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There's this phenomenon, known as anemoia, which describes a longing for the past that you were too young to experience. However, there is a way to scratch this itch. Well, kind of.
Vintage black-and-white images have this undeniable charm that can take us on a journey through time, to a period when the internet, touchscreens, and artificial intelligence didn't exist and television was just starting to enter people's lives.
They offer us a glimpse into historical events that we would all love to have been a part of, and the Facebook page Old Photos has collected some of the most incredible examples for everyone who is feeling... a little anemoic.
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#1
A Stylish Family Outing In 1946
Paul Davies 2 years ago
Even the baby in the pram looks stylish and elegant also!
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Robert Larson, LPN, JD 2 years ago
Mom is just a statue of grace and elegance. Beautiful! Oh, that stroller isn't safe, LOL
Gardener of Weeden 2 years ago
Wow - Now that is classy. A couple of things I noticed, this is not taken on the rich side of town. This family works hard for what they have. And my FAVORITE part of the pic - is the small scrape on the knee of the little girl - just makes it so real and perfect.
Josh Singer 2 years ago
Lovely family. Makes me sad to think what they could have gone thought at that time.
Vintage photos offer a perfect reflection of life. Since the beginning of photography in the 1800s, people have tried to capture events, places, and individuals, providing lots of information about historical circumstances.
For example, a talented photographer, John Thomson, captured Victorian London’s street life, allowing us to accurately compare life back then and now. Old pictures of the now touristy Covent Garden show that it once was a market with many workers keeping Londoners fed. In the morning, it was packed with traders and sellers and later in the afternoon more shoppers would come by and stay to watch the theatre in the evening. Pubs, “fast food” (pies and jellied eels), and opera provided entertainment and leisure in these stone-cobbled streets.
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#2
Net Fix And Chill, 1912
Jordan Scott 2 years ago
Hair a little darker, and throw him into a black priest's robe, and you've got Rasputin.
Kathleen Diesman 2 years ago
Back in the day when reuse and repurpose was a way of life and not a novelty or an experiment
Mary Peace 2 years ago
Definitely upvote for title. Imagine if the man was here today, wondering why we're laughing!
kkathleen517 2 years ago
Netflix and Chilled is my favorite Ben and Jerry's ice cream! I'm obsessed. Whoever sees this..whatever you do, don't try that ice cream! Its dangerous!
#3
An Apsaroke Man On Horseback, 1908
Ann M Clinkscales 2 years ago
Wow! He looks like the 1070's commercial where the Native American is on the horse looking at trash on the ground and he has a tear in his eye, running down his cheek. It's something you don't forget seeing.
jevais 2 years ago
To this day I'm still very sad and angry what the whites did to these people. Not only for Americans Natives also to the Afro Americans, the Japanese during WW2 put into camps as prisoners and all their homes, businesses were stolen by the whites, it was the federal government that did this! America is so great in mistreating it's none white citizens. It's just heartbreaking.
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#4
Formal Portraits Rarely Featured Smiles, But They Can Be Found In Photographs Of Daily Life During This Period. South Carolina, 1912
Arturo De la Rosa 2 years ago
They don't know the great depression is just around the corner.
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Ben 2 years ago
That's a 111 years ago. Not that long ago at all and look at them! Happy! With their torn and tattered clothes and their basic abode. No running water, no bath, no inside toilet, no toilet paper, no hospital, no anesthetics, no central heating, no electricity no F-All of the stuff we take for granted today And then we moan and gripe about our struggles and how a f*****g 40 hour workweek is just too much to bare.
Geoff Pender 2 years ago
Exposure time with early photography was fairly long. So holding a smile was a challenge. A resting face was easier. They even had supports for body parts so you could hold a pose that would otherwise be nearly impossible.
BlahBlobLa 2 years ago
Makes you wonder what happened right before this moment. Great capture of a true and fun moment.
Robin Tapper 2 years ago
Forget Victoria's Secret...that's the dress that had pawpaw making 13 kids...
Due to poor housing conditions of that time, cramped apartments and the absence of bathrooms forced people to find activities outside their homes. Only in the late 1800s did advancements like schools for children, trains, and traveling become widely accessible for people. This may not seem exciting today, but at that time travel and education changed where people worked, what they ate, and even how they spoke.
#5
The Puddle Jumper, 1934
troufaki13 2 years ago
So elegant!! 😍 I'm pretty sure I would have fallen in the puddle face down 😂
•Prolific Panda• 2 years ago
If you can jump a puddle with that class, my respect goes to you.
Bols 2 years ago
How does she manage to look this fabulous doing that? This picture would be impressive even today
Sue From Michigan 2 years ago
This is a model for Harper's Bizarre 1957. Photo taken by Richard Avedon.
Salem nothing 2 years ago
From what I'm told of heels this would probably be hard to do without tripping or twisting your ankle. Impressive!
#6
4 Boys Jamming, 1928,
I'm.Just.A.Girl 2 years ago (edited)
I love the creativity and innovation with the instruments and how they're made. P. S.: This is a sincere comment. What an amazing photo.
Janet Floyd 2 years ago
Oh, thank God, I thought it was an elephant trunk 😵💫
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Carla Phillips 2 years ago
It's all amazing but however they have fashioned that horn in the back is a true marvel of imagination.
#7
Two Girls Pose With Their Snow Fort, 1910
Mjolnir Stormbreaker 2 years ago (edited)
I wish for that kind of snow and I hope they became architects or went into construction because that is some impressive building going on there.
Willow Quinn 2 years ago
And surprisingly if you look at the surrounding yard, it's still covered in snow.
At the beginning of the 1800s, life in America was mostly rural, with four out of five Americans living on farms and consuming only locally grown or hunted food. However, during the mid-19th century, American cities underwent rapid changes as a result of advancements in transport and technology. Workers and immigrants preferred cities for better pay and less demanding work than in agriculture. Industrialization and population growth led to noise, congestion, slums, pollution, and health issues in urban areas. Public transportation like trolleys, cable cars, and subways emerged and skyscrapers became a common feature in cities.
#8
Motorcycle Female Officers, Los Angeles, 1927
Stephanie Barr 2 years ago
Can't love it. Added unnecessary risk and was impractical. So glad I didn't live then.
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BravePanda 2 years ago
Wow. My grandmother was one of the first female police officers in the US, in 1955. I'd love to know more about these three women.
Debbie Freedman 2 years ago
It wasn't true. In 1987, Joanna Needham was The Lone Rider. As the LAPD's first female motorcycle cop, she pushed aside naysayers who thought a woman couldn't handle a bike. Given that info, the caption to this photo would be incorrect since, according to the LA Police Department, they didn't have even a single female ride until six decades (60 years) later.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
It was only seven years earlier they were granted the right to vote.
Auntriarch 2 years ago
Our county had it's first female officers in 1918, though the first motorcycle WPC wasn't until 1928. Which I find surprising that they let her have a boy's toy that early in the force's history
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#9
Two Sisters, Florence And Susie Friermuth Arrested For Moonshining During The Prohibition, 1921
Auntriarch 2 years ago
And they promise not to do it again (while anyone is watching)
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
You can tell the local law enforcement was taking Prohibition VERY seriously with letting them pose with their guns and all.
Javelina Poppers 2 years ago
Sheriff cousin Ricky let em go afterwards for 6 jars of their finest.
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Marina M. 2 years ago
Thank you! I was trying to figure out who she looks like, and you're exactly right!
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Dr Robert Neville 2 years ago
Let me just check my list. Firearm. Check. Makes own alcohol. Check. Are they single?
Leigh James 2 years ago
I bet their moonshine was the best available. Germans are serious about their liquor, even if it's "corn likker."
Samanthe Carswell 2 years ago
OMG that's hilarious my grandma's name was Florence and her sister's name was Susie
#10
A Bautiful Married Couple From 1940
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Old-timey photos: you look 12 when you're 23, but you look 70 when you're 35.
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sbj 2 years ago
They both look like they're about to cry and it's not going to be with tears of joy
Gardener of Weeden 2 years ago
I found her eyes to be most heart wrenching. Shotgun wedding?
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Easily Forgotten 2 years ago
I agree w/ Han Solo he looks a little over 16 and she is no older then 14..
Amie Matthews 2 years ago
Her gown is gorgeous!♥️ Also, I do not see sadness in her eyes at all as someone commented above.
Auntie Panda 2 years ago (edited)
Her physical shape makes her look about 14, but, those eyes look so much older and tired
BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
That is the dress and that was the style in the 20s and 30s, straight waists. Considering the economic period, it was probably borrowed or bought used so definitely not new in fashion
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Rahb in Oz 2 years ago
This breaks my heart, that SO many people in the US still would not accept them, even over 80 years later. I will never understand 'Blacks for Trump' - that is like turkeys for Thanksgiving.
It’s unlikely you've scrolled this far without experiencing wanderlust for a past you've never lived in, a phenomenon called anemoia. Wishing for the good old days is not based on memories but rather on an idealized version of the past, making it distinct from nostalgia. Why do we feel this when watching black-and-white movies or pictures that were created before our time? Well, sitting for a few minutes in black and white protects us from the rush of time and provides comfort. The future may feel uncertain and scary, but the past remains unchanging and comforting for some.
#11
A Happy Family Taking Home Their Book Haul From The Cincinnati Library Bookmobile In 1940
Kathie Mihindukulasuriya 2 years ago
I worked on community bookmobiles in St.Louis in the 1980s
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El Dee 2 years ago
Went down the rabbit hole of Googling the only title I could make out - Henry And The Garden. Written in 1936 by James S Tippett and illustrated by Helen Torrey..
Squiffle Noses 2 years ago
"Woman grabs second child from the book lending and adoption wagon."
Moonchild Creations 2 years ago
Holding a toddler another tugging at her, and an armful of books!
Alison Welles 2 years ago
Those books would be banned now. "Henry and the Garden" is clearly LGBTQ.
altredhead 2 years ago
Yes they still have book mobiles. We have one come out once a month from the library system in my county
#12
Three Women In Marshall, Texas, 1899
Dani 2 years ago
Love how intricate clothing was, we've lost so much detail and quality in our outfits.
JoNo 2 years ago
I said something like this to my grandmother, who was born in 1892 and died in 1996, to which she replied "give me polyester clothing and automatic washing machines any day"!
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Amour Doctrina 2 years ago
Rare find of Black Women dressed to the nines on film during this time.
BatPhace 2 years ago
Brave too, considering the place and time. If you zoom in on the faces you can see (two people I could see in the car and the guy turned around on the right side) are looking at them and none too kindly. The smile on the man to the right makes my skin crawl.
#13
A Beautiful Couple In Venice, 1890s
Disgruntled Pelican 2 years ago
I always catch myself wondering what happened to these people. Did they have a long life together? Was it just a fling? Were they from that area or just there on vacation?
Auntriarch 2 years ago
Or she has consumption and is there to improve her health...
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Allison A 2 years ago
Can you feel the love tonight :,) It's in my head now, help.
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Collecting vintage photographs can be a great way to experience nostalgia while preserving history. Richard Fattorini, an enthusiast of antique photography, finds the hobby exciting due to the numerous discoveries still to be made. He agrees that almost every collector accumulates vintage photos, as they offer a tangible connection to their era, providing an authentic and intimate glimpse into history.
#14
A Woman Charges Her Electric Car In Her Garage, 1912
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
A car, electricity, and a garage? She must have been very well-to-do.
Squiffle Noses 2 years ago
The newspaper title was probably, 'So easy even a woman can do it!'.
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Nonna_SoF 2 years ago
These early EVs were popular with wealthy women. This was the age before automatic start and starting an ICE vehicle could be both difficult and dangerous. A backfire could send the crank spinning backwards with enough force to break bone. This could be fatal if it hit your head or chest, as was known to happen.
Pat Bond 2 years ago
Interesting article https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/03/lost-history-electric-car-future-transport An advertisement for Babcock Electric vehicles put it in 1910, “She who drives a Babcock Electric has nothing to fear”. The implication was that women, unable to cope with the complexities of driving and maintaining petrol vehicles, should buy electric vehicles instead. Men, by contrast, were assumed to be more capable mechanics, for whom greater complexity and lower reliability were prices worth paying for powerful, manly petrol vehicles with superior performance and range.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
This is only four years after the first Model T hit the road.
Lester the Space Duck 2 years ago
The earliest EVs were marketed towards women as they didn't require the effort of hand - cranking an engine. They were also "popular" in cities as they were quiet and didn't scare the horses with loud exhaust and backfires.
HARRY KOPPERS 2 years ago
Jay Leno took one of these Baker Electrics and put modern electric motors and batteries. He kept the tiller steering.
Sorrows Taylor 2 years ago
Yo can Google also Porsche's first electric vehicles from the end of the nineteenth century....with underground chargers.
Francois 2 years ago
Electrical motors existed before combustion engine. Battery technology is the new bit. Having a 5miles range might be okay when living in the city.
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A Woman In Motorcycling Clothing, France, 1905
Leigh James 2 years ago
Should I have said bad butt, or bad gluteus maximus, or bad derriere, or bad back, or bad posterior, or bad heine, or bad bedonkadonk....I don't get it?
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
You need to write it as "badass" without separating the two words. Has worked for me two or three times here.
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WFH Forever 2 years ago
She's wearing a corset to boot. Wow, not sure how she took a deep breath there!
Leigh James 2 years ago
I have a similar picture of my Grandmother. I love progressive bad a*s women!
#16
Montreal Playgrounds Were On Another Level Back Then, 1950s
James016 2 years ago
"Got some spare ladders if anyone needs them." "It may be the moonshine talking but I have an idea..."
k1ddkanuck 2 years ago
Hehe. We didn't need moonshine in Canada! The taps continued to flow (and bootlegging into the US made a killing!)
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Heffalump 2 years ago
Not much had changed between then an the mid 60's when I was that age. There was always at least one kid in every class in a cast.
DC 2 years ago
That looks fun! Our playgrounds either were boring to begin with, or were reduced into being boring over time. Everything even remotely dangerous, even if that required the users to act almost insane on purpose got removed once the first professional in cryery idioted himself hurt and had a helicopter mama harass those deciding on what to install to install things that you can't, not even with a lot of dedication to, hurt yourself on.
Andrew Read 2 years ago
Fear of litigation took the fun out of playgrounds.
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Vera Diblikova 2 years ago
Not kids, but eltern. In my childhood, we were all days "out", to stay home was punishment.
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A $2 purchase of an old black-and-white photo portraying men playing croquet could turn out to be one of only two existing photos of the infamous 19th-century criminal, Billy the Kid, worth several million dollars. Although it’s a very specific sale example, the value of a vintage photograph is determined based on several factors:
- An image can cost more if it’s an original or a really good reprint close to the creation of the original.
- The less damaged the photo is, the better.
- If the author of the photo is famous it can increase its value as well.
- Photos including historical figures or events that became iconic can also be worth more.
Looking to start a collection of antique photographs? Check out your local antique, second-hand shops, flea markets, garage and estate sales.
#17
Roller Skating, 1930s
Paul Davies 2 years ago
This particular photo could have been taken yesterday!
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Smurphette 2 years ago
Their mothers thinking "I wouldn't be seen in so little clothing even at the beach!"
Justine Ludeman 2 years ago
The one on the left looks a lot like actress Julia Stiles. Am I the only one that sees this?
ThatBlackNightingale 2 years ago
They're absolutely stunning, and you can see the pure joy on their faces!!!
#18
Two Gentlemen And Their Absolutely Delightful Double-Walking-Stick-Wielding Dog, 1890s
Analyn Lahr 2 years ago
Just two bachelors getting a photo taken with their dog. Nothing scandalous at all.😉
Aya Pandy 2 years ago
From what I found they're actually brothers so let's hope it's not a couples photo as that gets into some sweet home Alabama territory
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I saw this and said the dog is there kid and the way he holds the walking sticks means something we have no way of knowing now.
Smurphette 2 years ago
The one holding the hat looks like he was told how to do it and doesn't quite know what the person meant. "Hold it on my arm? Like this then?"
#19
A Father Helping His Son Feed A Giraffe At London Zoo
Dani 2 years ago
With my right hand I shall raise up this child. With my left I shall smush down another.
Clown fish 2 years ago
Lol that made me laugh to loud and I woke my other half up
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Mickie Shea 2 years ago
Now, how could anything go wrong, feeding a giraffe while balancing on one of dad’s extended hands seven or eight feet in the air.?
If you want to capture vintage moments using your phone and experience times from the past, there are a few techniques to achieve a retro look. Adjusting the contrast, adding fade, and introducing a red tint to your photos can make them pop. Cameras from that time period were not as sharp, so a slight blur can help replicate the same effect. Alternatively, you can make your photos black and white or include vintage objects to enhance the desired retro look. You can easily apply these adjustments using the 'edit' feature in your phone's photo app. With these options in mind, enjoy your adventure while capturing vintage-inspired photos!
#20
Woman Riding A Very Early Scooter, 1916
The Scout 2 years ago
The woman in the pircture is Florence Priscilla Lady Norman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla_Norman), one of the most famous women's suffrage activists of the early 20th century.
PandaGoPanda 2 years ago
She is Lady Norman, or Florence Norman - not Florence Priscilla Lady Norman! The title is a prefix, not a middle name. .
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Azazels Child 2 years ago
It took until now to make them popular again? Between that and electric cars its like we completely chose the wrong things to put money and brain power into. None of those run on gas.
Smurphette 2 years ago
Who knew you could measure the advancement of woman's rights and scooters together?
#21
Female Swimmer Posing On The Beach. France, 1925
nbfresh 2 years ago
thankfully, there are many of us who most prefer to remain natural in our own sense of beauty <3
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Arturo De la Rosa 2 years ago (edited)
Consider this is France, who are famously "revealing" and this is some sort of bathing suit. And yet it is less revealing that how u go out for dinner today.
jevais 2 years ago
It's not true that all French women go around half naked. I was on vacation in Périgord in 2014, this is a very rural area, the farmers wives asked if was not getting cold because of my very modest decolleté. If you visit the heartland of France you will not see half dressed girls or women, they are very Catholic therefore dress like in the 1950s.
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#22
Little Big Man From The Netherlands, 1904
#23
Hong Kong In The 1950s
Nonna_SoF 2 years ago
So, we're just going to pretend that isn't a smog cloud?
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It’s safe to say we all wish we could go back to the past. However, let’s stay hopeful for the future, and when you’re feeling peckish for the good ol’ days, we recommend that you explore other articles full of vintage photos that Bored Panda has to offer.
#24
Original Photo Of The Discovery Of The Tomb Of Tutankhamun, 1922
Hippopotamuses 2 years ago
It looks a bit crowded in there. I bet they were relieved when, after 5,000 years, someone finally opened the door.
The Scout 2 years ago
"Crowded" more or less perfectly captures it. There were all kinds of goods crammed into much to few space, often stacked on each other. That lead some archaeologists to the conclusion that the tomb originally might not have been designed for a king, but some minor royalty, and had to be repurposed quickly because of Tutankhamnun's death, so it was too small for all the grave goods.
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Here's a thought. Ancient Egyptian beliefs included the idea that in order for the dead to have a successful afterlife, they had to be remembered by the living. That's part of why names were written in the special cartouche form: they functioned almost as magical spells where saying the name provided 'energy' (of a sort) to the dead. That is part of why when Queen Hatshepsut's stepson took over after his death, he tried to destroy all evidence of her face and name. He wasn't just destroying her memory to those living but was also destroying her in death. Tutankhamun was a short lived, almost unkown, fairly inconsequential pharoah. On the one hand this helped his tomb become forgotten and stay mostly intact. On the other hand, it also affect his afterlife according to his beliefs. So, yes Carter 'robbed' Tut's tomb in one way of thinking. But, at the same time, he also 'restored' the boy king. It's a bit of a mixed thing.
Squiffle Noses 2 years ago
Is this a picture of the archaeologists? They must have been so embarrased to get there and find that the hosts were wearing the same outfits!
The Scout 2 years ago
Absolutely. Those statues were meant to fill in for the "real" king in the afterlife, so they had to be well equipped. No reason not to dress stylishly just because you are dead, is it?
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Rebecca McManus 2 years ago
We all know the image of Tutankhamen's sarcophagus, but this shows us that the tomb was much more, it's a shame that museums don't show the whole image, just a snapshot
Mickie Shea 2 years ago
Appear to be alive as they are leaving the tomb after thousands of years of being locked in.
#25
Children Playing On A Cart In Harlem, New York, 1920s
hearditontheX 2 years ago
I love Ms Thang up there by the wall. She's oozes confidence around all those guys
Robin Tapper 2 years ago
I'm loving the girl on top pretending to smoke that big blunt..obviously snoop doggs grandmother...lololo
#26
The Elegance On The Streets Of New York City In 1928
Patricia Murray 2 years ago
My mother was born in 1929 in NYC. She had a real thing against people smoking and walking in the streets. She would tell me only "hard" people did that.
Auntriarch 2 years ago
Grey spats though, not sure Jeeves would have allowed that
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#27
A Couple Of Victorian Travellers, 1890s
Upstaged75 2 years ago (edited)
Or Irish Travelers. Same concept but in Ireland. :) If anyone is interested in historical fiction about Irish Travelers there's a cool book called The Outside Boy.
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Sergio Bicerra 2 years ago
He looks like he's gonna sell me that miraculous potion that strangely tastes like water from the lake.
Jennifer Gray 2 years ago
I think these are Irish Travelers, I've seen this picture before. That's how they were described.
Salem nothing 2 years ago
I really wish we could bring back the hat styles from back in the day. So many amazing looking hats lost to time...
teresa rudnik 2 years ago
It’s fascinating how every time period and every generation has it’s own style of fashion. At one time every modest size city and larger had significant costume requirements for everyday and holidays.
#28
Postwoman From The 1910s
Shirley Heyn 2 years ago
Back when they didn't have to include lots of extra paper advertisements. . .!
DetongLhamo 2 years ago
She’s charming. I bet she’d be interesting to chat with…if she was still alive.
#29
A Man Trying The Coca Cola Drink For The First Time, France, 1950
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
I love the expression on the man's face. Maybe he's just a Pepsi person.
Fabian Bernard 2 years ago
Or probably a wine person. We had pro-wine anti-Coca Cola campaigns in the 50's France, made by politiciens ( vids can be fond)
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Cat Chat 2 years ago
Not sure why you were downvoted, so let me fix that for you. Also, because I feel the same both way too sweet for me.
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#30
Little Girl Getting Water At The Farm, Maine, 1942
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
It's so much easier these days, and we don't even realize it. Piped-in water, electric, machines that do dishes, clean carpets, wash clothes. Imagine what a person from the 18th or 19th century would think of it all.
Francis 2 years ago
"so you must have a lot of free time when the machines do all the work... what are you guys doing? learing a new skill or something?" - "Hmm well.. you know.. we have these portable phones which can access the knowledge of the entire world.." - "so you're some kinda of a universal scholar?" - "well, no, we use it to stalk friends, play stupid games and just doom scroll for hours, and at the end of the day, we say we had such an awful, hard day with no time to do anything..."
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Breadcrumb. 2 years ago
This idea of living is a dream compared to the tiny apartments of today's factory workers. Look at all the space and fresh air. I'd rather pump my own water and cross stitch for entertainment then live in a dirty shoe with hundreds of others watching Netflix on my phone.
Mary Kelly 2 years ago
look at the "farmer's tan" on her lower legs where her socks usually are...so cute!
AreYouGoingToEatThatPickle? 2 years ago
I did this in the 80s and 90s when water was low on our farm. We would pump from an extra well we had with hand pump only.
Jeanette Craig 2 years ago
How could she possibly carry a full bucket of water?? It is almost as big as her and certainly heavier!
Alfred Jarry 2 years ago
Way before technology and information age... Way back when the radio was high tech. They probably didn't have one. Just stories read to children...
Michael Murphy 1 year ago
This was a great subject for a Photoshop colorization project. 222i-66a96...971fdb.jpg 
Shirley Heyn 2 years ago
And, no complaining about the splinters she got in her bare feet. . .!
#31
Night Fishing In Hawaii, 1948
Ann M Clinkscales 2 years ago
He reminds me of that fish that fishes other fish with his own light to reel(pull) them in!!
#32
Going To The Beach With Style In 1915
Squiffle Noses 2 years ago
Sh'e's so sexy for the times that those two men won't be able to get up for at least an hour after she is gone.
Shirley Heyn 2 years ago
. . . including her bandaged knee, and of course her gawking male admirers! ! !
#33
Three Ladies At The Beach, 1895
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Those hussies need to put their skirts back down! Why, I see shin!
Auntriarch 2 years ago
Wash your mouth out Shyla, using language like that! Bring me my smelling salts child
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#34
Welsh Woman Washing Her Mine-Working Husband, 1931
Valerie Woods 2 years ago
The dedication is touching. You might see an unhappy woman, but I see what marriage is all about. She probably spent her day tending the children and her home, and now she tends to her hardworking man. Very moving, those so called "ordinary lives".
Liam Farranree 2 years ago
I can confirm this is true. My dad who was born in 1933 used to be a dockworker shoveling coal out of the holds of coalboats told me when he returned home from work he was so exhausted he could only lie down in a tub while his mother washed the coal dust off of him with a facecloth.
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#35
New York City After A Snowstorm In 1888
Shirley Heyn 2 years ago
How did anyone keep track of who paid what for their electric & phone bills. . .?
#36
A Little Boy Getting Examined By A Doctor, 1940
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Living in a foundationless log cabin in 1940. Jim Crow was messed up.
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
I don't think this was so much a Jim Crow thing as it was a poor thing. If you lived in the Appalachian mountains in the 1940s, you may have not had foundations under your house regardless of what race you were.
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Robert Martens 2 years ago
i think I have a phobia of chairs too close to the edge. It also looks like the doctor is on 3 legs.
Jessica N 2 years ago
My GP does. 50$ cash per appointment and she goes anywhere in the county. She also does kinesiology which I thought was hooey but has helped reduce my sciatic nerve pain by about 90%
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Paul Greer 2 years ago
Living as free people in the United States of America. So glad we abolished slavery
Brenda White 2 years ago
Please learn about Jim Crow. Who brought it to US? How did it thrive? What party is alive and thriving today in the US? Please step away from the racist, divisionist is the party that is ruining our once great country.
ormondotvos 2 years ago
Glasses and medical care. Well-built log cabin. Just like Abe Lincoln.
#37
Miss Perfect Posture Contest Winners At A Chiropractors Convention, 1956
Fly_Agaric_Frog (They/Them) 2 years ago
I read this then realized I'm literally sitting like a shrimp.
Clown fish 2 years ago
Lol I have musculoskeletal scoliosis I wouldn't be winning anytime soon
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Isa's left eye 2 years ago (edited)
Looking at this suddenly reminded me the reason my back hurts, sitting up straight now. Edit: nvm this is too hard
starkey [he/him] 2 years ago
i would not win this ever [not counting the fact that i'm a boy, but my posture is so bad]
Spittnimage 2 years ago
Woman on right has a big shadow on the right side of her abdomen. Not good.
Mandy Coxwell 2 years ago
We should bring this back... Posture pageants; way more healthy than typical pageants. Wouldn't be so much pressure on girls to be plastic because most body enhancements will mess up your back & would be fighting against that perfect posture image...
lynn marrapodi 2 years ago
OMG...I was actually in a Miss World Posture Contest in Brooklyn in the 60's. My at the time "unlicensed" Chiropractor submitted me...omg...came in 2nd or 3rd...
#38
Two Young Girls Playing With A Doll House, 1850s-1860s
The Scout 2 years ago
Why is the first phrase that comes to my mind "Come, play with us" from a much younger filmographic milestone?
John Dilligaf 2 years ago
when I see pictures like this I often wonder about the people in them. What were their lives like, did they grow up & have families of their own? Is someone on BP right now looking at this pic and going "Holy crud, that's my great-great grandmother"
Tiny Dancer 2 years ago
No one else seems to care, so I'll ask. How the hey can they play with those ginormous dolls in that teeny house?! Man, I thought my Barbie camper was small in the '70s, sheesh.
Mary Peace 2 years ago
Maybe they were playing with the dolls and came to sit next to the dolls house for the photo.
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Missing from the title: "daughters of extremely wealthy parents"... (Apologies for my obvious and totally beside-the-point inherent disdain for the 1%...)
Minus One Marble 2 years ago
Can you imagine having to dress to the nines just to play as a child?
Kayjunmoon 2 years ago
Better than being a child that had to work in the mines or up chimneys.
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#39
Photographer Suspended From A Crane Takes Pictures Of The Streets In London, 1929
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Where's the photographer photographing the photographer?
Bored Templar 2 years ago
On another tiny crane hanging from the bigger crane
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#40
Carving The Eye Of Thomas Jefferson, Mount Rushmore, 1936
Javelina Poppers 2 years ago
My dad and a couple of friends traveled around the US when they were in their early 20s. I have a picture of a partially completed Mount Rushmore and the Golden Gate in San Francisco with no bridge.
Daniela Lavanza 2 years ago
This sounds nice. Would you consider sharing them here please?
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jevais 2 years ago
Absolutely no respect for others by destroying their sacred mountain. American Indians sure have suffered with the arrival of the white man who killed, rapped, burned their habitats, and above all stole their land, completely destroyed the ecosystems, best of all stuck them in arid lands could Reserves!.
Tired-Panda 2 years ago
I thought the eye was a house and the terrain and house were fully covered in snow and the guys were on some form of chair lift....
Dorothy Cloud 2 years ago
We saw Mt Rushmore around 1970. We came around a turn and to our left was this stupendous carved mountain. It was the one of the most breathtaking views I have ever seen. I still remember the thrill after 50 years!!
#41
A Woman Stands While Riding Her Motorcycle, 1920s
Jennifer Gray 2 years ago
🤣🤣🤣🤣 her other grandson lives in the Bay Area lol
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Sergio Bicerra 2 years ago
Fast photography was invented in 1870's (had to google it, had no idea), so maybe that's how they took it.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
I've done this trick on a bicycle. Never managed it on a motorcycle.
Nikki Gross 2 years ago
I used to do that on my bicycle when I was young as well. Sometimes I wonder how the hell I made it through childhood with zero broken bones. Lol
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Old Fashioned Roller Skates Photo, 1910
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
I've seen actual footage of these in action. Geared up so that as you step up and down they work like the pedals on a bike.
CommanderDucky - He/Him - cis. 2 years ago
I don't think I have enough coordination for that 😆
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Hippopotamuses 2 years ago
They look like foot little carriages. I can why the design was eventually simplified.
Ann M Clinkscales 2 years ago
I see people with those types of in-line skates now in our area. They are summer skis for Olympic skiers! Maybe a little more sophisticated now, but not much!!
Heather Menard 2 years ago
Boy so technology hasn't gone a long way. There are scooters that do this now
#43
Friends Having A Picnic 137 Years Ago!
Ann M Clinkscales 2 years ago
That they picnicked, or that the picture is 137 years old?
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Judy Rahn 2 years ago
can we move yet? although film speed got faster post-Civil War, it is likely they had to stay posed for several minutes. Imagine watching ants crawling into the picnic baskets, bees buzzing around...
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Auntie Panda 2 years ago
Maybe harvesting was over and they were able to go to the rkver for this afternoon before cold weather came.
#44
Three Sisters Mounting Horses, 1914
Susan Reid Smith 2 years ago
It is interesting seeing the split skirts used for riding in action instead of a photo on a sewing pattern.
#45
Hershey Factory Workers Individually Wrapping By Hand, 1937
Nikki Gross 2 years ago
I spent 14 years working as a cake decorator in a bakery and that was at my lowest weight as an adult. Everyone would ask how I didn't want to constantly eat cake or icing? Trust me, you spend 8-16 hours a day smelling it and you do NOT want to eat anything sweet at all. I would take a shower as soon as I came home because the smell of buttercream icing would cling to you and that was all I could smell until I showered.
Ross “Sarcastic Dad” 2 years ago
Fuuuuuuck that. They look like they absolutely hate their job.
Amelia Honeychurch 2 years ago
I knew a woman who worked in a pickle factory to help pay her way through college - she did something with the machine that jarred the pickles. I met her when she was almost 50, and she said she hated the smell of pickles to that day, and refused to eat them in any form. I wonder if any of these women spent the rest of their lives hating chocolate…
#46
Take Your Walkman To The Beach In 1923
Robert Martens 2 years ago
Kids today, with their jazz music and Jitterbugging. In my day we blew into empty jugs and blinked our eyes to the beat of the music, and we liked it !
Richard Graham 2 years ago (edited)
That is the GREAT Edwin Howard Armstrong and his wife, Marion, on the beach in Florida. That is the first portable radio, which Armstrong invented. Edwin Howard Armstrong is one of - if not THE - most important person in the history of radio. He invented (among other things) FM radio, superheterodyne receiver, and the amplifier. Millionaire majority stockholder in RCA, he was also an Electrical Engineer and full Professor at Columbia. https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/edwin-armstrong-pioneer-airwaves
Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago
So stupid ppl that put the music or tik tok or whatever very loud in public transportation, or beach, exists since long ago..........interesting......
The Scout 2 years ago
That thing was oversized even for 1923, but for technical reasons. Suitcase grammophones already were a thing back then, measuring about half of this, but this couple decided on radio instead - which seems strange, seeing that in 1923 there were nearly no stations. The first commercial radio station had just started three years before, so they might have had the choice between two or three channels only.
#47
Two Young Ladies Driving And Riding In A Lawson’s Motor Wheel Of 1902
Liam Farranree 2 years ago (edited)
I can still hear it a hundred and twenty years later.
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Brie Sansotta 2 years ago
Really uncomfortable, too - on those barely paved roads and rickety wheels!
Shirley Heyn 2 years ago
Looks like you could remove the engine and use the cart with a horse. . . dual function!
Kathy Walsh 2 years ago
SEEMS THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A HORSE ATTACHED IN FRONT....LOOKS UNCOMFORTABLE
#48
People Of Rural Norway, 1900s
Dani 2 years ago
Is it a small man or a child on the right? or is it a giant beside him? my brain can't figure this out.
Trish 2 years ago
I think it's a combination of a young man dressed up, and a bit of forced perspective.
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Mickie Shea 2 years ago
In their going to church duds. Child on the left, imitating his father, I reckon.
#49
A Couple In A Model T Ford At Balanced Rock, Colorado, 1920s. (Click To See The Full Image)
Javelina Poppers 2 years ago
I have tons of pictures of our family under this rock in Garden of the Gods when we lived there in the 70s.
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
Yes! I don't care how long it's been like that, I'm not posing under it!
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Snowy Ashton 2 years ago
I...don't think I'd have been able to resist my intrusive thoughts telling me to push it over.
Ann M Clinkscales 2 years ago
Is it still there? A lot of those rocks have tipped over, been graffitti'd and toppled by people as/for fun!!
DaniGeek 2 years ago
It's still there! It's a very popular spot in Garden of the Gods. I think there's concrete at the bottom to hold it in place.
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I would so like to see another photo where the rock has toppled over and on to them
Alana Jordan (Alana) 1 year ago
@sbj That's a rather sinister thought! Are you ok?
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
I love everything about this photo, from the Model T to the giant rock.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Trust me though, you'd hate driving one. You have three pedals on the floor and none of them are a gas pedal. The throttle is on the steering column.
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#50
Family Time At The Niagara River, 1890s
Hippopotamuses 2 years ago
I'm guessing that this is a photographic background. It would be hard to remain so serene and elegant when there's a raging torrent right behind you.
Jason Gentry 2 years ago
Early photo shop, they would take negatives and over lay them make new pictures. (It a lot more involved than that though). A lot of famous photos of 1800s and early 1900s were altered.
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Mary Peace 2 years ago
The little girl looks pleased to have her picture taken, lady in black has a very fixed, bored expression.
#51
28 Students Of A One-Room School, Missouri, 1939
Norah Reilly 2 years ago
Film negatives of the time were much larger than they came to be, allowing for this kind of remarkable sharpness and definition.
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#52
A Few Cowboys Enjoying A Drink In Old Tascosa, Texas, 1907
nm 2 years ago
It was a trend, some decades ago, the pictures were hung with an inclination.
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#53
Young Stylish Teen Girl Posing Next To Her Family's Car, 1931
#54
A Country Store Somewhere In Oklahoma, 1940
TotallyNOTAFox 2 years ago (edited)
I'm not sure, but I think they sold cola there... and probably some armoured heifer as well
#55
A Farmer And His Sons Make Their Way Through A Dust Storm In Cimarron Co., Oklahoma In April, 1936
#56
A Couple Enjoys Their Custom-Made Camper In 1918
#57
My Great Grandfather Was A Farm-To-Farm Medicine Man Around 1900
Awesome At Being Autistic 2 years ago
I know I'd feel a lot better if I had some! 😂
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Margaret H 2 years ago
Rawleighs made one of the best salves for cow's teats. It actually worked on humans, too, while their medicated ointment was one of the best things to use on all sorts of minor injuries. I'm not sure of other remedies it made.
#58
The End Of Prohibition In America, 1933
DetongLhamo 2 years ago
The suburb I grew up in in Melbourne, Australia, was still under prohibition in the 1990s- it may still be today.
#59
Construction Workmen Cling To Chains As They Dangle In Mid-Air Off The Side Of A Skyscraper, 1920s
troufaki13 2 years ago
Do these people have no fear?? I'm getting anxiety just by looking at them!!
Thrillion 2 years ago
No going to work drunk or it would be a short career and a long drop.
Load More Replies... Analyn Lahr 2 years ago
No harnesses. And the one dude still has his pipe. People were just made differently back then.
Nonna_SoF 2 years ago
OSHA was formed in 1971. They had a predecessor organization formed in 1922, but it had less power.
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Sweaty palms - and that's just sitting at my desk looking at it. Lol.
#60
Sharecropper And His Children, North Carolina, 1939
Dee Rutherford 2 years ago
“Sharecropper and his children”. And his wife and dogs. Seems like an afterthought, doesn’t it.
#61
A Family From Florida Headed "Up North" During The Great Depression
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
Chicago, Detroit, but those times guaranteed little work...
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#62
Little Boy Playing With A Pig, 1937
#63
Collecting Golf Balls, 1920s
Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago
I see a history here. I bet the golfers just aimed at him, I m pretty sure.
Arturo De la Rosa 2 years ago
I'm wondering if they got hit in the a*s while bending over to pickup a ball and they added the stick as a result.
Bookworm 2 years ago
I can't imagine someone could bend in that thing to start with; their whole waist is in a metal cage
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#64
Couple On A Quadracycle, 1886
Nonna_SoF 2 years ago
The bigger wheels give better performance as drive wheels on unpaved roads. The small wheels are just for balance.
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A Number Of Young Boys In A Potato Field Picking Up Potatoes, 1890's
#66
A Man And His Goat Mobile, Early 1900s
Hippopotamuses 2 years ago
Knowing what I do about goats, I'd be frankly amazed if this contraption made it past the first bush at the side of the road.
Stephen Smith 2 years ago
I'm just wandering, how fast can a goat run? because I don't see any brakes.
#67
A Boy In A Glass Factory, 1890
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
"Hey, Boomers, Gen X, Gen Z, Millennials, etc: tell me again how tough it is for you."
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
While Dad sat home 'cause you could pay the kid 1/2 the amount.
Load More Replies... Gardener of Weeden 2 years ago
This is the possible future for many a kid - if WE do not stop it!
Jeanette Thompson 2 years ago
This is what the GOP wants again, slashing child labor laws in many states.
#68
A Rare Look Inside The Original Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Factory, 1924
#69
A Man On His Indian Scout Motorcycle, 1930
#70
Girls Enjoying The Sun In Santa Monica, California, 1936
LALALand 2 years ago
OMG this is one block away from where I live and I use it all the time!! Looks pretty much the same except they've added a walking/biking lane on the left!
Michael Fernandez 2 years ago
I know, right? I immediately recognized this, as a jogging group I was in would meet above it every Saturday morning.
Load More Replies... Margaret H 2 years ago
It's so odd to think women went from corsets and crinolines to these outfits in around 40 years.
#71
Bread Being Sold Off The Back Of A Hand Cart, 1925
TotallyNOTAFox 2 years ago
Till a few years ago we had such thing in the village I live in - of course from a car
#72
A Man Delivering Ice In The Old Days When There Were No Refrigerators, 1930s
Francis 2 years ago
it's crazy to think that not even 100 years ago we hadn't the option to store ice cream for a longer time at home LOL a brewery here in switzerland had cellar in the mountain that they would fill up with ice from the mountains in winter. the ice lasted for the entire summer and they were able to store their beer and ingredients in it :D
TotallyNOTAFox 2 years ago (edited)
We in Germany had "Beer gardens" for that purpose originally, underground cellars with chestnut trees planted above them (big leaves, shallow roots). They later became an open air pub and nowadays refer to a pub's outdoor area
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Yuffa Kinazzo 2 years ago
I bet he gave many married women the cold shoulder.
Load More Replies... Dee Rutherford 2 years ago
I remember the “ ice man” in the early 50’s. We’d get the ice splinters from his truck and eat them like popsicles.
Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 2 years ago
When I moved out of home back early 80's, I had an esky that I would put a block of ice in approx every week, as we didn't have a fridge. I also washed clothing in the tub by standing on them. So long ago...
#73
1920′s Newspaper Boy In San Francisco, California
#74
Two Women In Shorts And A Whistling Bystander In Fort Worth, Texas, 1952
#75
Cowboys Eating At The Chuck Wagon, Late 1800s
Hippopotamuses 2 years ago
All I can think about is the chuck wagon scene from Blazing Saddles.
#76
Blueberry Pickers, Near Little Fork, Minnesota, 1937
#77
Two Ladies Astride An 1895 Crank Drive Motorcycle And A 500 New Imperial Twin
#78
School Teachers And Students In 1910
Dani 2 years ago
That one teacher really thought through how he wanted to appear 🤣 "You've got one shot at this John, a photograph, I can give it to Millie the matchmaker, now how to appear intellectual?... A BOOK! Aloof distant gaze, slight recline, hold the book so they can see the title! You're going to nail this John!"
#79
Chicago, 116 Years Ago
#80
Edward Llewellen’s Catches The World’s Biggest Black Sea Bass (425 Lbs), 1903
Giulia Fortunati 2 years ago
They were proud to be able to feed their family!!!
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Lumberjacks Pose With A Douglas Fir Tree In Washington, 1899
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
How do they know the tree is named Douglas? Did they ask it? It might prefer to go by Doug.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Trees like that were all over the PNW back then. Now the only ones left are in NorCal and a few others here and there.
Arturo De la Rosa 2 years ago
The blessing of ignorance, if only they knew they were going to need that tree in 100 years.
Nonna_SoF 2 years ago
Pretty sure they're too dead to need anything. Also that's not really how that works. Trees aren't good at carbon capture, they need to never decay to do that. I mean they're good for the environment and all just not against climate change.
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#82
Young Coal Miners Deep Underground In Gary, West Virginia, 1908
#83
A Fit Girl Posing With Her Old Car In 1934
#84
Daughter Of White Tobacco Sharecropper At Country Store. Person County, North Carolina. July, 1939
#85
Shoe Shiners Taking A Lunch Break, New York City, 1947
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
I bet that they were top-notch hot dogs. I cant imagine that those boys would spend money on less than the best.
#86
Four Women Armed With Rifles And A Young Boy Camping In 1890
Heffalump 2 years ago
The young boy is for protection against bears: you throw him at the bear to buy time.
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#87
Group Of Children At Logging Camp, 1930
Vera Diblikova 2 years ago
Scandinavians? Looks pretty tough and healthy, not a poor family.
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Man Putting Gas In His Car While Smoking A Cigar, 1900s
Sans Serif 2 years ago
"Ethyl was a shorthand way of saying gasoline with tetra-ethyl-lead octane booster in it."
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#89
A Daredevil Balances On The Roof Edge Of A Manhattan Building, Perched On A Table Placed Over A Chimney, 1910s
#90
An Ice Man Making A Delivery, New York
Meg Staggs 2 years ago
My father-in-law delivered ice in the early 1930s when in his late teens. He drank coke all day long while working. He kept it in the ice in the delivery truck; he said it was the most refreshing thing he had ever drank to that point. It was all he drank all day long. He ended up with jaundice, but quit drinking it 1933 after he saw a doctor about his yellow eyes and skin, nausea, weakness, etc. He healed up and lived to be 84, not dying until 2000! (My father-in-law was older than my grandparents were; I'm currently 59.)
#91
Two Icemen Make A Delivery In Boston
#93
A Young Driver At Brown Mine In West Virginia, 1908
sofacushionfort 2 years ago (edited)
Not West Virginia: “Shorpy -- Henry Sharpe Higginbotham -- was born Nov. 23, 1896, in Jefferson County, Alabama, to Phelix Milton Higginbotham and the former Mary Jane Graham. He served in the armed forces during World War I. On Nov. 19, 1927, he married Flora Belle Quinton. On Jan. 25 of the following year he died in a mine accident at the age of 31, crushed by a rock, and was buried in Jefferson County. He became a father, posthumously, when his widow bore his child in the summer of 1928. ”
Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago (edited)
It makes light adding water and a mineral that generates gas, so you light it . I used when I was young when I went to caves . The mineral its carbide and in English I think it's called carbide lamp
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Farmers In Front Of The Post Office On Saturday Afternoon. Linwood, July, 1940
#95
Loggers Hold A Cross-Cut Saw In Front Of A Giant Tree, California, 1917
XenoMurph 2 years ago
Can you imagine the strength that took, the friction across that width, with all those teeth digging in.
Dani 2 years ago
Guy on the left has the genes for it, his arms look really long.
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A C 2 years ago
Can you imagine if we just let those trees be? What a different landscape we'd have
#96
University Students At A Tennis Outing In 1892
The_Nicest_Misanthrope 2 years ago
Ah yes, when female sports wear could quite easily break your leg
#97
Young People On Their Way To A Picnic, Mcnairy County, Tennessee, 1890s
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
Gotta say it: the girl at the back rear of the cart, she's a stunner.
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Auntriarch 2 years ago
I mean this in a completely non-snarky way, what's stopping you! Just do it. And may an aunt's blessing go with you
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random_frog_6846 2 years ago
I like the clothes I wear today, those clothes are way too much for me. They definitely look dapper though. And just because people dressed a certain way doesn’t make me want to go back to those awful times.
Linda van A. 2 years ago
So many pictures and so many people and no one was fat in those days. Now we are eating our own grave.
Gardener of Weeden 2 years ago
Back then the rich were fat and the poor thin - now it is the opposite
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Suzanne Taylor 2 years ago
How fast change takes place. 1888 was just 20 years before my parents were born and it is a wholly different world in NYC!
The Darkest Timeline 2 years ago
Does anyone REALLY want to go back to wearing “fancy” clothes ALL the time? Consider: you only have one or two outfits so you’re laundering them constantly, have no variety and they’re made of heavy material so no relief in the summer. Try it yourself for a few months then let us know what you think.
Ruth F 2 years ago
Modern materials, such as stretch fabrics, cut in similar styles, can give you a more comfortable, simpler, easier-to-fit, and easier-to-launder way of producing a similar style. For example, close-fitting tops in a cotton/spandex mix will stand in for boned and laced bodices, or carefully fitted blouses; reasonably priced dresses are available in thin cotton from India in styles that wouldn't look out of place in an earlier era. If you can alter or even sew garments from scratch, you have even more possibilities. Not reproductions, but more convenient ways of expressing the same kind of style.
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4 Corner Services home improvment 2 years ago
#50 factory workers look absolutely soulless Factory work has drained the life out of them Good thing we sent all our factory jobs overseas Now the whole world can have a lifeless life
Auntriarch 2 years ago
I mean this in a completely non-snarky way, what's stopping you! Just do it. And may an aunt's blessing go with you
Load More Replies... random_frog_6846 2 years ago
I like the clothes I wear today, those clothes are way too much for me. They definitely look dapper though. And just because people dressed a certain way doesn’t make me want to go back to those awful times.
Linda van A. 2 years ago
So many pictures and so many people and no one was fat in those days. Now we are eating our own grave.
Gardener of Weeden 2 years ago
Back then the rich were fat and the poor thin - now it is the opposite
Load More Replies... Suzanne Taylor 2 years ago
How fast change takes place. 1888 was just 20 years before my parents were born and it is a wholly different world in NYC!
The Darkest Timeline 2 years ago
Does anyone REALLY want to go back to wearing “fancy” clothes ALL the time? Consider: you only have one or two outfits so you’re laundering them constantly, have no variety and they’re made of heavy material so no relief in the summer. Try it yourself for a few months then let us know what you think.
Ruth F 2 years ago
Modern materials, such as stretch fabrics, cut in similar styles, can give you a more comfortable, simpler, easier-to-fit, and easier-to-launder way of producing a similar style. For example, close-fitting tops in a cotton/spandex mix will stand in for boned and laced bodices, or carefully fitted blouses; reasonably priced dresses are available in thin cotton from India in styles that wouldn't look out of place in an earlier era. If you can alter or even sew garments from scratch, you have even more possibilities. Not reproductions, but more convenient ways of expressing the same kind of style.
Load More Replies... 4 Corner Services home improvment 2 years ago
#50 factory workers look absolutely soulless Factory work has drained the life out of them Good thing we sent all our factory jobs overseas Now the whole world can have a lifeless life
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