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 .1mo ⋅ mykulFritz ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Average American family, Detroit, Michigan, 1954. All this on a Ford factory worker’s wages!6mo ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My mom's mugshot, after being arrested at an equal rights protest in 1974.9mo ⋅ DistantKarma ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Grandma rebelling and wearing pants on picture day. They made her turn sideways1mo ⋅ 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.5mo ⋅ blissbitch05 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My great-aunt Fanny c. 1920. My Mom said about her, “She was never really about the boys.”11mo ⋅ joshweinstein ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My great grandmother in the early 1900’s. Thought she looked too awesome not to share.2yr ⋅ 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.7mo ⋅ ladybadcrumble ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Grandmother's first and second weddings, before and after the Summer of Love2mo ⋅ BoazCorey ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Kmart Employees in North Carolina watching the moon landing (July 16, 1969)4mo ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ 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.2mo ⋅ damtaxmann ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Lady Florence Norman, a suffragette, on her motor-scooter in 1916 London.1mo ⋅ 8d-M-b8 ⋅ 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.”7mo ⋅ ShinyRedBalloon ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Opal Cooper baking and canning in the kitchen of her farmhouse near Radcliffe, Iowa, September 9, 19574mo ⋅ notbob1959 ⋅ 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.1yr ⋅ 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.1yr ⋅ mks113 ⋅ 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.2mo ⋅ damtaxmann ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A series of sweet photographs taken by Hugh Magnum of a black woman smiling, c. 1890s. Duke University Libraries6mo ⋅ KatyaRomici00 ⋅ 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.4mo ⋅ Vallaris24 ⋅ 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 woods5mo ⋅ Orevet ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Ukrainian Restaurant in the U.S. Celebrates the Death of Joseph Stalin, Who Died on This Day 69 Years Ago9mo ⋅ HawkeyeTen ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Protesting the high school dress code that banned slacks for girls, Brooklyn c.19404yr ⋅ closecaxton ⋅ 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
My grandfather. Worked on the Apollo program and later became a salesman. April 19785mo ⋅ bearmstro ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Evicted sharecropper family in temporary camp, Butler County, Missouri, 1939.1mo ⋅ InfamousLeopard383 ⋅ 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.191911mo ⋅ littlefairywingz ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Grandpa with his first child, 1957. He passed away yesterday, April 26, aged 91.2yr ⋅ Planejet42 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Abt 70 years ago. Me and my new bike in my family's driveway on Forest Dr. in Wooster, Ohio.2mo ⋅ Logybayer ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Grandpa (right) being a goof with one of his shipmates, WWII.3mo ⋅ DarkestLore696 ⋅ 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.3mo ⋅ elwoods_impromptu ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A British veteran of the Napoleonic Wars and his wife sitting for a photograph (colorized) in the 1860′s. (700x773)3wk ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandfather, probably in the early 70s. I had never seen a picture of him young until I saw this photo.7mo ⋅ depressiontrashbag ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
In the days before fast-food, roadside picnics were the highlight of every road trip (pic from 1958 family vacation)10mo ⋅ 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 1900s1yr ⋅ nashamagirl99 ⋅ 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
Young woman posing for a studio portrait in Kentucky, wearing a beautiful outfit, early 1900s ✨7mo ⋅ KatyaRomici00 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Lady and her horse on a snowy day in 1899. (Photograph by Felix Thiollier)8mo ⋅ pumpkinmum ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My dad’s aunt. Her dress was “scarlet, not red” and her shoes were “ivory, not white.” Pittsburgh, PA, 1931.2mo ⋅ Elphaba78 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Woodcutter spending his Saturday night at a bar in Craigville, Minnesota (1937)3mo ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ 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.1930.3mo ⋅ Dhorlin ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Corona del Mar High School students, Newport Beach, California, 19691mo ⋅ DualCay0te ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
New York, Saturday, April 20, 1912. Charlotte Collyer and her daughter Marjorie Lottie, Titanic survivors9mo ⋅ anamarcorporate ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
With her husband at war, Mom works on the woody, ca. 1944. (Life Magazine)4d ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My 21-year old at the time Mom, cruising with my Dad in 1958. She turns 85-years young today.1yr ⋅ ThePassedPast ⋅ 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.5mo ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Coal miner's child using a hole in the door to enter a bedroom ,193811mo ⋅ ExploreMoreMysteries ⋅ 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.2mo ⋅ a_complex_kid ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A mother with her children, 1,800 years ago. Alexandria, Roman Egypt.2yr ⋅ KosherNazi ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
I clip articles that interest me. This one from 1981 seemed so crazy it was worth saving.1yr ⋅ Quincynessig ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The wedding rings of my GGM, GGGM, GGGGM, and GGGGGM oldest dating back to 1832!2yr ⋅ FriendshipWaffles ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My ridiculously attractive grandparents sitting for a portrait in the early 1940s.5yr ⋅ its_not_appropriate ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A bread delivery man with bags filled with baguettes on a snowy street in Quebec in 19771yr ⋅ ExploreMoreMysteries ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Continuous Matter of Servitude - Airlines Terminal, Atlanta, GA 1956, 2am EST5mo ⋅ 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
the oldest photo in my family, taken around 1845 of my 5th great grandparents.2mo ⋅ lajollahc ⋅ 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. 1947.5mo ⋅ frosty1965 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Women trainees of the LAPD practice firing their newly issued revolvers, 19485yr ⋅ WildeAquarius ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Midsummer celebration at Skansen, Stockholm in the 1970s. Glad midsommar!1yr ⋅ gratisargott ⋅ 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
My grandma in the 1940’s. She’s 99 years old now and still going strong5mo ⋅ dianasaurus-derp ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My great grandparents, together since high school. This was about 1945, she passed away last year.7mo ⋅ mysticalmestizo ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
World’s largest log cabin. Portland, Oregon, USA, 1938. Built in 1905, burned down in 1964.1yr ⋅ Pavel-Romanov ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandma, born 1920, was in her 20s here. She worked as a Rosie the Riveter during WWII!5mo ⋅ exoinsect ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Pinewood Derby racers at the 1968 Cub Scout Olympics in Fort Worth, Texas1yr ⋅ notbob1959 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Me posing with my sweet grandmother sixty-four years ago today on the occasion of my fifth birthday, 19582mo ⋅ dittidot ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Young couple at a club in Mali. Photo by Malick Sidibe Dec. 24, 19632mo ⋅ John-Piece ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Something a little different: One page of hundreds of letters my grandfather wrote to my grandmother during WWII2yr ⋅ Caboose127 ⋅ 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 1958.1yr ⋅ ThePassedPast ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Children wearing straw capes on their way to a New Year's event in Niigata, Japan in 195610mo ⋅ ExploreMoreMysteries ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
my Grandmother at 16 , the Japanese had already invaded Guam and at 14 she was assigned to take care of Japanese Officers.1wk ⋅ Aeutlutian ⋅ 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.1yr ⋅ Paul-Belgium ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A boy and his dog ready to go camping, Southern California, July 196911mo ⋅ eightbells ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Children in a traditional Minobashi raincoat going to a New Year's event, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, 19561yr ⋅ PatatasFrittas ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My great-grandfather’s mugshots, after he was arrested for bigamy. December 1926, Australia.1yr ⋅ 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.9mo ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
