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Los Angeles, 1972.

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Los Angeles, 1972. https://ift.tt/2sqXBGq via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2rGELuD

My mom and her university friends posing for photos in Manila, Philippines c. 1971

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My mom and her university friends posing for photos in Manila, Philippines c. 1971 https://ift.tt/2sy9xq4 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2PdpSs3

Women having stockings painted on instead of buying them during war time 1941

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Women having stockings painted on instead of buying them during war time 1941 https://ift.tt/2OVsOJy via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/34CJuMA

The most effective way corsets were laced 1910

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The most effective way corsets were laced 1910 https://ift.tt/33DrRe2 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/33DrRL4

Inside "Fritz's Saloon" at the corner on Dutch & Fulton Streets in Lower Manhattan, NYC (1900)

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Inside "Fritz's Saloon" at the corner on Dutch & Fulton Streets in Lower Manhattan, NYC (1900) https://ift.tt/37NOJet via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2OAvzRG

Fifth Ave, 50th St. in NYC. St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Easter Sunday. People congregated on the cathedral steps (1976) Peter Hugar, photographer

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Fifth Ave, 50th St. in NYC. St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Easter Sunday. People congregated on the cathedral steps (1976) Peter Hugar, photographer https://ift.tt/2DwW3Nw via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2LbqaOS

Mother & son, dressed up on East 4th Street, near 2nd Ave (NYC) in 1965. Photo by Carole Teller

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Mother & son, dressed up on East 4th Street, near 2nd Ave (NYC) in 1965. Photo by Carole Teller https://ift.tt/37QQmbc via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/37TQO8o

Church of Nossa Senhora da Piedade, Merceana, Portugal - 1958 vs now

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Mrs. Harvey Renninger and son in her home with canned goods. Waterloo, Nebraska. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott September 1941.

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Mrs. Harvey Renninger and son in her home with canned goods. Waterloo, Nebraska. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott September 1941. https://ift.tt/33CshBw via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/35KvIrp

Japanese-American college students during their relocation to an internment camp. Sacramento, 1942. Colourized by me.

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Japanese-American college students during their relocation to an internment camp. Sacramento, 1942. Colourized by me. https://ift.tt/34vJe1M via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2sxVQHP

My beloved Aunt and Uncle, early 1960’s. They are in their 80’s now and still play instruments and sing together whenever they’re able.

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My beloved Aunt and Uncle, early 1960’s. They are in their 80’s now and still play instruments and sing together whenever they’re able. https://ift.tt/2OYcQ1m via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/33zbgIg

My parents took this selfie on their wedding day Jan 16, 1944

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My parents took this selfie on their wedding day Jan 16, 1944 https://ift.tt/35XjLij via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/33zMiJ5

My dad sometime around the late 1940’s. He started driving the grain trucks on their farm at age 8 during harvests. If there ever was a man who could ever operate a truck/tractor it was my dad. I miss him everyday.

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My dad sometime around the late 1940’s. He started driving the grain trucks on their farm at age 8 during harvests. If there ever was a man who could ever operate a truck/tractor it was my dad. I miss him everyday. https://ift.tt/34AVWfE via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2RaRZdE

My dad sometime around the late 1940’s. He started driving the grain trucks on their farm at age 8 during harvests. If there ever was a man who could ever operate a truck/tractor it was my dad. I miss him everyday.

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My dad sometime around the late 1940’s. He started driving the grain trucks on their farm at age 8 during harvests. If there ever was a man who could ever operate a truck/tractor it was my dad. I miss him everyday. https://ift.tt/2snDtVF via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2XZ22UA

My grandmother, Martha Jancewicz, dressed in a golden down for her brother’s wedding in 1946.

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My grandmother, Martha Jancewicz, dressed in a golden down for her brother’s wedding in 1946. https://ift.tt/37V6xV5 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2rBFJZ8

Two Vegas showgirls emerge from their motel rooms in 1957

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Two Vegas showgirls emerge from their motel rooms in 1957 https://ift.tt/34CKgco via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/37V41hB

Moving racks of tobacco leaves from the drying shed into the barn, western North Carolina, c. 1950s

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Moving racks of tobacco leaves from the drying shed into the barn, western North Carolina, c. 1950s https://ift.tt/2rI4tic via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2Y6bplx

Another photo from my collection. Titled on the back, "Grandaddy and his favorite plow horse, Bill."

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Another photo from my collection. Titled on the back, "Grandaddy and his favorite plow horse, Bill." https://ift.tt/37RPbYU via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/37Mz3Ip

Such an under-recognized aspect of past culture! When I first stumbled upon this half-a-year ago, it dramatically changed the way I viewed people in the 19th century!

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Such an under-recognized aspect of past culture! When I first stumbled upon this half-a-year ago, it dramatically changed the way I viewed people in the 19th century! https://ift.tt/35LlVkF via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2R23fcj

Wife's family.

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Wife's family. https://ift.tt/2L7XKoJ via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2Y1SOY0

Dunno who these guys are - old family photo. about 1910

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Dunno who these guys are - old family photo. about 1910 https://ift.tt/2q0gMpI via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2DvzBnS

Olympics 1896 in Athens, Greece

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Olympics 1896 in Athens, Greece https://ift.tt/2XYMFvu via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/33zscyC

HOOGE choice in 1914. Multitaskers

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HOOGE choice in 1914. Multitaskers https://ift.tt/2q3jqLs via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/35P0ejE

Latest models - this car dealership still exists

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Latest models - this car dealership still exists https://ift.tt/35LblKt via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2OwBnLY

Can Never buy the best Tea

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Can Never buy the best Tea https://ift.tt/34zZ9wb via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/37S22KQ

Oh -the 1910 flying machines. This was in a town centre.

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Oh -the 1910 flying machines. This was in a town centre. https://ift.tt/2OBUJ2l via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2OxBxT9

This was my great great uncle getting married.The bride (left) is wearingt the wedding cake .

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This was my great great uncle getting married.The bride (left) is wearingt the wedding cake . https://ift.tt/33wrRN1 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2qOqNad

A ‘bus’ carrying passengers from Phom Penh to Kompot, Cambodia, 1912

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A ‘bus’ carrying passengers from Phom Penh to Kompot, Cambodia, 1912 https://ift.tt/2Y3LfzN via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/33sP6HH

Silbersteinstraße in Berlin Neukölln has the most polluted air in all of Germany ( 1980s / 2018 )

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Here, my Great-Grandfather is mounted on their pony, “Joe”. Story goes, his aunt and uncle, who had no children, always brought them live pets for holidays. That year, 1911, they brought Joe. His family demanded that they stop gifting live pets. The next year, they brought incubated eggs.

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Here, my Great-Grandfather is mounted on their pony, “Joe”. Story goes, his aunt and uncle, who had no children, always brought them live pets for holidays. That year, 1911, they brought Joe. His family demanded that they stop gifting live pets. The next year, they brought incubated eggs. https://ift.tt/37Pvd0X via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2XZbIyn

Central Park’s creators on Willowdell Arch, 1862. (Image - Victor Prevost).

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Central Park’s creators on Willowdell Arch, 1862. (Image - Victor Prevost). https://ift.tt/2XXULEE via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2L7Wkur

1920s - German Family on a couch

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1920s - German Family on a couch https://ift.tt/2ORx90k via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2OU6L5W

A United Airlines boarding area in the Philadelphia airport, 1970s.

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A United Airlines boarding area in the Philadelphia airport, 1970s. https://ift.tt/33z7638 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2Dv6jpy

Thanksgiving dinner in Los Angeles, California, November 25, 1971.

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Thanksgiving dinner in Los Angeles, California, November 25, 1971. https://ift.tt/34yrkvq via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/35Njcr7

Inuk man teaching a boy how to shoot. The man, Allakariallak, was popularly known as Nanook of the North. Circa 1920s

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Inuk man teaching a boy how to shoot. The man, Allakariallak, was popularly known as Nanook of the North. Circa 1920s https://ift.tt/2R5m1Qa via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2sp8g4p

My grandpa at age 16, working in a factory during 1946

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My grandpa at age 16, working in a factory during 1946 https://ift.tt/2R290qt via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2OxyVVj

Cocktails & dancing at the "Banner Cocktail Lounge" in Moodus, Connecticut...1965 (Click for the full screen version)

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Cocktails & dancing at the "Banner Cocktail Lounge" in Moodus, Connecticut...1965 (Click for the full screen version) https://ift.tt/34yRkXo via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2OxwOB9

Prudential Insurance Co., Newark, New Jersey. From Public Service roof. January 25, 1956. Photo by Gottscho-Schleisner.

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Prudential Insurance Co., Newark, New Jersey. From Public Service roof. January 25, 1956. Photo by Gottscho-Schleisner. https://ift.tt/2qYyfzj via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2XYln8m

Silbersteinstraße in Berlin Neukölln has the most polluted air in all of Germany ( 1980s / 2018 )

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Atlantic City, NJ (1906)

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Atlantic City, NJ (1906) https://ift.tt/37Sgbb0 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2DuNx1n

My great great grandfather and American civil war veteran, Francis-Xavier Ondrusek. [1860’s]

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My great great grandfather and American civil war veteran, Francis-Xavier Ondrusek. [1860’s] https://ift.tt/2q1vzRb via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2OWlcq6

Remembering how cool it was to get to ride in the back of the truck 1970s

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Remembering how cool it was to get to ride in the back of the truck 1970s https://ift.tt/35NYFTn via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2OsNoSy

Jefferson South of Fulton Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1888.

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Jefferson South of Fulton Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1888. https://ift.tt/2R2jB50 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2XZ30A9

Grandfather, ~1944 Pacific Theater during a friendly boxing match

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Grandfather, ~1944 Pacific Theater during a friendly boxing match https://ift.tt/2LiVHP1 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/37Pkh3i

Mom and her friends, high school graduation 1943

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Mom and her friends, high school graduation 1943 https://ift.tt/2q4NHJY via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/34x7QqS

My Great-Grandfather looking extra fly, circa 1930’s.

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My Great-Grandfather looking extra fly, circa 1930’s. https://ift.tt/34vbYrx via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/33zTFjP

My abuelita Celia. Bien in Ameca, Guadalajara. Summer of 1945 she was 16 years old.

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My abuelita Celia. Bien in Ameca, Guadalajara. Summer of 1945 she was 16 years old. https://ift.tt/2DpiF2e via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2Dr2wJR

My grandmother on her wedding day with her mom circa: 1959

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My grandmother on her wedding day with her mom circa: 1959 https://ift.tt/37Jq9LA via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/37Mo8hS

The Palace of Electricity and the Water Castle at the 1900 Universal exposition in Paris, France.

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The Palace of Electricity and the Water Castle at the 1900 Universal exposition in Paris, France. https://ift.tt/2OFTga3 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/35HEeXX

My great grandfather, an honest to goodness dust bowl okie. He road the backs of rail freight cars from Oklahoma to Central California. Grandma said he got a job the day he arrived. Circa mid 30’s

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My great grandfather, an honest to goodness dust bowl okie. He road the backs of rail freight cars from Oklahoma to Central California. Grandma said he got a job the day he arrived. Circa mid 30’s https://ift.tt/34v2tIV via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/35LseEO