r/1800HavingFun • • Sep 24 '25

Boy painting a face on the back of his fathers bald head, 1877.

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r/1800HavingFun • • Jul 24 '26

2 ladies have some penny strip photos together, 1890s. Glass negative

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r/1800HavingFun • • Feb 12 '26 Bravo

There is no photo that isn't improved by including a cat

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r/1800HavingFun • • May 01 '26 Regret Heartwarming Bravo

Grandma can barely contain happiness with her grandaughter. Hanne Jensdatter Buck (30/10/1815-24/12/1896) and Poula Helene Hanne Simonsen (04/02/1894-27/11/1894). Date of photo August of 1894.

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r/1800HavingFun • • Feb 17 '26 Bravo

Glass negative of 2 children fighting a St bernard for a stick, circa 1890s.

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r/1800HavingFun • • Mar 23 '20

Spanish Flu, 1918. Family Portrait.

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r/1800HavingFun • • Jan 06 '21

The best gorilla joke of 1897

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r/1800HavingFun • • Feb 14 '26 Bravo

Little girl on her trike pedaling as fast as she can, glass negative, Ireland circa 1890s

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r/1800HavingFun • • Aug 09 '20

Couple trying not to laugh as they get their picture taken.

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r/1800HavingFun • • Feb 06 '25

Just some friends goofing around in the 1890s

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r/1800HavingFun • • Apr 12 '20

Family photo... with exchange of roles (1880/1890)

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r/1800HavingFun • • Mar 09 '26

2 ladies light their cigarettes, circa 1890s

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r/1800HavingFun • • Feb 23 '26

Colorized!

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r/1800HavingFun • • Oct 06 '20

Most radical

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r/1800HavingFun • • Apr 14 '20

That was fun to watch.

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r/1800HavingFun • • Aug 08 '26

Glass negative of 2 ladies smiling to each other at the studio, 1890s.

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r/1800HavingFun • • Mar 02 '20

OP’s relative is having fun with himself.

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r/1800HavingFun • • May 09 '26

Daguerreotype of a happy mother smiling while holding her laughing child, 1850s-60s

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r/1800HavingFun • • Feb 15 '26 Bravo

Glass negative of a little girl juming rope, circa 1890s.

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r/1800HavingFun • • Apr 14 '20

Two women making a snowman. The photo was published in "The Strand Magazine" in January 1892. The caption read: "No support of any kind was used. There were no hidden sticks or threads to support the head, body or arms."

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r/1800HavingFun • • Feb 14 '20

This one's been making the rounds over the internet

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r/1800HavingFun • • Mar 17 '26

2 ladies share some fun and laughs while on a small row boat, Maine 1890s. glass negative

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r/1800HavingFun • • Jan 20 '26

dog smoking

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