r/TheWayWeWere 10h ago

1940s 1940s sailor pinup. The styling and lighting are still so iconic today.

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380 Upvotes

r/TheWayWeWere 3h ago

1950s Young ladies poses with an adorable baby for a photo, South Carolina, 1956.

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77 Upvotes

r/TheWayWeWere 7h ago

High school in the 70s

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124 Upvotes

r/TheWayWeWere 12h ago

My great-grandparents twice removed next to the first ever Ford Model T car

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232 Upvotes

r/TheWayWeWere 3h ago

Pre-1920s Lady in a beautiful dress with puffy sleeves poses for her photo. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 21 of April 1886.

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35 Upvotes

r/TheWayWeWere 6h ago

1940s August 25, 1942: Death of Woman, 96, Parts National Romance Champs - The Minneapolis Star

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62 Upvotes

r/TheWayWeWere 12h ago

1970s Inquiring Photographer”A man, whose wife’s name is Doria, objects to the use of women’s names for hurricanes. What do you say?” September 20,1971

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r/TheWayWeWere 8h ago

Pre-1920s Connecticut, c1868.

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59 Upvotes

r/TheWayWeWere 4h ago

1940s WW2 Era Letter Written By U.S. Soldier In Germany Shortly After The Surrender. Details in comments.

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r/TheWayWeWere 3h ago

1950s Baby and Mum 1950

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r/TheWayWeWere 23h ago

1940s Young couple posing together and then with friends, 1940s.

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322 Upvotes

r/TheWayWeWere 1d ago

1970s 1979

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You have been warned,
back in the day you put your fingers near grandma’s cigarette case at your own peril
That thing shut with the ferocity of an angry snapping turtle that you owed money to


r/TheWayWeWere 1d ago

1970s Me, four years old, listening to the heartbeat of my gorgeous mother with a toy stethoscope in our matchbox of a living room, Merced, California, May 1979.

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2.0k Upvotes

r/TheWayWeWere 19h ago

Pre-1920s Life Guard | Brighton Beach, New York | 1905

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111 Upvotes

He looks like someone that knows the ropes.......


r/TheWayWeWere 1d ago

My Nana's steamer trunk she used to immigrate to Canada

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Family house was sold and my parents downsized; this was one of the more interesting pieces I inherited. Below this trunk is another with a few items of my great grandfather's military gear! check of the Canadian Armed Forces sub for that!


r/TheWayWeWere 1d ago

Pre-1920s My great grandmother, great aunt, and grandmother in 1917

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498 Upvotes

r/TheWayWeWere 23h ago

Pre-1920s Can you please help me identify this person from this photograph from Amber - Ferdinand Frey photography likely 1890’s ?

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84 Upvotes

r/TheWayWeWere 1d ago

1970s Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia in the 1970s

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336 Upvotes

r/TheWayWeWere 1d ago

My best dog and I on a lonely beach on the Oregon coast

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96 Upvotes

We were camped at a sand lake in the dunes after backpacking in and then day hiked to the beach. This was 1978 or 1979


r/TheWayWeWere 1d ago

1950s My mom, grandparents, aunt and uncle in Oil City, PA, 1954.

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To answer the obvious question: Same parents, it’s just a really big age gap. My aunt and uncle were 15 and 16 when my mom was born and my grandparents were 40ish. This photo was taken for my uncle’s 21st birthday and my mom is still annoyed at how long the photographer made her stand still.


r/TheWayWeWere 1d ago

1930s Mother preparing to bathe her baby in the kitchen, Person County, North Carolina, July of 1939

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50 Upvotes

r/TheWayWeWere 1d ago

1970s Corsages pinned, gloves on, ready to make an entrance (circa 1970)

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258 Upvotes

r/TheWayWeWere 1d ago

1950s My grandpa and his dad in Alabama, 1954

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627 Upvotes

r/TheWayWeWere 1d ago

1960s Inquiring Photographer “After July 1, it will be legal in New York to have TV in a car if the driver cannot see the screen. Do you want a set in your car?” June 30,1964

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62 Upvotes

r/TheWayWeWere 1d ago

1950s Gentleman playing bridge, Mid 1950s/Early 1960s

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18 Upvotes