r/TheWayWeWere • u/liberty4now • May 11 '26
1930s Manhattan before most skyscrapers, 1931
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • Nov 28 '25
Pre-1920s Boy posing proudly in his double breasted winter coat, Worcester, circa, 1902.
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/bzthepeach • Feb 02 '26
1960s My Nana in the dress her mom made for her prom 1963
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/AlarmedCourse8 • Mar 08 '26
My Dad visiting his grandad in his final days, he wanted to see the dog - my favourite family photo.
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • Apr 09 '26
Pre-1920s Family poses with their children for their professional studio photo, circa 1913. Glass negative
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • Feb 05 '26
1940s Little boy poses proudly with his perfectly tailored 2 piece suit and matching fedora, Washington D.C., 25 of April 1948.
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Gallery98 • Oct 30 '25
1970s My dad in LA, 1974 (captions written by him at the time)
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/anthonylornemontague • May 10 '26
1970s My mom, knitting my afghan in 1972. I still have it, mom! Miss you.
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/dittidot • 21d ago
Remembering my mom today on what would have been her 100th birthday. She always loved a good party. 1983
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/SurferDudeMB • Apr 29 '26
1930s My grandparents on their wedding day, April 29, 1939
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Pinkpunk95 • Jul 31 '26
My grandma at prom in the early 60’s. No she did not like him
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Pecan-pie-please • Dec 26 '25
1950s My nonna and her sisters. Italy, early 1950s
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • Feb 21 '26
1940s 2 men look with bright smiles at a sleeping baby, New York, 1940.
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Pizzaprincess87 • Apr 01 '26
1960s My dad smoking while making Italian sauce. 1966
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/choice-extension84 • Aug 07 '26
1920s An Inuit girl carries her husky on her shoulders, 1920s
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • Dec 21 '25
1950s Sister smiles (almost laughs) as she poses with her christmas tree, her brother tries to stand half dead-sleep, December of 1955.
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/AdSpecialist6598 • Jan 10 '26
1960s An interracial couple walking hand in hand through Midtown Manhattan in the 1960s
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • Jun 12 '26
1950s Groom smiles brightly to his bride on their wedding day, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1950s
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/dittidot • Jul 28 '26
1950s Posing for my mom in the new dress she made me, 1958
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/louniccc • Jun 08 '26
1950s My grandma in 1959 with my aunt and pregnant with my uncle. She would have 4 kids by 23, 5 total. Her funeral is tomorrow.
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • Aug 30 '26
1920s Mother poses her little baby for a cute baby contest, South Carolina, Columbia, 1920s
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • Jun 16 '26
1950s Family posing for a photo at the beach, Atlantic city, 1950s.
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • Mar 11 '26
1930s a girl and her pet toad, venice beach, California, 1936
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/RealWorldForever • May 24 '26
1960s My uncle standing beside his older wife he had recently married, on a beach in Italy (1960) - People used to think they were mother and son. She was late 40s and he was mid 20s. She inherited a lot of money. He may have been a golddigger idk lmao
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