⋅ Same_Distribution ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A Jewish couple, Ralph Polak and Miep Krant, in Amsterdam in 1943. They went into hiding and survived the Holocaust.8mo ⋅ CatPooedInMyShoe ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Follow-up to yesterdays visitors in Boston. This is my Great Aunt in front of their house in Boston, 1964. The house was bought on a milkman's salary.2yr ⋅ mks113 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Dad died this week, and I was going through photos for the memorial slideshow. Here are my parents in a very early 70's kitchen, but mostly I really like how they are looking at each other.2yr ⋅ SusanaChingona ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
1947/1948 everyone gets a nickname on the southside of Chicago.9mo ⋅ Ineverdrive_cinqois5 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A British veteran of the Napoleonic Wars and his wife sitting for a photograph (colorized) in the 1860′s. (700x773)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandfather. Worked on the Apollo program and later became a salesman. April 19781yr ⋅ bearmstro ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Ukrainian Restaurant in the U.S. Celebrates the Death of Joseph Stalin, Who Died on This Day 69 Years Ago1yr ⋅ HawkeyeTen ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Navajo girl wearing silver and turquoise Squash Blossom jewelry, 1950.10mo ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
September 9, 1957. “Mrs. Willis Cooper baking and canning in the kitchen of her farmhouse near Radcliffe, Iowa.” Color transparency from photos by Jim Hansen for the Look magazine assignment “Iowa family.”9mo ⋅ shawnawilsonbear ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Dad at 22-years old cruising with his new wife (my Mom) in 1958. [OC]10mo ⋅ ThePassedPast ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
With her husband at war, Mom works on the woody, ca. 1944. (Life Magazine)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Abt 70 years ago. Me and my new bike in my family's driveway on Forest Dr. in Wooster, Ohio.1yr ⋅ Logybayer ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
In 1960, photojournalist Ormond Gigli assembled 43 women, dressed them in refined, colorful garb, and situated them in 41 windows across the facade of the classic New York City brownstones.8mo ⋅ FiddleheadFernly ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Coal miner's wife and three of their children. Company house in Pursglove, Scotts Run, West Virginia, September 19382mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My paternal grandparents on their wedding day in the Netherlands, 1930. When that moustache was still cool.9mo ⋅ ExtremeOccident ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Great Great Grandfather Anko - Poingya De De ( Standing in the middle of the line). Kiowa. His hair is cut because he just lost his wife.1yr ⋅ elwoods_impromptu ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Grandpa (right) being a goof with one of his shipmates, WWII.1yr ⋅ DarkestLore696 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Corona del Mar High School students, Newport Beach, California, 19691yr ⋅ DualCay0te ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Protesting the high school dress code that banned slacks for girls, Brooklyn c.19405yr ⋅ closecaxton ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Women use compact mirrors in packed crowd to catch sight of the queen in London, June 1966.2mo ⋅ Paul-Belgium ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My dad’s aunt. Her dress was “scarlet, not red” and her shoes were “ivory, not white.” Pittsburgh, PA, 1931.1yr ⋅ Elphaba78 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Me at age 17, 1953, colorised (I have the original on my profile)11mo ⋅ Nadezhda-Markovna ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
An enthusiast for Men’s dress reform walking down the Strand in London. The MDRP (Men’s Dress Reform Party) was formed in the interwar years in Britain.1930.1yr ⋅ Dhorlin ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My dad as a baby in 1928. This little guy lived to be 94! He had a very good life.5mo ⋅ amusesings ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Woodcutter spending his Saturday night at a bar in Craigville, Minnesota (1937)1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My great grandparents on their wedding day, 18 days before Pearl Harbor. She was 22, he was 20. Both lived into the next century.1yr ⋅ a_complex_kid ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandfather (center) on his family farm in the Catskills with some friends circa 19159mo ⋅ jphilipre ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
How to Dispose of Your Used Motor Oil. Popular Mechanics Magazine January 1963.5mo ⋅ IwishIwasBailey ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
1957, My grandpa (18) holding my mom on his parent's couch in the Cleveland suburbs. He was a tough greaser but still has a big soft spot to this day.2yr ⋅ ladybadcrumble ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Housemother - From my mother's nursing school yearbook - 1968. She said the nursing dorm had several housemothers that would make sure boys didn't visit the dorm and girls didn't stay out past an early curfew.11mo ⋅ wrighttc ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandmother, an Appalachian woman at heart always, born in 194510mo ⋅ themamasaurus ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The Panama Slide in Coney Island after it was built in 1908. Very popular at time, especially with adults!8mo ⋅ Paul-Belgium ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
There were no mobile phones in the 1970′s, so students in this girls' dormitory often lined up to make calls to friends and family.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Downtown Manhattan with World Trade Center towers, seen from 'Lovers lane' in New Jersey 1983.9mo ⋅ jocke75 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Grandma (far right) and crew of family and friends partying at the Diamond Horseshoe beneath the Paramount Hotel, 40s NYC.1yr ⋅ mananahabit ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Back in the day people used to keep the “first dollar” of their paycheck to celebrate getting the job. Sometimes the person’s first ever job. Here my grandfather celebrated my grandmother’s first paycheck. May 28, 1943, Reading, PA8mo ⋅ chaddgar ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandfather, probably in the early 70s. I had never seen a picture of him young until I saw this photo.1yr ⋅ depressiontrashbag ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandparents on their wedding day. My grandma was 16 and pregnant with her first child and my grandpa was 19. They met on a boat while immigrating to canada. February 19521yr ⋅ hungarianbird ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandmother and mom circa 1974. My grandmother took my mother to national parks over the course of a few months, just the two of them.2yr ⋅ mghobby68 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Young woman posing for a studio portrait in Kentucky, wearing a beautiful outfit, early 1900s ✨1yr ⋅ KatyaRomici00 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
the oldest photo in my family, taken around 1845 of my 5th great grandparents.1yr ⋅ lajollahc ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
This Montana newborn, Lloyd Johnson, died of “starvation” at seven days because the mom was unable to breastfeed. 1943 wasn’t that long ago.2mo ⋅ CatPooedInMyShoe ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
In 1903 my great grandparents family went on holiday from Long Island to Florida. In a journal they wrote several times about the heat. You can almost feel their no-AC exhaustion in this photo.6mo ⋅ ThePassedPast ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
I see a lot of people post flattering photos of the past, this ain't one of them. Here is my 5 year old grandmother (bottom left) and her family in 1924 in Tucker County WV that I found in an Ancestry.com search4mo ⋅ a_complex_kid ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Girl leaning against a wall, Autochrome taken by Gustave Gain in France c.19192yr ⋅ littlefairywingz ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The closed bed, or box bed, was a traditional piece of furniture. In houses with only one room, the box bed allowed a certain intimacy and helped to keep warm during the winter. Due to fashion and the cost of their manufacture, box beds were gradually abandoned in the 19th and 20th centuries.10mo ⋅ dannydutch1 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My dad and his sisters, late 1950s. Dad was the last to go- we lost him last week. ❤️10mo ⋅ WhatRUrGsandPs ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
