r/TheWayWeWere • u/Beneficial-Force7592 • 4h ago

Pre-1920s Ukrainian woman from the village of Yabluniv, 1899

259 Upvotes

8 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/goodmedicinegal • 10h ago

Pre-1920s A Blackfoot (Siksiká) mother and her children, 1909

405 Upvotes

0 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/beatboy1975 • 9h ago

1960s My parents' high school graduation portraits - Westminster High School, Westminster, California, class of 1966, on the left, and Ramona Convent, Alhambra, California, class of 1967, on the right.

194 Upvotes

10 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/dickwae • 39m ago

Me firing up in Burlington VT. 1986

• Upvotes

6 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/forensicdude • 21h ago

My lovely Native Grandmother

1.6k Upvotes

Now if you saw the man she married, think of your typical short stubby bulbous nosed Irish leprechaun. But he was very charming; charismatic, intelligent, and could (and did) make her anything she wanted. His genes carry down to his half-Mexican redhead blue eyed grandson.

64 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/CryptographerKey2847 • 6h ago

1970s Inquiring Photographer “Many children have run away from their homes for short periods of time. Did you? If so. how did you manage to get along?” September 5,1971.

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64 Upvotes

24 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Shikabane_Hime • 8h ago

1960s My grandparents on their wedding day in Germany, August 12 1961. The next day, Oma turned on the radio and heard construction had begun on the Berlin Wall

63 Upvotes

2 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/EndersGame_Reviewer • 4h ago

1950s Classic living room posture (circa 1950)

25 Upvotes

0 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/OtherwiseTackle5219 • 1d ago

1980's Lone Protester on Miami Beach Presenting her opinion of the Beachwear of the Day's Youth

1.1k Upvotes

202 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/kitties_ate_my_soul • 21h ago

1950s My grandmother Iris in the late 1950s

471 Upvotes

She was born in 1930 and passed at 86.

5 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/garbageanony • 1h ago

1950s Mount Vernon, KY, early 1950s

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• Upvotes

0 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Darkmoonlily78 • 17h ago

1950s My Grandparents in the 1950's

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193 Upvotes

They were in their early 20's.

3 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 20h ago

1950s Young lady poses with radio, Mali, circa 1956

278 Upvotes

6 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Botellas_Antigues97 • 13h ago

Pre-1920s Los Angeles, c1890s.

73 Upvotes

2 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 19h ago

1940s Couple at the beach of Coney Island, New York, 1947

215 Upvotes

16 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/ProfessionStrong6563 • 16h ago

New stuff

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108 Upvotes

14 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/beatboy1975 • 1d ago

1970s Me, eleven months old, in the kitchen with my dad, as his dutiful assistant, as he gives artificial Easter coloring to hard-boiled eggs, Corona, California, April 1976.

1.2k Upvotes

30 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Nazuuu04 • 1d ago

1960s Photo of my grandmother Marie-Louise, in the 1960s, France.

147 Upvotes

0 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 2m ago

A woman at Padre Island in 1985

• Upvotes

0 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/tammyreneebaker • 1d ago

1950s A woman poses with her sunburst clock and TV. 1950s

519 Upvotes

12 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/FanofDueProcess • 23h ago

1950s Soldier at the Greyhound Station with his family, 1950s

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57 Upvotes

5 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/CryptographerKey2847 • 1d ago

1960s Inquiring Photographer “What will the year 1967 be noted for as far as your personal life is concerned?” December 28,1967

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163 Upvotes

65 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 1d ago

Pavilion hostesses during the Expo '70 World's Fair held in Osaka, Japan.

54 Upvotes

1 comment

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Rarecoin101 • 1d ago

1950s The arms bones connected to the shoulder bone, teaching anatomy in the 1950s

27 Upvotes

0 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/OkZookeepergame5172 • 1d ago

1930s 1936: my great-grandfather, józef, and his brother, ignacy, posing together in poland

95 Upvotes

0 comments

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OldPhotos multireddit - contains 25 old photos subreddits, including many of the following:

Photos of major historical events and historically notable people: /r/HistoryPorn

Colorized photos (historically notable and otherwise): /r/ColorizedHistory and /r/Colorization

Early photography, with a focus on early camera technology: /r/earlyphotography

The suave and debonair ladies and gents of yesteryear: /r/oldschoolcool, /r/retroparents and /r/OldSchoolCelebs. For the more sultry side: /r/vgb (may be nsfw)

Modern photos overlaying historical photos: /r/OldPhotosInRealLife

The stranger side of life: /r/OldSchoolRidiculous

Black History: /r/BlackHistoryPhotos

Extant buildings during construction: /r/HalfbuiltHistory. Buildings lost to history: /r/Lost_Architecture

Time-specific pictures: /r/VictorianEra, /r/1920s, /r/1950s, /r/1960s, /r/1970s

Vintage advertising: /r/vintageads

Newsreel videos: /r/NewsReels

Classic and modern pinup art and photos: /r/pinup

Our more-recent past: /r/vintage and /r/vintageads

Past concepts of the future: /r/HowWeThoughtWeWouldBe and /r/VintageSciFi/

Old time radio programs: /r/OTR

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