March 22nd, 1939: Ohio Youngster of 13 Gives Birth to Son; Father of the Youthful Family Is Only 15 (r/Minnesota_Archived)6d ⋅ lasocs ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
my great great uncle Tony liked to wear his hat one way and one way only. c. 1920s.4yr ⋅ commodorecliche ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Sweden in the 1970s - what kind of insect is that on that shirt?2yr ⋅ mistermajik2000 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My parents holding me on the day of my christening. 1957. That was his one and only suit.6mo ⋅ Earl_I_Lark ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Circa 1970s. On Upper West Side, NYC. Mothers hands free, holding their babies in baby carriers. Morris Huberland, photographer.2yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
First day of 3rd grade 1980, me and my best friend: coin purse, jumper, ponytails and a Muppets lunch box11mo ⋅ fredfreddy4444 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My great-grandparents on their farm the year before they were married (1922)2yr ⋅ SarahPlainNShort ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Teenage Meet-Up on Main Street, Caldwell Idaho, June-July 1941. My colorisation of b&w by Russell Lee.5yr ⋅ EggsAckley ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The National Bank Tower, 1300 Southwest Fifth Avenue, Portland, Oregon, January 19733yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
celebrated my great grandmothers life today. my great grandfather passed 4 years ago and she joined him last tuesday night. they were married 69 years!2yr ⋅ lookingforagamergirl ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandma (right), great aunt (left) and their friend (middle) around the late 1930s Bronx NYC8mo ⋅ SummerJSmith ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A smiling girl in a kimono on New Year's Day. Japan, 1914 [2164x3000]1yr ⋅ MunakataSennin ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Me with my dance group, 1969. I'm the skinny kid on the left with grey teeth from tetracycline treatment for pneumonia. I had just spent 4 days in the hospital and all my clothes were falling off of me.2wk ⋅ DistantKarma ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Jogging shorts, spaghetti straps, an ice cream, and a Chevy, 1970s4mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
OK, I lied this is actually my favorite photo of my great grandparents. Vernon and Lorena in a goat carriage called climax.1yr ⋅ mykulFritz ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Family group posing next to a boat in Brighton Beach, New York 1880.2yr ⋅ anamarcorporate ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A crowd marches through New York's Chinatown to celebrate the end of World War II, Photo by Weegee, 19453yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandparents. 1959 in Empalme, Son., Mexico. They loved to go dancing and they were together for 60 years. They passed away within a year of each other.3yr ⋅ Mexican_rabies ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A father and his sick child. The photo is captioned 23rd of July 1939 A tough day for the little one. Sweden, 1939.4yr ⋅ eam2468 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Workers’ houses and some of their residents in De Bilt, the Netherlands photographed in c. 1930. Credit: retrograde_colour on Instagram6mo ⋅ jocke75 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandmother with her girlfriends in the 50s. I was able to look through some photo albums for the first time since she passed away. A really fun lady!2yr ⋅ depressiontrashbag ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A sailor meets his baby for the first time after fourteen months at sea, 1940s.4yr ⋅ Anyoldcrap ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Saluting this young 22-year old as he is dropped off by his family in south Texas for Naval flight training in 1957. Happy Veteran's Day to my Dad.2yr ⋅ ThePassedPast ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
At the cottage, California 1955. Beautiful 1954? Buick but what what does she have in her hand that is the focus of their attention?1yr ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
1959 6th grade classroom. He was a first year teacher who had to deal with 38 twelve year olds.4d ⋅ Shiggens ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Sadie Hawkins 1970. I'm on the left with my girlfriend, and my sister is the Blond next to her date. Good times.1yr ⋅ Trax852 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Lady of the house posing in a beautiful green dress. Taken in the USA sometime in the mid 1950s. Scan from a Kodachrome slide.2yr ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Grandma does not approve of your shenanigans! A Polaroid photo from the 1960s.9mo ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Mother and daughter outside their turf house in northern Sweden. Bjorkliden, Sweden in the early 1900's.1yr ⋅ eam2468 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
This very sad portrait of a nanny and the child she raised for her master. This is awful but this was everyday life, sadly enough. This haunts me.1yr ⋅ LolLolawon ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
His name was Ross Leland, born 1886. Every time I stumble across his photo on my family tree I’m taken.2yr ⋅ chipsandsourcream1 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Inuk woman holding a small chalkboard with the number 6010, at Pond Inlet, Nunavut, August 19457mo ⋅ colapepsikinnie ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A miner's child photographed by Lewis Hine in Scott's Run, West Virginia, United States, on the 23 December 1936. Credit: rishicolors on Instagram5mo ⋅ jocke75 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Giving the official pledge of allegiance salute before it was changed in 1942.4yr ⋅ TheBestSpeller ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
American tank crew listen to Bernard Herzog who was just liberated from the camp of Santo Tomas, 19441yr ⋅ FiddleheadFernly ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The parents on their Wedding day in 1952. She was 18 he was a manly 16..3yr ⋅ Delizdear ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
1917 - my godmothers great aunt, Lucrecia, she built the first womens school in their village in Cusco, Peru, where she taught and my godmother was born 40 years later.2yr ⋅ ajicitoamarillo ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Grandpa in the hospital after making full recovery from his 3rd stroke (1980s). He said he's having a competition with his brother about who can love the longest and he isn't about to lose1yr ⋅ RandomName229 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Canadian fans of The Rolling Stones wait in line to buy tickets in 1972. No ticketmaster. No hidden fees. No crashing website. A rite of passage for many of us, and a paper ticket stub to add to our collections.1yr ⋅ mildredfierce1969 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
After spending more than five years in a North Vietnamese camp, Lt. Col. Robert L. Stirm is reunited with his family at Travis AFB, March 13, 1973.4yr ⋅ HellsJuggernaut ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Young man watching whatever his date/girlfriend is doing. Circa 19592yr ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A boy and his grandparents outside their little house. Note the six wicker beehives! Sodra Vi parish, Sweden in 1900. More info in the comments.1yr ⋅ eam2468 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Sharecropper at home for lunch with his wife and part of his family. Wake County, North Carolina - 19391yr ⋅ MyIpodStillWorks ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Portrait of Richard G. Brown, circa 1900. Taken in Worcester, Mass., by photographer William Bullard. Because Bullard did not have a studio he took his camera and backdrops to where his customers were. Here you can see the backdrop tack up to the side of a house. From the Frank Morrill Collection.2yr ⋅ memorylanepr ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Posing on the lawn before a fancy birthday party sometime in the mid 1950s. Note the table all set for the kids inside. Gotta love the exuberance of the party goers.1wk ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My mother (1944?) before you married my soldier father and had 12 kids11mo ⋅ Altruistic-Status-98 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My great grandparents with their children (My grandmother (elder) and my great aunt around 19142yr ⋅ Throwawayiea ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
In 1868, photographer Thomas Annan was commissioned by Glasgow’s authorities to document the last of the city’s slums, which were considered to be the worst in Europe. He published his work in The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow. I've linked to more from his book in the comments1yr ⋅ dannydutch1 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A Geisha dressed in male Western clothing, holding a cigar, late 1800s1yr ⋅ MrDectol ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Couple reading in bed, 1920s-1930s. From the Nini-Treadwell collection1yr ⋅ mort-the-moose ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
This photograph was likely taken in Maine along some body of water, circa 1897. It was titled light just after sunset. From my glass negative collection.3yr ⋅ memorylanepr ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My mom’s family (Danish immigrants) at a New Years party at their home in Nebraska. We’re not sure of the date, but sometime in the 1930’s or 40’s3yr ⋅ nontoxic_lorax ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandfather (a Vietnam Vet) and grandmother (a citizen of Saigon) posing for a photo c.19663yr ⋅ samehdw ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My great great grandparents on their wedding day,. We still have the top of her dress, seen on the left.9mo ⋅ JospehHuddleston ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Widower, 1914 by August Sander. “I hate nothing more than sugary photographs with tricks, poses and effects. So allow me to be honest and tell the truth about our age and its people...” August Sander1yr ⋅ dannydutch1 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
1968. My brother hatched a quail out of a kit he ordered from Boys Life magazine. Only one egg hatched.1yr ⋅ reecieface1 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Pneumatic tubes connecting 23 US Post Offices in NYC across 27 miles. Used until 1957. 1900s-50s3yr ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
That time when mom had us stand 20 feet away from and with our backs to a wild buffalo so she could take a picture at Yellowstone. 1970s.1yr ⋅ Bluorchid2 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Group of Jewish children studying with their teacher in an ancient Silk Road city. Samarkand, Russian Empire, c. 1905-1915 [original color photo].2yr ⋅ storytracer ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Couple posing for a studio seaside portrait with their dog, circa 19002yr ⋅ Str33twise84 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A couple in swimwear. Original colour photograph - not colourised. Stockholm, Sweden in 1941.2yr ⋅ eam2468 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Lots of love for my Mom's car pic last month. Here she is welcoming in December/winter in a nice red dress. This is 1958, the day after their wedding.2yr ⋅ ThePassedPast ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A photo of Central Park in NYC during the Great Depression (1933)2yr ⋅ BufordTeeJustice ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Miss Correct Posture. At a chiropractic convention in Chicago, the contest winners were picked for the beauty of their X-rays and their standing posture (1956)2mo ⋅ xotilweodxxx ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A wedding in the rural community of Harmony, Putnam County, Georgia, 1941 (photographed by Irving Rusinow)3yr ⋅ Str33twise84 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My Great-Great-Grandparents Circa 1930’s. A real cowcatcher of a stache. They both look like smiles are just under the surface.3yr ⋅ ScreaminWeiner ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Girl Dad, Businessman John Merrick and his three daughters, Geneva, Mabel and Martha. Durham, NC, c. 1909.1yr ⋅ FlamingoEvery5528 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My grandparents on their wedding day in 1921. Found this in the basement of my parent's house about 15 years ago and it was not stored well. Amazing that the quality was so good after 80+ years!2yr ⋅ Ratman823 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
My GreatUncle in 1943. He returned from WW2 and his wife stabbed him while he slept!1yr ⋅ Rarecoin101 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
