Average American family, Detroit, Michigan, 1954. All this on a Ford factory worker’s wages!1mo ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My mom's mugshot, after being arrested at an equal rights protest in 1974.4mo ⋅ DistantKarma ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My great-aunt Fanny c. 1920. My Mom said about her, “She was never really about the boys.”6mo ⋅ joshweinstein ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My great grandmother in the early 1900’s. Thought she looked too awesome not to share.1yr ⋅ allerena85 ⋅ 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.1mo ⋅ 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.”2mo ⋅ ShinyRedBalloon ⋅ 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.9mo ⋅ SusanaChingona ⋅ 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.10mo ⋅ mks113 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A series of sweet photographs taken by Hugh Magnum of a black woman smiling, c. 1890s. Duke University Libraries1mo ⋅ KatyaRomici00 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Ukrainian Restaurant in the U.S. Celebrates the Death of Joseph Stalin, Who Died on This Day 69 Years Ago4mo ⋅ HawkeyeTen ⋅ 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.1yr ⋅ ladybadcrumble ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Protesting the high school dress code that banned slacks for girls, Brooklyn c.19404yr ⋅ closecaxton ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandfather. Worked on the Apollo program and later became a salesman. April 19781wk ⋅ bearmstro ⋅ 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.1yr ⋅ mghobby68 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Girl leaning against a wall, Autochrome taken by Gustave Gain in France c.19195mo ⋅ littlefairywingz ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Grandpa with his first child, 1957. He passed away yesterday, April 26, aged 91.2yr ⋅ Planejet42 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandfather, probably in the early 70s. I had never seen a picture of him young until I saw this photo.2mo ⋅ depressiontrashbag ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
In the days before fast-food, roadside picnics were the highlight of every road trip (pic from 1958 family vacation)5mo ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The fate and feet of three Chinese girls - a bare footed slave, a girl with bound feet, and a Christian with unbound feet - ca. early 1900s11mo ⋅ nashamagirl99 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Young woman posing for a studio portrait in Kentucky, wearing a beautiful outfit, early 1900s ✨1mo ⋅ KatyaRomici00 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Lady and her horse on a snowy day in 1899. (Photograph by Felix Thiollier)3mo ⋅ pumpkinmum ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
New York, Saturday, April 20, 1912. Charlotte Collyer and her daughter Marjorie Lottie, Titanic survivors4mo ⋅ anamarcorporate ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My 21-year old at the time Mom, cruising with my Dad in 1958. She turns 85-years young today.8mo ⋅ ThePassedPast ⋅ 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)3yr ⋅ KSD4 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Coal miner's child using a hole in the door to enter a bedroom ,19385mo ⋅ ExploreMoreMysteries ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A mother with her children, 1,800 years ago. Alexandria, Roman Egypt.1yr ⋅ KosherNazi ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
I clip articles that interest me. This one from 1981 seemed so crazy it was worth saving.1yr ⋅ Quincynessig ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A bread delivery man with bags filled with baguettes on a snowy street in Quebec in 19771yr ⋅ ExploreMoreMysteries ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The wedding rings of my GGM, GGGM, GGGGM, and GGGGGM oldest dating back to 1832!2yr ⋅ FriendshipWaffles ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Continuous Matter of Servitude - Airlines Terminal, Atlanta, GA 1956, 2am EST1wk ⋅ JaeSolomon ⋅ 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)1yr ⋅ Str33twise84 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My ridiculously attractive grandparents sitting for a portrait in the early 1940s.4yr ⋅ its_not_appropriate ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Midsummer celebration at Skansen, Stockholm in the 1970s. Glad midsommar!1yr ⋅ gratisargott ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Both men and women that came along to the many divorce ranches in Nevada, were referred to as dudes. These two dudes were staying at the Flying ME Ranch in Washoe Valley, during their respective divorces. 1947.5d ⋅ frosty1965 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My parents kissing on their honeymoon in Switzerland in 1979. I think they look like Red and Kitty Foreman.1yr ⋅ szaagman ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Women trainees of the LAPD practice firing their newly issued revolvers, 19484yr ⋅ WildeAquarius ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My great grandparents, together since high school. This was about 1945, she passed away last year.2mo ⋅ mysticalmestizo ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
World’s largest log cabin. Portland, Oregon, USA, 1938. Built in 1905, burned down in 1964.10mo ⋅ Pavel-Romanov ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Pinewood Derby racers at the 1968 Cub Scout Olympics in Fort Worth, Texas1yr ⋅ notbob1959 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Something a little different: One page of hundreds of letters my grandfather wrote to my grandmother during WWII2yr ⋅ Caboose127 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Children wearing straw capes on their way to a New Year's event in Niigata, Japan in 19564mo ⋅ ExploreMoreMysteries ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Mom is back, this time wishing you a happy first day of winter, and to confess that she took all the tinsel during Christmas 1958.6mo ⋅ ThePassedPast ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A young man demonstrating against low pay for teachers, ca. 1930. “I left school to earn $21 a week. My teacher’s pay is $17.78 a week.” Photo: Paul Thompson.8mo ⋅ Paul-Belgium ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A boy and his dog ready to go camping, Southern California, July 19696mo ⋅ eightbells ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A very distant relative of mine. Born 1888 and Died 1956. Love this photo.5mo ⋅ SuddenSource ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Children in a traditional Minobashi raincoat going to a New Year's event, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, 19567mo ⋅ PatatasFrittas ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Grandpa in rural Missouri just before the family moved to Southern California. The 1940's were a different time.1mo ⋅ VeryCasualPCGamer ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My great-grandfather’s mugshots, after he was arrested for bigamy. December 1926, Australia.10mo ⋅ maiaatlantis ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Te Ata,“Bearer of the Morning, of the Chickasaw Nation was born in 1895, near Emet, Oklahoma. She was a storyteller for 60 years, relating the myths, legends and chants of her people, while also pursuing a stage career.4mo ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
An old foster mom sent me a picture taken shortly after I was born in 1979. My mother refused to hold me so the doctor who delivered me stepped in.1yr ⋅ StudsMulecock ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A 10-year-old girl plays in a snow drift as her cat maintains its comfortable perch atop her head, 1952.11mo ⋅ somnum_osseus ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A man standing in the lumberyard of Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing. 19391yr ⋅ HellsJuggernaut ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
This woman on the beach has a very contemporary look about her despite the fact the photo is from the mid 1920s1mo ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Passengers watching the in-flight film on an Imperial Airways flight. April 19251yr ⋅ John-Piece ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Dad and his little sister in 1964 with his 57 Chevy. He was only 16 years old. It was a black and white photo originally. I colorized it a couple years ago for my parent's anniversary. He took my mom out on their first date in that car.2wk ⋅ ohiopimp ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Maternal Grandparents straight jivin’ in Mexico City, late 1940s1yr ⋅ WargreymonIsCool ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Mom and me on my '71 CB750, on a summer afternoon, so long ago . . . (1972)3yr ⋅ tallyrand ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
my great grandma and great step grandpa. what a handsome couple. ca. 1960s1mo ⋅ heartofperiwinkle ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Great Grandmother’s Portrait probably taken sometime in the 1920s9mo ⋅ freezingman00 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My dad (far right) heading to the drive-in to see Star Wars with the guys, 19771yr ⋅ CuervoGold ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandmother (who died last month, 99 years old) out skiing with a friend, in Norway (ca 1950)2mo ⋅ bjaabja ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A night soil man who used to take away human waste to be used in fertilizer. Dunston, Lincolnshire, England 18723mo ⋅ pumpkinmum ⋅ 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)2yr ⋅ rhymnocerous ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Which way to the OK Corral? Three tough hombre's just spoilin' fer a fight. July 19551yr ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ 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...1yr ⋅ MissRothmar ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Soviet children in sleeping bags on the way to their dorm room, 19301yr ⋅ John-Piece ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Teddy Girls in 1955 - their subculture centred around a still-bomb-damaged London.9mo ⋅ CourtneyFish-Lately ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My maternal grandpa with his maternal grandpa, Western New York, c. 19551yr ⋅ complxalgorithm ⋅ 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.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
