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Together since 1978. Then and now
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Pictures I took at McDonalds in the late 1980s. My first job.
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My grandmama passed this month, wanted to share these pics of her. Born dirt poor in rural Kentucky in 1937. She was so glamorous.
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Immigrants arriving in the US through Ellis Island from 1906 to 1914 captured by photographer Augustus Frederick Sherman
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My dad in LA, 1974 (captions written by him at the time)
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My father with his mother and baby brother in Brittany in 1940. Only my father survived; Betty and Harvey were sent to Auschwitz in February of 1944.
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Man and his dog in a Photo Booth at Grand Central Station, 1943
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My grandmother, national tumbling champion and contortionist, in the 1940s.
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Egyptian life in the 60s, featuring my beautiful great-aunt Lillian
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Write a word describing the opposite sex (1973)
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My great grandfather approx. 3 weeks prior to his murder at Auschwitz. He was from Poland, and was a leader within his city. His wife’s fate is still unknown, but my grandmother was adopted by her older sister after surviving the holocaust and moved to America in the late 1940s.
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My mom, Linda - The first Black woman to complete Delaware’s Army NG OCS (1977) with Gov Du Pont, and her Signal Officer Diploma (1978)
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My Dad, 1975 and 1976
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My nonna and her sisters. Italy, early 1950s
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My dad helping to calm my nerves before walking down the aisle, and the after. 1979
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My adorable grandma at 22 in 1967
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My dads birthday party in the 80s
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My grandparents were reunited today
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Some rare photos of women coal miners in 1970s-80s Appalachia
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One Of My Great Grandma’s Wedding Cards (1952, USA)
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Groom smiles brightly to his bride on their wedding day, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1950s
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My grandparents wedding, 1959.
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Photos from my great-grandmother’s 1920-1925 scrapbook (Wisconsin and Minnesota)
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My nan with her husband and friends in 1984. Second photo is today (Aged 99)
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My grandmother in the 40s and 50s
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My 95 year old mother 1948
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Passport from my grandparent’s honeymoon (when wives didn’t have their own passports)
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This is how I wore my naturally curly hair during the 70s
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Raft Walk
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  • Coke Line Special!
  • Giant Tube Mass
  • Foxy Ladies
  • Budweiser Worship
  • Wood you believe?
  • Fun on the river
  • The Roofers
  • Broken leg will not deter this party animal
  • Braces and boobs
  • The Muffin
  • On the river with bridge onlookers
  • Too much
  • Volkswagen Bug, date/photographer unknown
  • Titanic, 1980
  • Aerial, 1977, photographer unknown
  • Year/photographer unknown
Found my great-grandfather's 1920s-30s art scrapbook
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Grandma and grandpa swapping clothes on their honeymoon, 1949
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A group of Men and Women goofing around and switching clothes C 1910.
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My Old Man
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In 1944, a U.S. Navy crew member rescued a kitten named George who was in danger of drowning. After being saved, George became a sort of mascot for the crew and was even photographed and officially given a liberty card along with a detailed health record, just like a sailor.
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Falling in love in the 40s
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Write the name of a famous person you admire (1973)
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My uncle’s WWII sketchbook
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My pictures just celebrated their 60th anniversary
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My beautiful mama and I (1984/1985)
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My grandma (1950), great grandma (1920s), and great great grandma (1890s) at their weddings
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Remembering my mom today
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Between 1900 and 1930, a destitute seed pedlar took more than 5000 photographs of daily life in an isolated valley to the south of the Alps. They were rediscovered long after his death. I can't convey how amazing these images are. A handful are here, I've compiled a gallery of my favourites below.
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Some photos of me and my mom from 1970 through 1972
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As the motion pictures picked up steam, these were some of the nifty title cards they displayed before screenings to remind viewers of etiquette (1912)
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My grandmother in 1942 and my mother in 1982 wearing the same wedding dress on their special day.
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Grandma in the 60’s/70’s
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My mom Linda — Then: the first Black woman to complete Delaware’s Army National Guard OCS (1977). Now: reading your Reddit comments, 46 years later. She finally feels seen.
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An unnamed young woman recorded her senior year at Asheville Female College in a photo album, Asheville, North Carolina, 1902. It includes a dorm room, group shots of friends, playing in snow, a visit to the mountains, their final midnight party before graduation, and graduation day itself.
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My grandma on her prom day in 1939, and at age 64 in 1985
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My Great Grandparents, Sam and Rose, it Brooklyn, NY 1925
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"We just learned that he is a member of the class."
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  • "Has a good looking brother. People are popular for various reasons."
  • "Has written "Hello, dear heart!" on her P.O. box. Most of us aren't that promiscuous with our affections."
  • "'Bones' was disappointed in love, so has taken to piping."
  • "He just wouldn't give it up."
  • "'Chauncey.' Mamma's own Wootsy Squidiums. Wears the real John Drew effects. And all the squeezes that he squoze of the little girlies waisties."
  • "'Have some candy Jabe?' 'Sure.' Trots out of class whenever she gets bored."
  • "Is 'it' a girl?"
  • "'Ally.' A math shark and a man hater."
  • "Got excited in last year's class fight and had to be calmed by the strong arm of the law."
  • "Charley is popular with the girls 'cause he's married. Wears a standing collar and sometimes shaves."
  • "Believes that absence makes the Prof's heart fonder."
  • "Noisy Sam." He knows his name and the frat he belongs to.
  • "A Japanese gentleman. You sneeze when you pronounce his name."
  • "Not an anarchist, and not as bad as his name would indicate."
  • '"Charley.' The Peroxide Blond. A social ward-heeler. Has known an Academic Co-ed or two in his day."
  • "'Dooley' a petrified, case-hardened buttinski."
  • Big Hairy Bum.
  • "Irish" The pen--is mightier than the sword.
Florida, 1944
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  • Wish I had been invited to their parties! 1966
  • Dunn's River Falls, Jamaica, 1976
  • Girl Scouts at a Bird Sanctuary - love shots where the picture isn't quite ready to be taken, 1951
  • SPCA animal shelter, using advanced cat filing system, 1965
  • The trip - she's all set with ice cream cones which bodes well, 1977
  • The dog! 1962
  • 1966
  • Scenic bell-bottoms, 1974
  • Jack at the arcade, playing Chicago Coin's Basketball Champ game - Union Beach, NJ, 1952
  • Game night, 1960 - I like my money and property cards in one stack each. I don't like spreading out everything, but its always appeared that I'm in the minority.
  • 1975 - I'm calling them Glen and Cathy
  • On the ride at Battersea Park, London, 1961
  • White people in American Indian costumes, Kansas City, MO, 1950
  • Toy store in San Francisco, CA, 1965
  • Mom and daughter (maybe sister?) in red, 1964
  • Unhappy skunk in cake dish - woman expresses her opinion of Senator Joseph McCarthy, 1954
  • Natchez, Mississippi, 1983 (photo by Nathan Benn)
  • Pool party, 1970
  • Brightly dressed kid and three Saint Bernards, 1974
Cocktail party at my parents' house in January, 1978.
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Mixed family posing for their photo Pittsburgh, circa 1940s, Agfa safety film.
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How much money did people carry with them in 1975
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Mother gives a smile to her sleeping newborn baby, 1940s
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People during the Roller skate craze of the late 1970s. Venice Beach, California.
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Prom couple taking a photo at home before going to the dance, 1960s.
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Posing for my grandmother in my fancy new suit. 1957
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Kodachrome slides of a couple enjoying a moment together, 27 of May 1944.
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Kodachrome shots of a couple in Florida enjoying a lemonade, 27 of May 1944.
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Little Girl posing with her dear dog, 20 of May 1904. Glass plate negative
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Kodachrome slides from a christmas diner party in the 1950s. It appears the whole family was there
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