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/HelloSlowly • Dec 29 '25
Pre-1920s Immigrants arriving in the US through Ellis Island from 1906 to 1914 captured by photographer Augustus Frederick Sherman
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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/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/Anna-Tatty • Sep 21 '25
1960s My mom on her way to the kindergarten. 1965
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Conjuring1900 • Sep 20 '25
Pre-1920s A Russian Immigrant and Her 11-month-old Baby (55lbs) at Ellis Island 1908
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Photo by August Sherman
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 • 25d ago
1920s An Inuit girl carries her husky on her shoulders, 1920s
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r/TheWayWeWere • u/BaronVonBroccoli • Sep 12 '25
1960s Imagine trying to find your friend on this crowded college campus in 1964.
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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/victory_vegetable • Sep 06 '25
1970s Some rare photos of women coal miners in 1970s-80s Appalachia
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Most of them photographed by female coal miner & activist Marat Moore, source: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/fa456a3e0eef48278d5f4470f66c9327
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/delphicginger • Jul 22 '26
My nan with her husband and friends in 1984. Second photo is today (Aged 99)
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My wonderful nan - somewhat convinced she may be a vampire as she never ages!☺️