Disappointed but unharmed, a vacationing couple pose with their Pontiac Catalina. 19692mo ⋅ Vin_du_toilette ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Found the cigar box my grandpa bought in ‘69 for my aunt’s birth.8mo ⋅ MoonSt0n3_Gabrielle ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandpa and great-grandma, she's in the black dress sitting just to his right, at a picnic in the mid 1920s. I don't know who the other people in the photo are.6mo ⋅ ecobot ⋅ 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.6yr ⋅ RadioMars ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
1978 - I was 18, a bartender the amazing Uncle Sam’s disco, and dating this girl. Until she broke my heart.1yr ⋅ 3dobes ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Aunt Estie, who passed away today, high school graduation, the Bronx 19452yr ⋅ apikoros18 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
This family photo was taken in in the Allentown/Lynnville area of Pa, circa 1900. The negative was not in the best shape but I think it is a wonderful photo. From glass negative collection.2yr ⋅ memorylanepr ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Another in a series of glass negatives I have. This photograph is 116 years old today, taken on February 13, 1905.3yr ⋅ memorylanepr ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Teen Party, 1978. The guys hit the couch while the girls play cards on the floor. Typical '70s living room decor. A found Kodachrome slide from the Steven Martin collection.2yr ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Philadelphia, Easter Sunday, March 25th, 1951. Photo Credit: John Mosley, photo courtesy of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection. Image Source: Temple University Archives.1yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Hot dog stand, little Italy, New York City, 1963. Photographed by Evelyn Hofer.8mo ⋅ jocke75 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My mom as a Sr in High School, 1968. She was a “Rebelette,” like a color guard or something. Houston, TX. I don’t think the school uses the same outfit anymore lol4mo ⋅ arizonabatorechestra ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
July 1942. Dunklin County, Missouri. Children in a consolidated rural school.7mo ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Second grader Charles Thompson the only black child in a class of 40 pupils at Baltimore Public School No. 27 in September 19543yr ⋅ notbob1959 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My great grandmother being held by her mother, my great-great grandmother circa 1919. Today she is 102 years old and still an absolute force of nature. We have quite a few family photos from that time period but this one is by far my favorite!2yr ⋅ Hamilspud ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Playing bingo on the Amtrak train between Chicago and Glacier Park, Montana June 19743yr ⋅ notbob1959 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Portrait of a little girl with 3 baby owls, taken in 1925 by Swedish amateur photographer Oskar Jaren1yr ⋅ lovelyb1ch66 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Portrait of a young Holocaust survivor living at a Jewish orphanage in Sosnowiec, Poland. January 1946.1yr ⋅ CatPooedInMyShoe ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A clearly staged, but interesting time capsule of a circa 1964 General Foods Corporation publicity photo. A great view of their offering at the time. Photo courtesy of Pleasant Family Shopping on Facebook.2yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Minnie Ruth Soloman awaits her Fiance at the train station, Cleveland, OH, c. 19351yr ⋅ FlamingoEvery5528 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My dad heading out for a hike with my oldest sister. 1969. We still have the backpack.1yr ⋅ EstesParkRanger ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Young Dutch mother with her baby in a wooden pram. Netherlands, 1929.2yr ⋅ frosty1965 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Combination barbershop, cigar store, pool hall and card room across from Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. Late 1920s.2yr ⋅ Dhorlin ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The London Riviera, reopened in 1946 after the war but closed in 1971 when it was realised that the River Thames might not be too healthy for a dip.8mo ⋅ Dhorlin ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A bleeding reporter interviews a bleeding activist after one of the massive anti-war demonstrations at the 1968 Democratic Party Convention, which were violently dispersed by Chicago police and federal troops2yr ⋅ Then-Guarantee-6445 ⋅ 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.3yr ⋅ Bawonga ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
It’s 1975 and your mom gave you a dollar for the ice cream truck- what’s your plan?7mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A short-order cook in a coffee shop on the Upper West Side (NYC) in the late 1970s. Photo by Stephen Harmon2yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
I sure as hell miss being able to shop for new music in a record store like I did in the ‘70s and ‘80s1mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
1970s grade 7 school photo the year all the girls had their Moms make them 3 piece corduroy suits and got bad home perms plus the terrible profile pic ( omg )11mo ⋅ MsZRowsdower ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
1922 - The Inquiring Photographer asks if a woman should cook breakfast for her man on a cold morning1yr ⋅ mistermajik2000 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Found this in my mothers house. She has no idea who it is. I can only assume this was at a Sears Portrait Gallery.5mo ⋅ BeardAfterDark ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A girl holding her sister's head still for a photograph. Stockholm, Sweden in 18642yr ⋅ eam2468 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The family of a migratory fruit worker from Tennessee now camped in a field near the packinghouse at Winter Haven, Florida, 1937.5mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Me, sitting in the gold chair, 1981, the chair currently lives in my son's apartment, still alive and kicking.11mo ⋅ fredfreddy4444 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A kodachrome picture of a family having a picnic in France. 1969.2yr ⋅ SchrodingersLego ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A young man arrested for cross-dressing emerges from a police van in New York 19392yr ⋅ pumpkinmum ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Six of seven family members sleeping in one room of an abandoned house owned by a fruit grower, Berien, MI, July 1940,John Vachon Ph.1yr ⋅ InfamousLeopard383 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My 7x great-grandfather, circa 1840. He was born in the early 1760s11mo ⋅ AncestryBruh ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Holocaust survivors Renee and Klara Firestone arrive in America at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, in 1948.5mo ⋅ CatPooedInMyShoe ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Church workers doing some cleaning in Leipzig, Germany. C. 19201yr ⋅ travis_pickle808 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandpa (left) and his best friend Willie Hall during the Korean War. Those smiles say it all.3yr ⋅ lowrider4488 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandma ran away and joined the circus among all the other crazy things she did. Here she is as trapeze artist. Far right.2yr ⋅ FarkleSniff ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Also found in grandpa's collection. I wish men kept dressing like this9mo ⋅ Diessel_S ⋅ 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)3yr ⋅ Rien123 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A woman in traditional dress at an outdoor market in Soviet Kazakhstan, 1959. The photographer noted, “Tribes folk still wear traditional dress.”1mo ⋅ PatTheKVD ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Portrait of a spinner and her spinning wheel. County Galway, Ireland, circa 1890.10mo ⋅ Historical-Snapshots ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Did your elementary school have a big Halloween event? Ours was a dinner after school called “Spooks and Spaghetti” (1970s)7mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ 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.5yr ⋅ teenietina182 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A portuguese girl. Picture found in a flea market. Probably from the 20's2yr ⋅ Cpbon7 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Titanic survivors Marjorie and Charlotte Collyer in New York immediately following the sinking of the liner in 1912.1yr ⋅ NickelPlatedEmperor ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
January 29, 1951: Life Magazine with ideas on what to wear sitting on the floor for TV Watching.2mo ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Christmas Day dinner of potatoes, cabbage and pie at the home of Earl Pauley, Smithfield, Iowa, 1936. Photograph by Russell Lee6mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My great great grandmother Paeroa Wineera of Ngati Toa. A renowned koauau musician11mo ⋅ PROFTAHI ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Cairo Mary, bouncer at Shanghai Reds (5th and Beacon in San Pedro, CA) escorts a customer to the door. 19532yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandmother posing me on the end of the Rock Island Dam, TN, 1964 and then me in the same spot today. (Sorry poor quality 8mm capture)2yr ⋅ Runner_one ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Lost my mom today, this her on her First Communion. Albany, NY circa 1941. RIP ❤2yr ⋅ GreasyBuffalo ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Grandfather, Great-Grandfather, Great-Great-Grandfather, and Great-Great-Great Grandmother, ca 19186yr ⋅ RckLbstr ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
An aunt on my wife's side passed recently, and she left copies of her recipes9mo ⋅ ExtinctFauna ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Ten-month-old Earl Barnes, 1890. He was raised in two different orphanages from age five and went on to serve in World War I.1yr ⋅ CatPooedInMyShoe ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Annie, seven, and one-year-old Nellie, outside their house in Spitalfields. They were among ten children born to single mother Annie Daniels. 19122yr ⋅ chipsandsourcream1 ⋅ 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.3yr ⋅ livingdoll101 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Grandparents; picture taken in 1955, alongside their house in rural Illinois. They raised eight children here, during the hard years of the depression. Born in the 1880's, they always seemed ancient to me. Here's a hard truth: I'm older today myself than they were in this photo! [OC]1yr ⋅ No-Pair74 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Kids being kids, East 167th Street, South Bronx, NY, 197310mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The Way We Were in the 70s; my brother on the left died this week from heart attack4yr ⋅ thrifterbynature ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Sarah Matilda Grandon Cook, I guesstimate in the early 1880s sometime, when she was about twenty. She looks very young but she was old enough to wear her hair up. Sarah went on to have at least ten children.6mo ⋅ CatPooedInMyShoe ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Margaret Gibb gets a kiss from her betrothed, while her conjoined sister Mary looks on. Ca. 1940s1mo ⋅ dannydutch1 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandad (left) “chaperoning” his older sister and her boyfriend. Approx 1949.6mo ⋅ KitG42 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Great-Grandma Doreen Dutrizac, spitfire, WW2 veteran, , kicked her abusive husband to the curb in 1940, was a single mum before social services existed, then lived in sin happily with a man she met in the 1950s. Reputation be damned.2mo ⋅ avalon18 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Probably the coolest train you will see today: The Mercury (1940s)8mo ⋅ BaronVonBroccoli ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My mom (left) and her high-school friends in the early 80s showing off their cars. Michigan3d ⋅ a_complex_kid ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
