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Leaving a bad review in the 1920s

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Two slick lookin’ dudes, Fairfax High School, Los Angeles 1975

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New Year's Eve, 1906 at the Café Martin in New York City

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New Year's Eve, 1906 at the Café Martin in New York City https://ift.tt/39q7iGp via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2sEl3At

Boston Police Liquor Squad dressed up in evening clothes for visits to Boston hotels on New Year's Eve - 1928 - photo by Leslie Jones

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Boston Police Liquor Squad dressed up in evening clothes for visits to Boston hotels on New Year's Eve - 1928 - photo by Leslie Jones https://ift.tt/2SDpoyC via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2rIrW3i

Bringing in the new year like...

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Bringing in the new year like... https://ift.tt/2QHcahQ via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/35gPie6

Happy New Year from these dapper fellows. [1920's]

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Happy New Year from these dapper fellows. [1920's] https://ift.tt/2Qyloga via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2QzAwtF

Great great grandmother, great grandfather (seated) Family name Cairns, on the doorstep of their "slum" house. The younger lady is his 2nd wife. Date unsure but my great grandad died in 1912 in an unfortunate accident with a horse and cart.

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Great great grandmother, great grandfather (seated) Family name Cairns, on the doorstep of their "slum" house. The younger lady is his 2nd wife. Date unsure but my great grandad died in 1912 in an unfortunate accident with a horse and cart. https://ift.tt/2ZEkTVS via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2QMOtET

Young boy standing in the doorway, His leg was cut off by a streetcar while he was playing in the street, 1944

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Young boy standing in the doorway, His leg was cut off by a streetcar while he was playing in the street, 1944 https://ift.tt/2Q9W2pM via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2Qf8JzU

Johnny and Edgar Winter with parents @1970

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Johnny and Edgar Winter with parents @1970 https://ift.tt/37vqvER via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2ZGejhu

Irish President, Eamon de Valera being presented a sword by members of the pro Indian independence Ghadar Party in San Francisco, 1920. De Valera was an ardent supporter of Indian independence from Great Britain. [450x261]

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Chilean president Salvador Allende giving a speech before a group of miners. May 18, 1973.[1400x954]

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An Abacus Seller, St Petersburg, Russia - c.1860 [954 × 1200]

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Policeman outside of the first McDonalds in the Soviet Union, 1990 [960x640]

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Workmen try to drape the portrait of Mao in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square after it was pelted with paint during the students' protests (May 23, 1989) [1600x1013]

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Residential London street : Early 1900's vs 2019

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New Year's Eve at "Sammy's Bowery Follies" in Manhattan, NYC (1941)

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New Year's Eve at "Sammy's Bowery Follies" in Manhattan, NYC (1941) https://ift.tt/39sEmxu via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2SGYF4k

Christmas Eve, 1965, The Hague (The Netherlands)

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Christmas Eve, 1965, The Hague (The Netherlands) https://ift.tt/2Qt0SgI via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2sCPpTX

A Soldier of the 151st MGB patrols a street in Bad Bodendorf Germany during occupation duty in 1919.

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Patchogue, New York (1910 to 2019)

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The set of "The Petrified Forest" [1936]

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A New Years Eve party in Chicago, 1927.

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A New Years Eve party in Chicago, 1927. https://ift.tt/2MJVXam via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/35dQr64

Ute warrior and his dog - Wasatch Mountains, Utah, 1873.

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Ute warrior and his dog - Wasatch Mountains, Utah, 1873. https://ift.tt/36dHNWv via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2tgVYLY

Madison Ave at 36th Street

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Kmart in the 1970s

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Dairy Truck of C. W. Martz, Frederick, Maryland, circa 1900

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Dairy Truck of C. W. Martz, Frederick, Maryland, circa 1900 https://ift.tt/2F7P5Q0 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/354lBgk

My Great Uncle with friends, Liev Schreiber would play him in a movie I think [mid-1950s]

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My Great Uncle with friends, Liev Schreiber would play him in a movie I think [mid-1950s] https://ift.tt/35gq9At via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2u66RAN

Library staff on library steps - 1900

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Abacus seller, St Petersburg, Russia [c1860]

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Abacus seller, St Petersburg, Russia [c1860] https://ift.tt/359vucF via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2F6app1

Jackie & John F. Kennedy having breakfast at a diner in Pendleton OR. 1959 [2000x1330]

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Philadelphia commuters. 1958.

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Still learning to use that new camera!

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Still learning to use that new camera! https://ift.tt/35cD0Ds via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2QvyeM1

Times Square on New Year's Eve (1963)

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Times Square on New Year's Eve (1963) https://ift.tt/35aSPe3 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2Qa4BBe

My grandfather's military training, firing a bazooka (French Paratroopers), 1960

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My grandfather's military training, firing a bazooka (French Paratroopers), 1960 https://ift.tt/2SDSTjS via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2F2fE90

Douglas Aircraft Company workers on their lunch break in Santa Monica. early 1940s (Ansel Adams-Los Angeles Public Library)

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Douglas Aircraft Company workers on their lunch break in Santa Monica. early 1940s (Ansel Adams-Los Angeles Public Library) https://ift.tt/2SBWWgn via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2ZDD9yx

New York, 1957

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Winston Churchill and several police officers observing the siege of Sidney street, 3rd January 1911 [1080×810]

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Young Winston Churchill. 1895 [1536x2048]

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Indian infantrymen, members of the Free Indian Legion of the German Army, with a Luftwaffe Member, 1944 [640x632]

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Freed Dachau Inmate beats a former guard, 1945 [500x399]

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New York’s Christmas tree for the homeless waiting to be erected in Madison Square, 27th December 1913 (Photo: Topical Press) [1010x698]

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#vintage #New York’s Christmas tree for the homeless waiting to be erected in Madison Square, 27th December 1913 (Photo: Topical Press) [1010x698] #history #HistoryPorn #Bot https://ift.tt/2ZzYiK8

JFK and siblings 1927 (500x320)

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A New Year's Eve party at "Failoni's Tavern" at 6715 Manchester Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri (1948)

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A New Year's Eve party at "Failoni's Tavern" at 6715 Manchester Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri (1948) https://ift.tt/369UFgx via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2Zzz6nb

Everglades Wonder Gardens. Bonita Springs, Florida (1940). Photo courtesy of Bill Kerr.

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Everglades Wonder Gardens. Bonita Springs, Florida (1940). Photo courtesy of Bill Kerr. https://ift.tt/39pIBcS via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2Q9ZSPM

Watching the demolition of 3rd Ave. elevated train in NYC (1955). Photo by Vivian Cherry.

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Watching the demolition of 3rd Ave. elevated train in NYC (1955). Photo by Vivian Cherry. https://ift.tt/2SBPces via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/36581up

"Corner of Ledger's studio, Paris" [1927] by André Kertesz

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"Corner of Ledger's studio, Paris" [1927] by André Kertesz https://ift.tt/2ZB0Mb7 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2tjhGPl

My dad 1968 high school graduation

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Australian Imperial Force field ambulance, 1916

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Australian Imperial Force field ambulance, 1916 https://ift.tt/2MDFzZ1 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2F6D5y5

A simpler time!

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A simpler time! https://ift.tt/39shSg6 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2SBVQRT

Shoveling snow. Draper, South Dakota. Photo by John Vachon. November 1940.

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Shoveling snow. Draper, South Dakota. Photo by John Vachon. November 1940. https://ift.tt/2Q76yxY via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/2Q8Jteq

A 1951 nickname. From a friend’s FB.

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A 1951 nickname. From a friend’s FB. https://ift.tt/2svWSEq via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/39hgHzM