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supermarket 1959

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supermarket 1959 https://ift.tt/2oKin1T via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2mpinUe

My mother c. 1944, me c. 1978 and my baby 2019

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My mother c. 1944, me c. 1978 and my baby 2019 https://ift.tt/2mv2YC3 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2n5atjr

A mannequin in a clothing store displaying the latest fashions - 1960s

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A mannequin in a clothing store displaying the latest fashions - 1960s https://ift.tt/2nj15IP via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2oOTKkT

My Nan in the early 60s

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My Nan in the early 60s https://i.redd.it/68h9cpudjtp31.jpg via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2o4cMDa

On the train in the dining car, 1905

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On the train in the dining car, 1905 https://ift.tt/2mo4FkH via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2o11wYf

Children teaching a New Zealand soldier how to speak Vietnamese by passing notes. 1969. [646x475].

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#vintage #Children teaching a New Zealand soldier how to speak Vietnamese by passing notes. 1969. [646x475]. #history #HistoryPorn #Bot https://ift.tt/2nbYKzx

Early color photograph of a young Finnish girl, 1910s

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Early color photograph of a young Finnish girl, 1910s https://ift.tt/2nXtwMo via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2nSn6OK

A great place to hide your flask. 1920s.

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A great place to hide your flask. 1920s. https://ift.tt/2nXtsw8 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2nYGHN2

City Hall, School Street, Boston, Massachusetts 1920s

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City Hall, School Street, Boston, Massachusetts 1920s https://ift.tt/2nPfNrd via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2n5VGoy

My Grandmothers and I, all aged 20

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My Grandmothers and I, all aged 20 https://ift.tt/2mVnTyq via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2n6kKvv

Members of Dutch Resistance celebrate the news of Adolf Hitler's death, April 1945 (730×691)

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#vintage #Members of Dutch Resistance celebrate the news of Adolf Hitler's death, April 1945 (730×691) #history #HistoryPorn #Bot https://ift.tt/2nVbxWQ

Street lamp maintenance man, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1920s

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Street lamp maintenance man, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1920s https://ift.tt/2oBTupf via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2nN6cRI

A Mercedes growing up ( 1990 / 2018 )

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Oblivious of the height and danger, two men scrub down a section near the top of the Gateway Arch (St. Louis, MO) while a third hoses off the soap (December 1965)

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Oblivious of the height and danger, two men scrub down a section near the top of the Gateway Arch (St. Louis, MO) while a third hoses off the soap (December 1965) https://ift.tt/2nLXN0J via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2nPEofv

Women's dress department at Tiedtke's Department Store in Toledo, Ohio (1910)

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Women's dress department at Tiedtke's Department Store in Toledo, Ohio (1910) https://ift.tt/2miNEbB via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2mke9xi

Telephone operators at the Ohio Bell Telephone Company (1959). Photo courtesy of Toledo Lucas County Public Library

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Telephone operators at the Ohio Bell Telephone Company (1959). Photo courtesy of Toledo Lucas County Public Library https://ift.tt/2nSMaVE via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2ov9ide

Soldiers from the Army of the Republic of Vietnam resting with US Army advisor in the jungle 40 miles outside of Saigon on a January morning in 1965. [1,240x861]

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#vintage #Soldiers from the Army of the Republic of Vietnam resting with US Army advisor in the jungle 40 miles outside of Saigon on a January morning in 1965. [1,240x861] #history #HistoryPorn #Bot https://ift.tt/2mOhyVr

English civilians knit and chat while sheltering in their North London air raid shelter, November 1940: photographer Bill Brandt [800 x 526]

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#vintage #English civilians knit and chat while sheltering in their North London air raid shelter, November 1940: photographer Bill Brandt [800 x 526] #history #HistoryPorn #Bot https://ift.tt/2n4hMrx

The center of the Soviet city of Stalingrad (now named Volgograd), after 5 months of savage fighting between Soviet and Axis forces (1943) [1280 x 851]

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#vintage #The center of the Soviet city of Stalingrad (now named Volgograd), after 5 months of savage fighting between Soviet and Axis forces (1943) [1280 x 851] #history #HistoryPorn #Bot https://ift.tt/2n1jrOy

Telephone engineer in London, 1925. (500 × 648)

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#vintage #Telephone engineer in London, 1925. (500 × 648) #history #HistoryPorn #Bot https://ift.tt/2mjnOEm

"View from the window at Le Gras", Joseph Nieps, 1826. The earliest surviving heliogravure, which is considered the first in the world photograph taken from nature. (635x475)

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#vintage #"View from the window at Le Gras", Joseph Nieps, 1826. The earliest surviving heliogravure, which is considered the first in the world photograph taken from nature. (635x475) #history #HistoryPorn #Bot https://ift.tt/2mZbERa

Arrest of a PIDE member, the infamous Estado Novo regime's secret police, by soldiers of the Movimento das Forças Armadas during the Carnation Revolution. Lisbon, April 25, 1974.[1600x1192]

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#vintage #Arrest of a PIDE member, the infamous Estado Novo regime's secret police, by soldiers of the Movimento das Forças Armadas during the Carnation Revolution. Lisbon, April 25, 1974.[1600x1192] #history #HistoryPorn #Bot https://ift.tt/2mQfH2s

During the joint military parade, German and Soviet officers are conversing in front of Soviet propaganda material and portraits of Stalin. Brest-Litovsk, Poland. September 22, 1939 [520x776]

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#vintage #During the joint military parade, German and Soviet officers are conversing in front of Soviet propaganda material and portraits of Stalin. Brest-Litovsk, Poland. September 22, 1939 [520x776] #history #HistoryPorn #Bot https://ift.tt/2nNTYYS

1920’s mugshot of criminals associated with the razor gangs of Sydney, Australia

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1920’s mugshot of criminals associated with the razor gangs of Sydney, Australia https://ift.tt/2nSNW9h via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2nPH2BE

A nerdy Bruce Lee

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A nerdy Bruce Lee https://ift.tt/2nNJskg via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2nIipXI

Beatles Abbey Road (1969)

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Got milk?

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Got milk? https://ift.tt/2m8yiGq via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2mSZQjm

Three Austro-Hungarian soldiers of Salzburg Inf. Regt. No.59 armed with spiked trench clubs and wearing gas masks and stahlhelms, WW1, 1917 [1204 x 970]

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#vintage #Three Austro-Hungarian soldiers of Salzburg Inf. Regt. No.59 armed with spiked trench clubs and wearing gas masks and stahlhelms, WW1, 1917 [1204 x 970] #history #HistoryPorn #Bot https://ift.tt/2nE3XA5

Taken in Dufaycolor - Bomb damage to a London Street, December 15th 1943 [1600 x 1145]

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#vintage #Taken in Dufaycolor - Bomb damage to a London Street, December 15th 1943 [1600 x 1145] #history #HistoryPorn #Bot https://ift.tt/2nCch3c

Austro-Hungarian prisoners guarded by an Italian soldier of the "Casale" Infantry Brigade after the capture of Gorizia, August 1916 [960 x 895]

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#vintage #Austro-Hungarian prisoners guarded by an Italian soldier of the "Casale" Infantry Brigade after the capture of Gorizia, August 1916 [960 x 895] #history #HistoryPorn #Bot https://ift.tt/2nBfY9t

Allied soldiers mock Hitler atop his balcony at the Reich Chancellery, 1945. (1123x1600)

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#vintage #Allied soldiers mock Hitler atop his balcony at the Reich Chancellery, 1945. (1123x1600) #history #HistoryPorn #Bot https://ift.tt/2mOsFxt

Austrian soldier posing next to artillery shells. Staniątki, Poland, Austria-Hungary, 1915 [2318x3615]

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#vintage #Austrian soldier posing next to artillery shells. Staniątki, Poland, Austria-Hungary, 1915 [2318x3615] #history #HistoryPorn #Bot https://ift.tt/2nCzguY

Breaker boys, who broke up pieces of coal, worked in Ewen Breaker of Pennsylvania Coal Co. in 1911. (937 x 528)

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#vintage #Breaker boys, who broke up pieces of coal, worked in Ewen Breaker of Pennsylvania Coal Co. in 1911. (937 x 528) #history #HistoryPorn #Bot https://ift.tt/2okhXPD

Cocktails at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel at 10 Avery Street in Boston, Massachusetts (1951)

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Cocktails at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel at 10 Avery Street in Boston, Massachusetts (1951) https://ift.tt/2omVEcl via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2nIpnvD

Commuters coming off trains at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. This photo was during the midst of a SEPTA workers strike (1977)

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Commuters coming off trains at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. This photo was during the midst of a SEPTA workers strike (1977) https://ift.tt/2okSQwb via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2ogie68

Beach and Atlantic House hotel, Nantasket, Massachusetts 1920s

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Beach and Atlantic House hotel, Nantasket, Massachusetts 1920s https://ift.tt/2nBfmAy via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2mNufja

Date night at a neighborhood tavern in New Haven, Connecticut (1965)

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Date night at a neighborhood tavern in New Haven, Connecticut (1965) https://ift.tt/2m7bpmQ via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2mQnRaK

New York City, early 1940s, photograph by Helen Levitt

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New York City, early 1940s, photograph by Helen Levitt https://ift.tt/2olDV53 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2nFyzks

First Class in Swissair in the 1960s

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First Class in Swissair in the 1960s https://ift.tt/2nB1aHK via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2nznWzU

A Bolivian girl and a Jewish boy (he the offspring of Austrian Jewish refugee parents) washing clothes by hand outside the boy’s home in La Paz, Bolivia, 1941.

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A Bolivian girl and a Jewish boy (he the offspring of Austrian Jewish refugee parents) washing clothes by hand outside the boy’s home in La Paz, Bolivia, 1941. https://ift.tt/2mIS8bB via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2mMtuqq

A twelve-year-old Romani (Sinti) Holocaust survivor at her First Communion, Germany, 1955.

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A twelve-year-old Romani (Sinti) Holocaust survivor at her First Communion, Germany, 1955. https://ift.tt/2lYwsb2 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2ohikdT

1916 $3,000 Flashlight Renaming Contest - equivalent to $66,000 today

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1916 $3,000 Flashlight Renaming Contest - equivalent to $66,000 today https://ift.tt/2mz1AhT via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2o8RBjt

A teacher performing exercises with young children in a Warsaw Ghetto kindergarten, 1941. The teacher escaped the ghetto and survived the Holocaust, though the children almost certainly did not

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A teacher performing exercises with young children in a Warsaw Ghetto kindergarten, 1941. The teacher escaped the ghetto and survived the Holocaust, though the children almost certainly did not https://ift.tt/2mIoZ0b via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2nzkzZA

Sorority girls in the 1940s

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Sorority girls in the 1940s https://ift.tt/2mISZsQ via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2lYQjqz

German civilians on the steps of a bomb-damaged building, 1945.

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German civilians on the steps of a bomb-damaged building, 1945. https://ift.tt/2nChPec via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2m54AlO

German-Jewish children playing leapfrog at a summer camp in Denmark, 1935. I don’t know their fate and can only hope their families left Europe before the ax fell.

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German-Jewish children playing leapfrog at a summer camp in Denmark, 1935. I don’t know their fate and can only hope their families left Europe before the ax fell. https://ift.tt/2m4fDM2 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2ohAsEv

1923 Westinghouse Electric Fan Ad

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1923 Westinghouse Electric Fan Ad https://ift.tt/2o8BHWi via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2nDQEiN

Shoe repair establishment on East 63rd Street. New York, 1938.

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Shoe repair establishment on East 63rd Street. New York, 1938. https://ift.tt/2odQlvv via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2m4hO2c

Mugler clothing store April2nd 1900

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Mugler clothing store April2nd 1900 https://ift.tt/2mHUwiI via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2m1A503

My Grandfather from around 1943.

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My Grandfather from around 1943. https://ift.tt/2nB1zd6 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2m0uQOb