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.1mo ⋅ mghobby68 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My great grandmother in the early 1900’s. Thought she looked too awesome not to share.6mo ⋅ allerena85 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Protesting the high school dress code that banned slacks for girls, Brooklyn c.19403yr ⋅ closecaxton ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Grandpa with his first child, 1957. He passed away yesterday, April 26, aged 91.1yr ⋅ Planejet42 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Saw this photo posted here.. noticed I have the photo the grandmother took that day. (Bought at an antique shop years ago in PHX)2yr ⋅ KSD4 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A mother with her children, 1,800 years ago. Alexandria, Roman Egypt.5mo ⋅ KosherNazi ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The wedding rings of my GGM, GGGM, GGGGM, and GGGGGM oldest dating back to 1832!1yr ⋅ FriendshipWaffles ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Goldie Williams, Arrested For Vagrancy & Refused to Unfold Her Arms and Stop Making This Face For Her 1898 Mugshot. (Omaha, Nebraska)1yr ⋅ itsacalamity ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My ridiculously attractive grandparents sitting for a portrait in the early 1940s.3yr ⋅ its_not_appropriate ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A mostly happy family outing at Chicken Bone Beach, the segregated section of Atlantic City's beach area, New Jersey, 1950s (photographed by John W. Mosley)4mo ⋅ Str33twise84 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Something a little different: One page of hundreds of letters my grandfather wrote to my grandmother during WWII11mo ⋅ Caboose127 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
I clip articles that interest me. This one from 1981 seemed so crazy it was worth saving.2mo ⋅ Quincynessig ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Women trainees of the LAPD practice firing their newly issued revolvers, 19483yr ⋅ WildeAquarius ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Pinewood Derby racers at the 1968 Cub Scout Olympics in Fort Worth, Texas3mo ⋅ notbob1959 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My parents kissing on their honeymoon in Switzerland in 1979. I think they look like Red and Kitty Foreman.2wk ⋅ szaagman ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandpa saved the break up letter from his high-school girlfriend, taped in an old scrapbook. He married my grandma a little over a year later. (1952)1yr ⋅ rhymnocerous ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Mom and me on my '71 CB750, on a summer afternoon, so long ago . . . (1972)2yr ⋅ tallyrand ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A punk, a rude boy and a skinhead hanging out together in England c. 1980.1wk ⋅ lnchoate ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Maternal Grandparents straight jivin’ in Mexico City, late 1940s3mo ⋅ WargreymonIsCool ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Getting a ticket for indecent exposure, Rockaway Beach, New York, 19461yr ⋅ notbob1959 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
1945: The Day Daddy Came Home. Gunner Hector Murdoch had been gone over four years, most of it as a prisoner of war in Singapore. His wife Rosina and son John hadn't known if he was dead or alive. He got home on his birthday.9mo ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Second grader Charles Thompson the only black child in a class of 40 pupils at Baltimore Public School No. 27 in September 195411mo ⋅ notbob1959 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Playing bingo on the Amtrak train between Chicago and Glacier Park, Montana June 19748mo ⋅ notbob1959 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Soviet children in sleeping bags on the way to their dorm room, 19304mo ⋅ John-Piece ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Great-Grandfather that was too poor to afford a suit in Sicily, so he had to pose in front of a cardboard cut-out, 1930s~1yr ⋅ HappyyItalian ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My dad’s total cost for a semester of college back in 1970. Would be $250 today!1yr ⋅ ImTheEternalOptimist ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
An immigrant family on the dock at Ellis Island after having just passed the rigid examination for entry into the country, looking hopefully at New York's skyline while awaiting the government ferry on August 13, 1925.1mo ⋅ noctus_exterreri ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Passengers watching the in-flight film on an Imperial Airways flight. April 19253wk ⋅ John-Piece ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Another in a series of glass negatives I have. This photograph is 116 years old today, taken on February 13, 1905.4mo ⋅ memorylanepr ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My parents in 1980 at 19 and 20 years old. A year later, I was born. My dad kinda looks like a Weasly brother...2mo ⋅ MissRothmar ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My dad (far right) heading to the drive-in to see Star Wars with the guys, 19772mo ⋅ CuervoGold ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My brother's sunny adorableness in the early 1950s. Even now, with mid-stage Alzheimer's, he remains cheerful and smiles like sunshine.4mo ⋅ Bawonga ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandpa (left) and his best friend Willie Hall during the Korean War. Those smiles say it all.11mo ⋅ lowrider4488 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My great-grandmother fishing circa 1914 probably in Michigan (colorized by hand shortly after it was taken)3mo ⋅ jesticular_torsion ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A page in my Grandma’s 1938 high school yearbook dedicated to a kid who died during his sophomore year.3mo ⋅ Sturrux ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My maternal grandpa with his maternal grandpa, Western New York, c. 19551mo ⋅ complxalgorithm ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Great Aunt Letha, who was mother to me, and whom I loved vey much (is someone cutting onions in here?) passed on to be with her beloved family. She was born in January 1912, 3 months before the Titanic sank. She used to say If its changed, then Ive seen it. Id say 108 years is pretty good.11mo ⋅ Gatsby1964 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Which way to the OK Corral? Three tough hombre's just spoilin' fer a fight. July 19552wk ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The Way We Were in the 70s; my brother on the left died this week from heart attack1yr ⋅ thrifterbynature ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
'I Start Sunday' 'I Quit Tomorrow'. This image shows the transition from Trolley service to bus service. Chicago, 1948.7mo ⋅ 5_Frog_Margin ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Mom and dad on their wedding day. December 16, 1978 in Tonacatepeque, El Salvador. They're the best people I know.6mo ⋅ dondizzle ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
70's style. Mother and daughter taking a walk in New York City. 1970.2yr ⋅ Blondingochevendr ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
This (shockingly high-res & colorized) photo was taken over 100 years ago, and shows a crew of men unloading a banana boat in New York. I almost feel like I'm there.3yr ⋅ RadioMars ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
An unidentified couple posing for a photo just after getting engaged, 100 years ago today [July 15, 1919]2yr ⋅ NordyNed ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My german grandmother in her 20's on her first vacation after WW2 in Bulgaria around 1955. She forgot everything because of Alzheimer and died 10 years ago.. Luckily I have still that picture. (PS. She hated swimming but loved sunbathing)2mo ⋅ Rien123 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
She was 16 when I was born. NY, 1977. Two years later she left me with the neighbors and ran off to Kentucky.8mo ⋅ cinnderly ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
An indigenous Peruvian woman with her child in the Andes mountains (1930s-1940s)7mo ⋅ froggysaysno ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Grandpa’s schoolhouse in Texas ca. 1930’s. He was always embarrassed of this picture because he was too poor to afford shoes.2yr ⋅ thenewfrost ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A Newsboy takes a nap in the middle of his night shift. Jersey City, New Jersey, 1912.2d ⋅ Pavel-Romanov ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Sikh gentlemen outside the entrance to Hyde Park Corner, London in 19351yr ⋅ blomster6 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Students leaving school in a snow storm in Nashville, TN (January 1979)1yr ⋅ Meunderwears ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Dad showing off his skill to the surprise of his little daughter in Melbourne, Australia, ca. 1940s2yr ⋅ TynShouldHaveLived ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandparents looking like movie stars on their wedding day. Montgomery, Alabama. 19463yr ⋅ greedowallskin ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Reddit seems to love my Taita (grandma), so here is another one of her from 1950’s Beirut 🌸🇱🇧1yr ⋅ afterlife121 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
An open air barber shop during the 1918 flu pandemic at the University of California, Berkley.5mo ⋅ Sleeeepy_Hollow ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandparents on their wedding day standing on the church steps. I superimposed their photo onto a picture of the same steps today. 1947/20201yr ⋅ pseudangelos ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My 98 year-old Grandmother passed away last week. Here she is in Chicago around 1940 living it up!1yr ⋅ Dupree9973 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandparents, late 70’s I believe. Found while making a collage for the old mans visitation.. can’t believe how cool they are. Until next time papaw.1mo ⋅ livingdoll101 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A large family inside their one-room home in Plains, Georgia, 19766mo ⋅ Str33twise84 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A little girl with her banana seat bike in Cleveland Heights, Ohio (1970s)1yr ⋅ blomster6 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
After posting her pictures on this subreddit a couple of times, my grandma passed away in her sleep this morning at the age of 102. She will finally get to see her husband again. (1950s)7mo ⋅ SemiOddBeing ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
This picture of my Great Grandpa at 15 in 1940 looks like it could have been taken yesterday3mo ⋅ Radioactive_Bee ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
This is my grandma Dorothy. She was a dress designer in the 50s which always made this photo more funny to me. She passed away today at age 89. A life well lived.1yr ⋅ crapidrawatwork ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Carrie Kirk, a 101-year-old, formerly enslaved woman, attending a literacy class in Cleveland, Ohio in 1938.1yr ⋅ CatPooedInMyShoe ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My great great grandmother kneels and prays at her daughters's grave. She died of tuberculosis age 23, leaving behind 4 small children. She was buried with her first born daughter. This was life before vaccines. West of Ireland circa 19317mo ⋅ RaptureInRed ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
1906 - My great-grandfather (the child to the right, 5 years old) and his family. All of them, except my great-grandfather and his brother to his left, were murdered on September 1942 by the Nazis.2mo ⋅ early-morning-coffee ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Coffee shop at the Royal Palms Motel in Bakersfield, California 19663mo ⋅ HellsJuggernaut ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Last picture of my Great Uncle Kennith, before he drowned in the Buffalo River, 1940’s. He gave his life saving my grandpa.2yr ⋅ teenietina182 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A young boy greets his father, a soldier allowed to return home for Christmas, 1944.4mo ⋅ Feiruzz ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My great-great grandmother holding my grandad, great grandmother at the back and great aunt to the side. Cornwall 19064mo ⋅ lnchoate ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Ashtrays and coin-operated televisions in the Los Angeles Greyhound bus terminal, 19691yr ⋅ TheSanityInspector ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My wife's uncles got back from Vietnam in the same month. Within 2 weeks they decided on a dual road trip, from San Diego to Denver. Here is their favorite picture from that trip, at Monument Valley in Utah, September 1969. Bikes are Honda Trail 90's, not really designed for road trips.7mo ⋅ 5_Frog_Margin ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
In December 1941 an unidentified but creative photographer was assigned to cover what might happen in Seattle if wartime authorities declared a blackout. With all the lights turned off, a kiss stolen over coffee in a downtown cafe was one of the results.6mo ⋅ AlexReads ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The American Look in 1945 according to the department store, Lord & Taylor2yr ⋅ notbob1959 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
my great great uncle Tony liked to wear his hat one way and one way only. c. 1920s.1yr ⋅ commodorecliche ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Harry's van. Late 70's. Headed upstate NY for a weekend camping trip.2mo ⋅ Durhamfarmhouse ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My dad about to run away and find his Suzy Bishop. Oregon circa 1970.3yr ⋅ harrietpa ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Today is my grandfather’s birthday; maternal grandparents’ high school graduation photos (1938)4mo ⋅ tglg808 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A father and his sick child. The photo is captioned 23rd of July 1939 A tough day for the little one. Sweden, 1939.1yr ⋅ eam2468 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
