Ever since the invention of the camera in the early 1800s, photographers have documented everything, from wars and protest marches to scientific discoveries, and even space landings, allowing everyone to, in a way, "attend" these special events.

The Facebook page 'Old Photographs' has collected a wide selection of such interesting historical moments—big and small. So let's take a look at some of its top posts, after all, chances are, each of us will find something that will help us to see the past in a new light.

#1

It’s That Easy. Mutual Respect.

It’s that easy. Mutual respect.

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Jess
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No one is born a racist!!! its taught behaviour

SoloDadof3
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Been saying this my whole life. My mother tried teaching me to be racist, I refused. And while I do teach my children about different cultures, I refuse to teach them two things, hate and racism!

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Serial pacifist
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is not respect. It is something even more beautiful - unburdened, pure friendship and joy.

Nathaniel
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Colour of the skin does not matter.

VodkaInMySweetTea
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It matters greatly to people whose skin color makes them a target. Simply saying everyone is the same doesn't make it so. It just ends the conversation.

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Thumeka Sebaeng
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I appreciate the sentiment but it's not this easy I'm afraid. Racially structured injustice and systems take more than friendship to dismantle. It takes risk and the willingness to put oneself on the line for those who are racially marginalised and victimized. Having a diverse group of friends can only go so far.

Kaiser 1989
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Should be noted that other factors probably contribute to why some groups lag behind others than merely systemic racism. Generational poverty and some aftershock from past wrong doings, who's effects probably do reverberate through the ages, likely do play a part. However, like all animals, culture, genes, environment and social life also likely contribute to different outcomes between populations. Using systemic racism as the only factor is akin to believing in a literal interpretation of Genesis; it removes all personal responsibility by using an excuse that is statistically shaky at best and largely refuted at worst. Such a theory decries racism while being bigoted in brow beating an another group of people based on ancestry or skin tone.

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AspieGirl88
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Children are so pure. They don’t take much notice of differences unless it’s pointed out & expressed as being abnormal (which it certainly isn’t in this instance). If only we could all keep such purity & innocence alive in our hearts, the world would be a better place. 🥺💖🤷‍♀️

Becky Samuel
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As much as this is a sweet sentiment, it is not the truth. Science has shown that babies as young as three months old show a preference for faces that match the skin color of their family, and by 6 - 9 months will show strong racial biases. Pretending that babies and children are somehow "pure" is not helpful, we need to concentrate on finding ways to ensure that these innate and totally natural reactions don't persist later in life.

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TKA
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have lived in Stark County, Ohio, USA my whole life (I’m 41) and this just blows my mind, I know it is real and is horrible but it just never made a difference growing up or now. Like people are people. Nothing else too it. We weren’t taught or trained how to act with people of other color. We just accepted each other as equals and nothing else. We were all the same. No big deal.

Uncle Bud
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm 56 and from South Carolina. Ever since I was a child I treated everyone the same. From 1st thru 3rd grade I went to a predominantly black school. I was the only white child in my class all 3 years. The children there didn't treat me differently because I was white. I learned as a child the art of mutual respect. This is a beautiful photo. I do agree with others who have posted that racism is taught and not something someone is born with.

Wren Hard
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeah, if only it was still MUTUAL

SupernaturalPanda
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I believe this ....no one is born racist...they are taught to hate .....we as a society need to change...we all bleed red.

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    #2

    75 Years Ago Today Was The Liberation Of Auschwitz. To Forget Would Be To Say These Faces, The Faces Of Millions Of Others Didn't Matter. Never Forget. Teach The Children To Remember.

    On 27 January 1945 was the liberation of Auschwitz. To forget would be to say these faces, the faces of millions of others didn't matter. Never forget. Teach the children to remember.

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    Kayla J
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some of the survivors reunited in 2005. You can click on their names to get more of their stories and Gabi Neumann's who did extensive research including giving a background on the picture which included "Q: Tell me about the famous photograph in which you appear. A: The picture was taken a few days after liberation. I don’t remember exactly how many. It is a completely staged photograph. The Russians walked around the blocks calling on us to be photographed. My sister didn’t want to be photographed, so she isn’t in the picture. I was curious, and allowed my picture to be taken. You can see that they dressed us in prisoner uniforms that were a few sizes too big for us. Underneath the prisoner uniforms we wore the rags that we had. But because of this picture, I found my family. The Russians took my details and that’s how my mother found my sister and me later on." https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/through-the-lens/auschwitz-child-survivors.asp

    El Dee
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My uncle was part of the group who entered one of the camps, I'm not sure which, he was affected by this the rest of his life. I can't imagine how badly it affected those kept there..

    Oki
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's unfathomable. I'm what we refer to as a "third-gen", all of my grandparents were/are (only one is still alive) holocaust survivors. Most or all of their origin families were wiped out. There are still behaviors that persist, mostly surrounding food. More seriously, most people don't realize how deeply this impacts Israel's behavior to this day. I don't condone the violence or racism, it's horrible, but I honestly believe it is wildly misunderstood.

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    Mabelbabel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a UK BBC drama documentary called The Windermere Children which is about a group of child Holocaust survivors who were brought to England after the war. Some were adopted by English families, and some were reunited with their own families eventually. The survivors, now very elderly, appeared at the end of the film to tell their stories. It's an incredibly disturbing but moving film, and it's important that they aren't forgotten.

    Nadine
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And yet history still repeats itself - just different countries, different faces.

    Gabriela Cink
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I visited Auschwitz's ruins and museum. it was the worst and the best experience in my life. Guides have a lot of stories from survivors. It is unbelievable what this people were able to survive and that wardens/other people in general were able of such unspeakable crimes. And similar things are happening currently somewhere else. Terrible.

    Memere
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister & I went to the Auschwitz Exhibit in Kansas City last year. It was heartrending. I wish everyone could see it & know the truth.

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    Sinead Kenny
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Im 42 female mum from UK and it burns me inside when I see kids my daughter's age (9) n even niece's and nephew (age range 19-23 and are in no way rude or disrespectful) but have actually no real understanding as to what these people have done or went through. When i was at school we read soldiers diaries or some real deep harrowing info on what the Jewish and others went through. These days they read Anne Frank and the tick box for the UK education board is happy as though its covered everything. I've learnt and I think we should think on this... How can the next generation really understand, respect, mourn or learn to be our new leaders and learn from mistakes, when the education system now just randomly wipes out the whole story?? Same as the woke gen (nothing against them in fact i support their liberal of thinking, BUT) Cancell8ng every person in history but not for the achievements like Saville but because when they achieved those ground breaking things life was normal to be a ra

    Ramnath Nayak
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Kashmiri Hindu Pandits never even got the chance to talk about their genocide. Neither were there anyone to listen.

    Tahani
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The worst part is they didn’t matter to a lot of people and still don’t to this day.

    Uncle Bud
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Any attempt at genocide is deplorable. I've seen documentaries detailing the horrible things that happened at these concentration camps. Very disturbing!

    Cydney Golden
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How can some in America be so intent on ignoring the past bc it makes them uncomfortable. That's how we learn to do better!

    Elizabeth VanDyke
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Old white men in our government are determined to wipe out the real history of our country. And unfortunately, they are getting it done.

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    #3

    Just One Of The Guys. (Wwii)

    Just one of the guys. (WWII)

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    Victoria Price
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Furry companions of war probably made a huge difference we will never truly appreciate ♥

    Mandy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Safe and cozy spot little one has found! Just a dog and his soldiers!

    Uncle Bud
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love this photo. I imagine having a dog around during war was very much a blessing for the troops.

    Seanette Blaylock
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Morale officer is doing his job, it appears.

    Tybalt P.
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Beagles(?) make everything better ♥️

    Kim Bush
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not a beagle here, but breed doesn't matter, just the love

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    YooperLite
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Emotional Support animal for sure!

    Kim Bush
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stray/homeless dogs and cats in war areas regularly attach themselves to a military unit, and a lucky few got adopted by a soldier and were brought home after the soldier was discharged.

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    #4

    Laughter Has Sounded The Same Throughout Generations And Languages. (Unidentified Woman And Child, Jemez Pueblo New Mexico, By Jesse Nusbaum)

    Laughter has sounded the same throughout generations and languages.
    (Unidentified woman and child, Jemez Pueblo New Mexico, by Jesse Nusbaum)

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    will bower
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A babies laugh or smile is one of the best things in the world

    YooperLite
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Couldn't help but giggling with the little papoose ... even in photos laughs are infectious.

    Mia C
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The faces of true Americans

    Kaiser 1989
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh yeah? So is some black guy in London or some Arab in Paris not a true European then? Are black Americans not true Americans either? I'd say they all are. The bigotry and hypocrisy of half this site is hilarious and sad at the same time.

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    Babsevs
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you could hear a picture.....this is it

    GlassHalfWay
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a cutie, I wan to pinch those cheeks. The baby, not the mama.

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    #5

    Betty White In Her Los Angeles Home With Her Dog, 1952.

    Betty White in her Los Angeles home with her dog, 1952.

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    blobby_grrl
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    stunning place, i have to say

    Mike Ray
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everything about it screams 50's decor. Even the poodle

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    Kati H
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm ruined by the internet, my mind took that as an euphemism at first..

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    CD King
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can see her Emmy statue on top of the TV.

    Giles McArdell
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you'd asked me to describe what I thought Betty White's home looked like, this would be it.

    Jess
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Such a heart warming picture <3

    Redpanda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who's Betty White? Sorry not american

    Mistiekim
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She’s an actress that was loved by almost everyone. She died last year just short of her 100th birthday.

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    Uncle Bud
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a great photo. I really enjoyed the gift Betty White gave the world thru her acting. She was also very involved with different animal charities.

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    #6

    Every Group Has A Lead Singer.

    Every group has a lead singer.

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    Joanie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This needs to be framed!

    Mark Howell
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The one with the horn looks like me as a kid

    Uncle Bud
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is such a fun photo and the caption is perfect.

    Nimues Child
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That kid-sized Dobro is adorable!

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    #7

    He Aims To Please. (1954)

    He aims to please. (1954)

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    Kevin Garren
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    black cat: That one was for me, Gerald!

    Kiwi Panda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol I just noticed his face is covered with milk spray 😂

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    AspieGirl88
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not gonna lie, this is kinda cute. Reminds me of that scene in Disney’s “The Fox & The Hound”. 😊💖🐄

    Kayla J
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Squirrley, Brownie, and Blackie from Time Life https://www.life.com/animals/udder-bliss-one-cow-three-cats-and-some-very-fresh-milk/

    Logan Garwacki
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fire at will! Wait who is Will? That guy!

    Uncle Bud
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Priceless! This farmer knew how to milk his cows and feed his cats at the same time. Great image.

    Pandasizing World Peace
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This picture could have been of my grandfather. He'd do the same thing to his barn cats.

    Shelley Barrows
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That could be anybody's grandad with the barn cats :) Tommy used to earn his milk. Every morning when grandpa would go out to the barn for the morning milking there would be a line of mice and rats proudly displayed as trophies from the hunt the night before!

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    Kathryn Baylis
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s their pay for keeping the barn rodent-free. All the mice and rats they can eat, plenty of water buckets around, plus daily milk supplements from a kind dairy farmer.

    Sheila Stamey
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandpa called this playing the cat piano.

    Susie Swearingen-Kamachi
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My gramps use to do this. My mom said all the farm cats would line up.

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    #8

    Some Of Our Favorite Old Photographs Are Merely Everyday People In Everyday Life.

    Some of our favorite old photographs are merely everyday people in everyday life.

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    Nimues Child
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kid + kitten = 😍😍😍💕

    Xenon
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Upvote for the kitteh

    Uncle Bud
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Animals have the power to bring smiles to people of all ages. I love this photo.

    duckys
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the kid's smile is so heartwarming

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    #9

    A Family Portrait. Gainesville, Florida - 1900. Source: State Library And Archives Of Florida

    A family portrait. Gainesville, Florida - 1900.

    Source: State Library and Archives of Florida

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    Panda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the photos I am used to the woman is sitting and the man is standing behind her!

    Yoga Kitty
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Usually if the woman is taller than the man...

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    Id row
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know how people survived in the south without air conditioning. Florida heat is brutal.

    Phred
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I grew up in Gainesville--my parents moved there in 1961 and they were the ones with the car. This family probably put on their best clothes for the photo and wore something cooler when they didn't have to dress up. Yes, it's hot, but you get used to it if that's all you know.

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    Jontelle
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The eldest daughter significantly resembles her father!

    Yelena Yardeen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think she looks like a gorgeous mix of both her parents!

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    KLo
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People used to photograph neutral faced or simple expressions of their natural mood. Now, it's all puckered up lips, and fake smiles.

    Uncle Bud
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A beautiful family portrait.

    Lisa Jarvis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wish life was like the pictures...Hope this family stayed happy!!!

    lkthorlyn23
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ever been to Gainesville....I hope this was in the winter...can't imagine wearing clothes like this in summer...would have died of heat stroke!

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    #10

    This Picture Circa 1900s Shows Knife Grinders Also Called Ventres Jaunes (‘Yellow Stomachs’ Referring To The Yellow Dust Released By The Grinding Wheel). By Laying Face Down, These Yellow Stomachs Would Save Their Backs From Being Hunched Over All Day. Workers Were Encourage To Bring Their Dogs To Not Only Keep Them Company But To Act As Heaters To Keep Them Warm By Having The Dogs Lie On Their Legs. (Photo Is From The Web-Site Of, French Knife Maker, Claude Dozorme - ” The Wolf ”).

    This picture circa 1900s shows knife grinders also called ventres jaunes (‘yellow stomachs’ referring to the yellow dust released by the grinding wheel). By laying face down, these yellow stomachs would save their backs from being hunched over all day. Workers were encourage to bring their dogs to not only keep them company but to act as heaters to keep them warm by having the dogs lie on their legs.
    (Photo is from the web-site of, French knife maker, Claude Dozorme - ” The Wolf ”).

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    Funhog
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ergonomic work stations in the early 1900s.

    CV Vir
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do wonder about inhaling the dust.

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    Eat Dirt Crow
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If this is where the phrase "yellow belly" comes from, how did it become an insult? Laying down on the job?

    Uncle Bud
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow! This image and the accompanying information is something I was never aware of.

    Steak lover
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why would some AH down vote your comment? I see nothing your statement that is negative.

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    Nicolas Guilbert
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    See that in the " city of knives", Thiers in France, when u fing the laguiole's Knives

    Stan Chung
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    probably too noisy for the dogs

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    #11

    A Very Moving Caption: "This Is A Mass Burial At Sea, On The Uss Intrepid In 1944 Following A Kamikaze Attack. I've Never Seen This Photo, And I Figure Most Of You Probably Haven't Either. I Posted So People Can See, And Remember The Incredible Sacrifices Made On Our Behalf."

    A very moving caption:

    "This is a mass burial at sea, on the USS Intrepid in 1944 following a kamikaze attack. I've never seen this photo, and I figure most of you probably haven't either. I posted so people can see, and remember the incredible sacrifices made on our behalf."

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    LisaMarie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal”. John Steinbeck

    Valter
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Don't do evil, and evil will not exist". Lev Tolstoj.

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    HarriMissesScotland
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    THIS NEEDS TO BE IN HISTORY BOOKS! Sorry, but I feel strongly about the truth of war. My uncle was a sailor on 3 ships that sank. How he survived is a miracle. Then after returning home, he couldn't find a job, and killed himself. I was with my grandmother when she saw the Atlantic Ocean for the first time, knowing that ultimately the ocean killed her son. She clutched me to her as she was wracked with tears.

    Debbie Barnes
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So sad.. Tragic for both the lives lost and for their families, who were unable to bury their loved ones and have a place to visit..

    LakeMonster
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are sailors burying guys the knew. Shows one side of the brutal nature of war.

    YooperLite
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just to think, there are quite possibly 100s of millions of bodies in the oceans.

    Erin Eubanks
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WWII was the last war where our actual freedom was fought for.

    Easy_Sheet Music_Play_Along
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends who you are. Ukrainians seem to be fighting for their freedom.

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    Brenda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Home of the free because of the brave

    Uncle Bud
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How very sad. I can only imagine the mental anguish these sailors must have endured as they carried out this duty.

    Jo Smith
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Notice the men at the back standing to attention

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    #12

    This Simple Moment Is Brought To You By 1930.

    This simple moment is brought to you by 1930.

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    Romenriel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So small and she's already knitting? Honestly, that's badass.

    Sandra DeRosia
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly it's kind of sad too because everyone had to work regardless of age. Even the smallest children were found jobs of sorts to keep everything going during the Depression.

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    Zero
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Date is wrong, it's from 1939. She was 3 years old & from Shetland where one of the primary incomes was from knitting so they taught it from as early as possible and even in school. She's using a knitting belt that assists her. There were a quite a few shots of her; school photos, "rowing" a bot with her father, etc. Source: https://photos.shetlandmuseumandarchives.org.uk/index.php?a=QuickSearch&q=Chrissie%20Cheyne&WINID=1655305487822

    Seanette Blaylock
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And of course there's a cat "helping" a knitter. :)

    Panda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She looks like a miniature granny! 🥰

    SinéadQ
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WHAT??? She's so young and she can knit like that??? Amazing!

    Jane Alexander
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We all had our chores to do, we were part of the family, not just spoiled lumps of nothingness to be catered to and amused.

    Cynthia
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And that is indeed KNIT, not crochet!

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    #13

    There Is Modern Beauty In This Photograph Of Lota Cheek Taken 99 Years Ago.

    There is modern beauty in this photograph of Lota Cheek taken 99 years ago.

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    Laroo
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That was actually her real name.

    Tash
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shes beautiful...but that name is hilarious

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    Suck it Trebek
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow, she is stunning. Like stop traffic stunning.

    Nimues Child
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So many people forget when they are looking at older people, that they once looked like this and once were young themselves.

    Alice Landers
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I truly look back ill be 70 ..its amazing (I have no problem with it) to see the transformation ..same not same

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    Joely King
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She's absolutely breath taking!!

    poiplescales
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell me she was sassy (Lotta cheek)

    Paul C.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Take a look at Louise Brooks, stunning in any Era.

    T J R
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She looks like a Mermaid! She's absolutely beautiful.

    Uncle Bud
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A classic beauty! Gotta love the name.

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    #14

    Animals Bring A Type Of Joy Not Found In Other Ways.

    Animals bring a type of joy not found in other ways.

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    Heather Lambie
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another reason not to eat them or harm them.

    Jen&Tonic
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to bottle feed calves on my grandmother’s farm… some of my happiest memories.

    Mia C
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to ALL animals

    Uncle Bud
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How adorable! Just look at the girl's expression. Love it!

    Zero
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can hear this picture!

    Auntie Panda
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Her giggle and the piglets making snuck snuck sounds.

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    TrinaKA
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Milk in one and beer in the other??- still adorable

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    #15

    And Then There Was The Spanish Flu Pandemic Of 1918.

    And then there was the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918.

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    Jess
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even back then some people just didnt know how to make a mask cover their god damn nose!!! lol

    AdL
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You took the words rigt out of my mouth

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    Emerald Joanna
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It appears that even a hundred years ago there were still muppets who couldn't wear a mask properly 🤦‍♀️

    Mary Rogers
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I notice how tightly fitted these masks were, except for the woman's. According to today's anti-maskers, they should have suffocated from that. Yet amazingly, they didn't.

    AspieGirl88
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you suppose they had Karens & anti-vaxxers back then? LOL. I imagine they wouldn’t have been tolerated as easily by society. 😅

    Mary Rogers
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They didn't have a vaccine for the flu back then. Edit: I got a downvote so here is more info: The search for an influenza vaccine continued after 1918, but not until 1933 did scientists isolate the influenza A virus in ferrets. Other work in 1936 revealed that the virus could be grown inside embryonated chicken eggs, another important step. In 1938, Jonas Salk and Thomas Francis developed a vaccine using a fertilized chicken egg and successfully inactivated influenza A.

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    Chewie Baron
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was called the Spanish Flu as Spain was the first country to report it in the newspapers. It it actually started with a single man from a duck farm in Kansas. He was called Albert Gitchell.

    Andrea Carter
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Really? I dunno if this was sarcasm or not but if what you say is true that's really interesting

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    Alice Willow
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How's your "vaccine" shaping out now, leftists? You were wrong. We were right.

    Random Vintage Film
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did you see the video that surfaced where Fauci said masks don't work? 🤣🤣🤣

    Maggie Mae
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And everyone just followed the New Rules No complaint & No Stupidity!!

    EJN
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, there's an idea for the current pandemic!

    David Brier
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. Those cloth masks back then were quite effective.

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    #16

    When Do We Gain The Inhibitions Not Present In Our Youth?

    When do we gain the inhibitions not present in our youth?

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    Jess
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg the amount of times we all nearly died during our childhoods, it'll never be the same again, leaving home on your own/with friends in the early morning, someone's dog would be part of the gang, not coming home until dinner time and literally no contact with anyone's parents all day lol. Fantastic photo

    Giles McArdell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bet that playground has a concrete floor.

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    El Dee
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We seem to be indestructible when we are young - at least we thought so then..

    Sandra DeRosia
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A real answer though, we gain them when we gain our frontal lobe development which happens around the age of 25 which is why you cannot rent a car until you are 25.

    Holly Hobby
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    FALSE. It's bc statistically drivers under 25 get into the most wrecks. Google provides several sources. I used jdpower.com/cars

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    MSP
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As someone who had terrible eye sight from an early age, I can say with confidence (huh... unintentional irony) that I started off with emotional inhibitions. It's taken me almost 40 years (and lots of therapy) to finally break free from them and define my own boundaries.

    Kim Cronan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some of us never do... & have the aching body to prove it lol

    Mary Rogers
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sadly, I don't ever remember NOT having inhibitions. I had a simultaneously overprotective and abusive mother. I envy these children.

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You become an inhibited adult the moment you aged out of your parents' health insurance coverage.

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    #17

    Timeless Photography Looks As Beautiful Now As It Did When It Was Taken.

    Timeless photography looks as beautiful now as it did when it was taken.

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    troufaki13
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Beauty with no filters :)

    Robert T
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't be too sure about that. They used to use a cheesecloth to create a soft focus effect.

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    Sarah Turney
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a beautifully striking girl

    Manon Roquette
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She'a a lovely girl no doubt. But people didn't wait for photoshop for retouching pictures ;) You could use a cloth and different lights to change textures and then arttists used pencils and sometimes paint to change portraits.

    Memere
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have some professional portrait photos from the late 40's of my grandmother that were "touched up".

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    GoddessOdd
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As makeup and photo shop and Instagram take over, a lot of women are starting to look very similar to me... huge eyelashes, thickly painted skin, contour and eye shadow... it's nice to just see a fresh face from time to time.

    Donna Lord-Sharpe
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She looks like my daughter.... wow!!!!

    Joely King
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's real beauty! Photoshop be shamed!!

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    #18

    Formal Portraits Rarely Featured Smiles, But They Can Be Found In Photographs Of Daily Life During This Period. (1912, South Carolina.)

    Formal portraits rarely featured smiles, but they can be found in photographs of daily life during this period. (1912, South Carolina.)

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    Linda Phillips
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She looks like she could be Alan Alda's mom.

    Uncle Bud
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol. After reading your comment I looked at the photo again and I see what you mean.

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    Zero
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here's a colorized version: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FR08gjLWUAEOzGq?format=jpg&name=small

    Judith Coloma
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, maybe it wasn't all misery and deprivation.

    thEBOrdeSTpaNDA
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anyone else seen those pictures of a victorian couple trying not to smile in their photo? Lemme see if I have it saved Edit: nope, sorry

    Su Boddie
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is difficult to maintain a smile for as long as it took to take a photo. Candids were a lot easier than posed.

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    #19

    A Routine Repair.

    A routine repair.

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    YooperLite
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My Pops wouldn't allow me to sit for my drivers test until I knew how to perform basic car maintenance. That included changing tires.

    Seanette Blaylock
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wonder if this adorable little guy's dad was a mechanic?

    DC
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My uncle attempted to play "accident" with a similar toy car some time in the mid fifties (he's born 1950, they moved to the city in 1957 - somewhere between these). Meaning, he waited for a car and tried to come in front of it ... stupid idea, nobody hurt, but the driver got what was going on, slapped my uncle and went inside to tell his parents what he had tried. The car was not used the next few months...

    Susie Redus
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awesome! Such a perfect copy of Dad doing routine repairs and upkeep when cars were so much simpler.

    Holly Hobby
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to do this to my tricycles and cars when I was little lol my dad owned a auto/body shop. I always wanted to do when Dad was doing.

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    #20

    A Boy Makes A Friend At The London Zoo, 1958.

    A boy makes a friend at the London Zoo, 1958.

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    Béatrice Gallet
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The idea of danger has changed a bit since 1958 happily !

    HarriMissesScotland
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The elephant feels no threat. If it did, the ears would not be laid back and the trunk would be swinging or up. Elephants are amazingly intelligent and I miss being around them.

    Sweet Happiness
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was not an elephant that I was concerned about

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    Asher Tye
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He followed me home, Mom. Can I keep him?

    GoddessOdd
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the elephant looks sad, but then I think all captive animals look a little sad.

    Kzincat
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Elephants are SO smart. I have to believe this one understood the little guy’s love.

    Louise Stange-Wahl
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish everyone had the opportunity to get to know an elephant. They are amazing!

    Stefany Hurtado
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Muy hermosa foto para tan bajo puntaje

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    #21

    Dressed To Impress. (1908)

    Dressed to impress. (1908)

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    Mary Rogers
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now were these ladies able to breathe with such tight corsets? There actually was a very good reason why women were known to faint a lot back then, and it had nothing to do with being "the weaker sex." But I will have to admit these ladies look amazing.

    Mrs. Jan Glass
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At the time, the s-bend corset, like they're wearing here, were considered a healthy improvement over the older tight-lacing, because they didn't force internal organs to move as much. It wasn't as hard to move as we think--women biked and played tennis in corsets--but you still couldn't take a deep breath.

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    ERIKA H.
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think i remember learning about this photo before. These were hired models that would go to the race tracks to show off the latest and trendiest fashion. What they are wearing in this photo was considered very scandalous.

    Carrie Rogers
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Photographers altered photos so they appeared that thin. Man's idea of the perfect female shape, certainly doesn't mean they did it.

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    Kayla J
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Prix du Prince de Galles at Longchamp racecourse in Paris https://rbkclibraries.wordpress.com/2013/07/12/margaine-lacroix-and-the-dresses-that-shocked-paris/

    Michelle Carlson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All I can think about is how they cleaned those dresses - the hems dragging in the dirt. Oy.

    Mrs. Jan Glass
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, you didn't just throw one of these lingerie dresses in the wash! The skirts often had a lining or even a rope-like fringe layer underneath, where they dragged, so those pieces could be removed and washed. But mostly, you spot-treated the hems and the underarms when the dress was soiled, and that was pretty much it. One of the many reasons why so few of these garments survive.

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    Redpanda
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks quite uncomfortable, look at the narrow waist

    Carrie Rogers
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Photographers altered photos so they appeared that thin, they certainly didn't tight lace.

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    MSP
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This looks like an early version of malicious compliance. "What, my ankles and wrists aren't showing, are they?"

    Vixy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My first thought was "and they say modern women dress with nothing left to imagination". I often think that everybody was so modest and one couldn't even show an ankle. But those dresses are sexy to say the least!

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    #22

    Who Loved Jumping Off? (Even Though Mom Told You Not To.)

    Who loved jumping off? (Even though mom told you not to.)

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    Monic Krugell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    still do to the amazement of my kids

    GlassHalfWay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do! And still remember the sting in my feet when I landed.

    C Lawson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My 13 year old son waits until he's as high up as he can get on the forward swing, and leans backward and flips around to land on his feet. I don't know where he learned it but it scares the heck out of me.

    Jon Bu
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Broke my wrist at age 5 trying to be superman just like that (except upside down)

    Kayjunmoon
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Loved it. Who could jump furthest?

    Doggo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to that…until I sprained an ankle doing that exact thing

    ⒾⓈⒶⒷⒺⓁⓁⒶ
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I loved jumping off the swings! I think I ended up being able to do a full spin mid-air!

    Cristian Filip
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had a longest jump record line in the park when I was a kid...

    Nimues Child
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me!!!! I loved trying to get as high as I could before jumping off!

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    #23

    Is It Possible The Architects Had This In Mind When They Designed Grand Central Station? (1934)

    Is it possible the architects had this in mind when they designed Grand Central Station? (1934)

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    Vansh Popli
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is not just the natural light, I read somewhere that this is because of a lot of people smoking.

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    GlassHalfWay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unfortunately, because of all the tall surrounding buildings the sun no longer shines through.

    wv10014
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So sad they didn't give Grand Central some space around it! At least they didn't tear it down as they did the old, beautiful Penn Station

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    Sander
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They most certainly did. Light is one the most important aspects of architecture.

    Mike Ray
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unfortunately it's lost to history as skyscrapers now block the sunlight

    Robert T
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The architects has something similar in mind when the built Stonehenge, so yes, they did!

    Norah Reilly
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a beautiful, perfect moment!

    CD King
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This scene will never happen again. The skyscrapers surrounding it now block out the sunlight.

    Terran
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. That's what windows are meant to do.

    LakeMonster
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, 100%. The light has since been blocked by tall buildings.

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    #24

    Boys Will Be Boys. (Undated)

    Boys will be boys. (Undated)

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    Kevin Garren
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...when parental threats are followed through...

    Yoga Kitty
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This looks more like "older siblings" to me - don't ask me why (rather ask my brothers and sisters)...

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    GlassHalfWay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those are some strong clothespins!

    Melissa Boufford
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All I can think of is the quality of those clothes pins!

    Mina Minx
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They dont make clothespins like this anymore.

    Russ Kincade
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    3 years ago

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    I tried to buy some a while back and the millenial clerk had no idea what a clothes pin was, even after I explained it.

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    the annoying theatre kid
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is what boys will be boys is really about! not normalizing sexual assault

    Agent 8433599
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it sad I want to try this?

    Catherine Binder
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends, do you want to do this to someone else or yourself?

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    DennyS (denzoren)
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those are some really strong clothes clips....like damn.

    Powerful Katrinka
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He actually looks quite pleased with his situation.

    Benita Valdez
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Following through with the threat "hang you out to dry"

    Zero
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    New meaning to the phrase "throwing the baby out with the bathwater".

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    #25

    She Was Born Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke, But You Would Know Her As The Good Witch Of The North In "The Wizard Of Oz".

    She was born Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke, but you would know her as the Good Witch of the North in "The Wizard of Oz".

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    Kathryn Baylis
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And a real one, to boot. No fillers, no plastic surgery. Just Billie.

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    Richard Graham
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a record from 1919 by Billy Murray called "Take Your Girlie to the Movies (If You Can't Make Love at Home)". There is a great line in the lyrics "Though you're with a simple Ribbon Clerk - Close your eyes and make believe you're being kissed by Billie Burke." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5EAYKhBfNE&ab_channel=CatsPjamas1

    Mrs. Jan Glass
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a massive stash of Billy Murray recordings! He and Ada Jones were the Weeknd + Taylor Swift of the pre-Jazz era of music.

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    Richard Graham
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Her husband was Florenz Ziegfeld of "Ziegfeld Follies" fame.

    Emmett O'Brian
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Five names and they had to add a nickname for a sixth? Edit: I can't count.

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    #26

    Happy (And Very Lucky) To Be Alive - 1917.

    Happy (and very lucky) to be alive - 1917.

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    John L
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Helmets were the single most important innovation, in WWI, to reduce casualties.

    Bunzilla
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gas masks were probably a close second. Lots of poisonous gases being employed.

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    Caro Caro
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I remember correctly, 40000 died drowning in the mud alone. https://modernconflictarchaeology.com/muddy-hell-the-realities-of-the-western-front-conflict-landscape-during-the-great-war/

    HarriMissesScotland
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just watched the film 1917. Incredible movie based on the director's grandfather's experiences.

    BroknBtBlesd
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, yes he is! I sure hope he survived the rest of the war.

    Kzincat
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would love to know this soldier’s name. And his story,hopefully coming home.

    Auntie Panda
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks a little like Jeremy Renner.

    Jeff Guenther
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Referred to by those who were there as a "shrapnel-proof helmet: shrapnel-prooof until a piece of shrapnel went through it.".

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    #27

    104 Years Ago This Fountain In Detroit, Michigan Was Left Running Allowing It To Build Layer Upon Layer In To This 30 Foot Icy Spectacle.

    104 years ago this fountain in Detroit, Michigan was left running allowing it to build layer upon layer in to this 30 foot icy spectacle.

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    Jess
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is actually super cool - no pun intended lol

    Uncle Bud
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder how long it took for this to completely thaw? It is actually a cool picture.

    Xenon
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably took until August to thaw.

    Kzincat
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish my grandparents were still alive so I could ask the if they remembered this. My great grandparents immigrated to Detroit for a better life.

    Susie Redus
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, now we know who's responsible for the water shortage.

    Whatshername
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Edison in the background, kinda cool too

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    #28

    This 1931 Photograph Captures The Spirit Of The Season As Santa Delivers Presents To The Children Of An Adoption Home In London.

    This 1931 photograph captures the spirit of the season as Santa delivers presents to the children of an adoption home in London.

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    Laroo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The boy on the far right in the window does not look impressed.

    YooperLite
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    erm ... the would be the Grinch's childhood photo

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    Kayjunmoon
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most would not have found a home. Good to see they had some happy moments.

    BroknBtBlesd
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sure these kids didn't care if Santa was real or not.

    Cathy Comfort
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back when children expected only a small, simple gift ...

    Elana Moore
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's the bully who terrorize all the kids throughout the home

    Josey Griffin
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would take those kids, and give them a great life.

    Josurf
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not much snow in London during Christmas 1931...

    Jennifer Callahan
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WTF is in Santa's sack? A stuffed demon goat?

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    #29

    A Girl, A Dog, A Mule. From The 1921 Silent Film "Through The Back Door" Staring Mary Pickford.

    A girl, a dog, a mule. From the 1921 silent film "Through the Back Door" staring Mary Pickford.

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    Jess
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All 3 have been lightly drugged to make sure they stay in place lmao

    GlassHalfWay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That sounds like beginning of a joke, "a girl, a dog and a mule walk into a bar...."

    Kathryn Baylis
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Recognized her by her curls. Her mother rolled those sausage curls around rags (clean strips of cloth) every night so they’d be nice and curly the next day. Well, until she got married, that is. She played children well into her thirties, when she finally abandoned the curls, bobbed her hair, and took roles playing a grown woman. (BTW, my mother did the same for my hair, starting when I was around 6, because I complained that sleeping on curlers or pins gave me a headache. Still do. Rags were much softer, and she tied them off on the top of my head, so they were never hard to sleep on or stabbed my head all night, so never gave me a headache. My hair was already wavy/curly anyway, she was just trying to bring a bit of order to it—-not sausage curls, just regular curls without any frizz, so I wouldn’t end up looking like the Wild Man of Borneo. It still is wavy/curly, but we have so many more, and better, products now I don’t have to worry about rolling it at all.)

    Nimues Child
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "A girl, a dog and a mule walk into a bar..." (Sorry, I just couldn't resist!)

    Robert T
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She used to eat roses. Thought that they'd make her beautiful and they did, One supposes.

    Kat Hague
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rose hips have very high amounts of vitamin C and are very good for you

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    Kim Bush
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I shall Gather up All the lost souls That wander this earth All the ones that are alone All the ones that are broken All the ones that never really fitted in I shall gather them all up And together we shall find our home *Poem by Athey Thompson*

    Serial pacifist
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, where did the cat and the squirrel from the left side go?

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    #30

    1937: When Even Ice Skating Was Done In A Suit.

    1937: when even ice skating was done in a suit.

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    Emmett O'Brian
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My FIL talks about his father coming home from factory work, cleaning up, putting on a suit and then taking the family to the beach.

    Uncle Bud
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really like this image. How classy to be ice skating in a suit.

    WatermelonTheDutchie
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hell id STILL do it in a suit, if my mom would let me get a pantsuit >:/

    Maggie Mae
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back to a Time of when MEN were MEN & Women Were Damned PROUD of THEM!!

    Bonni Adah Stoker
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when people had self respect and dignity

    Tati
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    YES!!! This class hardly exists.

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    #31

    March 1938: 70-Year-Old Mrs Elizabeth Arnold, Believed To Be England's Only Woman Blacksmith, Shoes A Horse Outside The 400-Year-Old Forge In Walmer, Kent. (Photo By Fox Photos).

    March 1938: 70-year-old Mrs Elizabeth Arnold, believed to be England's only woman blacksmith, shoes a horse outside the 400-year-old forge in Walmer, Kent. (Photo by Fox Photos).

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    setsuriseikou
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a Russian song (from Soviet period) about a black-eyed Cossack girl who shoed horses, and I was named after the girl :)

    rumade
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If she's shoeing a horse though she's a farrier, not a blacksmith :) 2 different and skilled professions.

    Memere
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many blacksmiths did shoe horses though.

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    Su Boddie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think she's shoeing, I think she's trimming. She's working the top of the foot, not the bottom - which is where the shoe was attached.

    Emmett O'Brian
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    70 years old and still swinging a hammer! I hope I'm still smithing at that age.

    Sue Knerl
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My BFF Gina is a farrier. She's been doing it for years.

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    #32

    They Wear Shoes And Clothes With Holes And Dirt Upon Their Faces, Yet They Are Absolutely Perfect. (1936)

    They wear shoes and clothes with holes and dirt upon their faces, yet they are absolutely perfect. (1936)

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    David Leick
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The one on the right looks like Boris Johnson.

    BigBoi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And is probably quite a bit smarter

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    Redpanda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The poor have been through more, therefore they know more.

    Brendan Roberts
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is what my boys look like at the end of every day lol.

    LMW
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Point proven...holes in shoes, dirt on face...they are happy. Some kids nowadays are mad as hell if their games, phones, etc get taken away for 5 minutes

    Kim Bush
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kids who get mad or lash out when their entitlement is threatened don't deserve to have such luxuries in the first place

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    Lily Nelson
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The one on the left looks like Samwise Gamgee. Edit: a young Samwise Gamgee

    Allen Watters
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a feeling that dog lived a tuff life by the look on his face lol

    Viv Hart
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think wheels are turning in that little head on the right.

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    #33

    Fred Messer's Life Spanned Three Centuries. He Was Born In 1792, 16 Years After The United States Became A Counrty And Lived To See Automobiles Roll Along Roads, Dying In 1907. (North Carolina.)

    Fred Messer's life spanned three centuries. He was born in 1792, 16 years after the United States became a counrty and lived to see automobiles roll along roads, dying in 1907. (North Carolina.)

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    Laroo
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Impressive though there is some question as to when exactly he was born

    Kathryn Baylis
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I knew a man who was born in 1896 and died in 2002. 106 years old, and still sharp as a tack. Saw three centuries, one in its entirety, and was old enough to remember all of them. I agree record keeping in 1896 was better than in 1792, so his age could be verified, as opposed to Mr Messer’s.

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    Michael Hunter
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was shocked to see this picture on a thread. This gentleman is actually my paternal grandfather's uncle or great uncle. I heard stories about him from my dad when I was a child.

    Steven
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So I have the same potential if I make it past 2100 since I was born in 1990? Game on!

    DaisyGirl
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmmmm 115 years old 🤔 quite the feat considering living conditions during that time

    Kevin Hickey
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If that's true then he was way too old to fight in the Civil War, yet he still lived into the 1900's.

    R D
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So he never new the world would be at war 2 times thanks god!

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    #34

    Two Innocent Souls From Days Long Ago.

    Two innocent souls from days long ago.

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    Jean Thompson
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Perhaps the little girl was persuaded to sit for her photograph because doggy would keep her company! She still looks unsure!!!

    Suzanne Haigh
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Little girl that encased in clothes she can not move.

    #35

    A Woman On A Mission With Her Baguette And Six Bottles Of Wine. (Paris 1945 - By Branson Decou)

    A woman on a mission with her baguette and six bottles of wine.

    (Paris 1945 - by Branson Decou)

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    Caro Caro
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The mission is nearly completed ... she's off to the cheese shop :)

    Melissa Hill
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG @caro caro LMFAO your comments needs to be like in the Hall of Fame of comments.

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    JoyfulZebra
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the most French photo. All that's missing is a beret, a cigarette and a mime.

    Zero
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was going to comment the exact same thing!

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    Luis Hernandez Dauajare
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This picture is so French my spotify started playing La Marseillaise...

    GoddessOfChaos
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “If I carry a giant baguette, no one will notice the suspicious stains in my apron…”

    Tina Harnish
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think those are stains so much as a picture of flowers.

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    Béatrice Gallet
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That an impressive baguette. For a big family !

    Suck it Trebek
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a woman who has her priorities straight.

    Giles McArdell
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah yes, the continental breakfast :)

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    #36

    Daddy's Office, John Jr's Playground.

    Daddy's office, John Jr's playground.

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    GlassHalfWay
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that a secret door under the desk?!

    Nimues Child
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love this photo of John & John, Jr.

    Kathryn Baylis
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We need to get younger people interested in a career in politics, for an infusion of new blood to dilute the stale stuff of the old farts who have stagnated. I like AOC and her younger cohorts, who haven’t become complacent or been bought and paid for by some lobbyist. Once they’re old enough, I hope they start running for higher offices, including the Presidency. They couldn’t be any less experienced and seasoned than drumpf was, and they’re a thousand times smarter than drumpf could ever dream of being—-or lie about being.

    Uncle Bud
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've seen this before. I love this photo.

    Izzy's Maid
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think George Costanza is under there, too...

    Ozymandias73
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cage explained about the desk in National Treasure and mentioned Jr hiding in the desk

    MJLstrd
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Made from the timbers of the British HMS Resolute given to President Rutherford B Hayes in 1880 by Queen Victoria. (From Toscanini ad selling exact replica) used by most American heads of State since

    Susie Redus
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I absolutely adore that picture. It captured such a natural family moment even in the Oval Office.

    BroknBtBlesd
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Peek a boo! Now I imagine the Chief of Staff or Uncle Bobby with their hands over there face. 🫣

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    #37

    How Homework Was Done Before Google.

    How homework was done before google.

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    MagicalUnicorn
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember the days, although for me it was 90's s and early 00's :D

    Bored Retsuko
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Obligatory cigarette + ashtray, of course 😉

    Robert T
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apart from the cigarette and having a table, this could've been me!

    Mrs. Jan Glass
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Notecards. Ah, so many notecards.

    Emmett O'Brian
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Remember when you saw an encyclopedia and thought how valuable all that information would be? It's both great that there's easier access to information but sad that those old encyclopedias are almost worthless now.

    Memere
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had 2 sets of encyclopedias when I was growing up & I really wish I had them now!

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    David Brown
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kids today will never know the frustration of not having every single piece of information on the planet at their finger tips.

    Rebecca O’Donnell
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    Premium
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My best friend and I practically lived at the library in the ‘60s. School thought it was important to have at least 3 hours of homework every night and I am not exaggerating :)

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    Sylvia Schmitz
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In my youth, 70s early 80s, when I saw kids doing homework like that or on their bed in tv shows, I always felt sorry for the poor american kids who didn't have a proper desk to do their work at.

    TeaAndWhimsy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No difference really, kids still fall asleep now doing homework like they did in the old days

    Chan Sue Lynn
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When deadline is around the corner....

    Nimues Child
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks like she fell asleep during her all-nighter attempt. Caffeine and nicotine did work, I guess.

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    #38

    An Old Photograph With A Funny Twist In Today’s Context.

    An old photograph with a funny twist in today’s context.

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    Purple3262
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep - Time to get the skates/board out!

    Glen Ellyn
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I see a lot more people traveling via skateboard in my neighborhood. 👍🏻

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    Zero
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    USO wartime propaganda, and having fun doing it.

    Robert T
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Get your skates on mate Get your skates on mate No bib around your Gregory Peck today, eh? Drop your plates of meat right up on the seat This is the self-preservation society, This is the self-preservation society

    Tina Harnish
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Instead of walking to transit, I decided to rollerblade. Until I skated into a telephone pole. I manage much better on roller skates.🤣🤣🤣

    Jane W.
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do your bit----work from home.

    Elana Moore
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How long will it take me to skate 43 miles with mountain hills included...😳

    Lindsey Judd-Bruder
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just leave about 5 minutes earlier than you usually do. You should be fine.

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    A.
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Coming soon to a freeway near you.

    Claire Law
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep- I'm.sure it won't be long b4 the UK are doing this with our fuel prices

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    #39

    It Took More Than 15 Years To Take The Statue Of Liberty From Concept To Reality. Construction Is Pictured Here In 1884, Less Than Two Years Before She Was Completed.

    It took more than 15 years to take the Statue of Liberty from concept to reality. Construction is pictured here in 1884, less than two years before she was completed.

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    Serial pacifist
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And it took only one presidential mandate to throw liberty into the gutter and revamp racism, bigotry, vandalism, and xenophobia.

    BadCat
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not true. "Thomas Jefferson, enslaved Black people. Andrew Jackson forced Native Americans from their lands....Andrew Johnson sought to undermine Reconstruction in the South after the Civil War. Woodrow Wilson, a Southerner with nostalgia for the antebellum South, re-segregated the federal government" https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/27/joe-biden/long-history-racism-us-presidency/

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    Jill Tremblay
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WOW!!!! Reading all the below comments kinda made me sick. The point of this picture I believe is to be given a realization of the depth of the construction of this statue and how they did it and how long it took!!! It's AMAZING! The amount of talent here is awesome! Do ya'll have to be sooooo negative and bring politics into this moment? It's not about what the Statue Stands for THIS PICTURE is about the amazing people that made it. Kudos to them!

    R M
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, people think. And anybody who does that don't just "follow the point" like cats. That magnificent gift was in recognition of something great, and the irony is as huge. After a century+ of more knowledge and wealth, when the world is catching up, we give back an unprincipled and ignorant retrograde. Only realizing mistakes can societies become better. Try to stop it, label it "politics"... whatever. It will continue until the recent aberration is repaired. By the way, those workers cannot get kudos -- they are long dead. Yet, I wonder what they would think of the US now.

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    Kitten Dog Mom
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And yet people still harm/hurt others every day in any way they can. Just can't/won't learn to get along with others.

    Zelda Sterling
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it just me, or did anyone else initially see a giant leaning in with a celll phone before they read the caption...?

    Mya Lugar
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A WONDERFUL bookread that took place around the time the Statue was in pieces in Central Park is "Now and Again". I am mad at myself for forgetting the authors name.

    Janna Gelfand
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Today is June 19, 2022. The statue arrived - in pieces - in NY harbor on June 17, 1885; nice coincidence!

    Mary Rogers
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's an interesting phenomenon that nowadays we can look at old pictures and paintings and "see" cell phones in them I read an article on that. Pretty much any small item, especially a small book, can be misinterpreted. I believe in addition to the torch, the Statue of Liberty also holds a book in the other hand.

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    #40

    1890s Walmart. So Many Great Details Inside This General Store. It Was A Time When You Knew Your Grocer And They Knew You. We Have More, But We In Some Ways Have Less.

    1890s Walmart. So many great details inside this general store. It was a time when you knew your grocer and they knew you. We have more, but we in some ways have less.

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    David Brown
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was still in elementary school we moved from a decent size city to a very very rural town. It was like we had wound the clock back 30 years. It was a major culture shock.It had one chain fast food place and all the other ones were mom and pop joints.It had at that time the only bar I'd ever seen. It had one pharmacy which was mom and pop. And the gas station was the same way. The coolest thing about the whole town was the general store. It was like you'd see in movies. They made keys the old fashion way. If you wanted paint it had to be whatever color was in the can because they didn't mix custom colors. They had all types of gardening tools, seeds, fertilizer made from local chicken farm poop, and bee keeping supplies. It was one of the last stores that sold old style shotguns and rifles for hunting. And lastly, it had one of those old time rolling ladders that rode on a track mounted to the ceiling to get to the stuff on the shelves that went from floor to ceiling. Good times.

    Kathryn Baylis
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stores like that were definitely not self-serve. You gave your list to the person behind the counter, and they went and got everything for you. Not much, if anything, was within reach of customers. Can’t steal that way. Then again, knowing everyone in town meant the store could run a tab if they knew who was better off and could pay one lump sum a month, and also when everyone else got paid and could zero out their bill.

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    Emmett O'Brian
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My father purchased an old building, it turned out to be the first grocery store in our region. Families would travel all day by horse and buggy, stay the night in the boarding rooms on the third floor and then drive home. The second floor was the owner's home. Sadly, there wasn't much of the store left aside from two really nice display shelves and an enormous rope operated lift (8ftx6ft) that went to storage on the second and third floor.

    Catie Marie
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pics like these always make me think of Caddie Woodlawn

    HarriMissesScotland
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG OMG OMG! I love that book so much. My 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Vaughon, read it to us, but we all had copies. I still have one and love it still. 1966

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    Nimues Child
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My great-grandfather ran an A&P store in the early 1900s that looked a lot like this.

    Gwen LeMay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oberleys general store in the little village I lived in. Such a treat at the end of the harvest season. 8 of us kids always were allowed one piece of salted fish and one huge dill pickle from the barrel, such good memories.

    Joe Average
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd love to have a time machine and then slow travel the past. And bring my family if they wanted to go too of course.

    LSR
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But they dressed well. Also possibly the customers did, too...

    Deux
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow. Imagine using a time-machine to go back to that store.

    Lisa Jarvis
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have too much and not enough of community and compassion

    Tina Harnish
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I shopped in a neat store in Ste. Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec. The cashier would tally your bill, put this paper and your money in a small metal box that was attached to wire. Fling it off and you'd watch as your box went flying up to where the amount was checked to make sure it was correct, make change, and down it would come. Not an easy place to rob. It had been in use for over a hundred years. This was back in the 1970s, don't know if it's still there. It was a general merchandise store. The wood flooring was worn down along the centre of the aisles.

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    #41

    Be Thankful For What You Have. Be Thankful For One Another.

    Be thankful for what you have.
    Be thankful for one another.

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    BonnyDK
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This caption is beyond inappropriate. The photo is of street orphans who have no one living that can take care of them. There was a movement at the time in art including painting and photography to make the public aware of their plight. They probably had not eaten in days. No telling what happened to their parents. It was meant to teach empathy.

    Ms.GB
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, lets get those kids fed and sheltered before we worry about how thankful they should be....thankful for what!?

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    Brendan Roberts
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This breaks my heart. No child should live like this.

    Heather Lambie
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Weird caption! That is a very sad photo! I’m sure they would’ve been thankful for more food, clothes, warmth, love care etc!

    Keller22
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the caption is telling the viewers to be thankful, not the children... Very appropriate caption, I believe.

    Vepřík Boubelatý
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Be thankful to the human race, which multiplies regardless of the consequences.

    GoddessOdd
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This photo makes me wish I could time travel. just long enough to get them and bring them to my house.

    Fieke Engelen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too. I've gone back to the picture 4 times.

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    R D
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is so so sad 😭😭🙏🙏

    Kim Bush
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Circa 1905, South Australia...by a state government photographer

    Mia C
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not what you have but what you give

    Claire Law
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those poor kids, you can see they've had such a hard life even at such a young age

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    #42

    Its Not About Where You Are, Its Who You're With. (1945)

    Its not about where you are, its who you're with. (1945)

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    Heather Lambie
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Again, not a good caption!! They are in a war torn city!!

    Bailey
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Slums, not war torn, it's a picture of back courts in Glasgow. By the mid 20th century a lot of the Victorian tenements had fallen into disrepair. Also, the caption has the wrong date, that picture was taken in 68, not 45

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    Gina Babe
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We take "The Best of What's Around"

    Joe Reaves
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Children living in the tenements would have a lower chance of getting an education, a lower life expectancy, and a much higher chance of ending up in prison, but hey let's pretend none of that matters for a cheesy caption.

    Suzanne Haigh
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder where this is, for some reason it makes me think of Glasgow.

    Gigi Madison
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean… this seems a bit inappropriate. It’s so likely those where street orphans who had nothing, ate nothing, stayed outside in below 0 temps, and would likely die soon of starvation

    Bailey
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are not homeless orphans, they are children who lived in the slum tenements at the time

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    Dave Sawchuk
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The photographer seems to have shot the picture at a lower angle, so we see the world through the subjects perspective.

    O.M.Miki
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hmmm yeah not agreeing with that tag line at all. If I'm in a war zone, sinking boat with sharks surrounding , an airplane crashing , a dictatorship country, a torture chamber, dangling above an opened volcano, faced to fight a bear or alligator, in a gang bang - it doesn't matter who I'm with - I'm dead - and should my loved ones be around i'm certainly going to get more depressed that they have to endure it to.... yeah it matters where you are.

    Karo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Holy sh**, what is it with these captions?

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    #43

    Rush Hour In Chicago Didn’t Look Any Better 104 Years Ago.

    Rush hour in Chicago didn’t look any better 104 years ago.

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    Chan Sue Lynn
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If my brother ever complain about traffic, I'll show him this.

    Chich
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now add the aroma of warm horse s**t and p**s and you really have the full picture. Not terrible smells out in the open country but hemmed in by buildings and hard packed roads it must have been something on hot summer days

    Okatango
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those poor horses: Noise, hard surface, starting and stopping suddenly while pulling heavy loads...

    SeaLouse_Comics
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder who had the delightful job of picking up all the road apples, back in the day where it probably got bagged up and sold to gardeners.

    Pheline
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It and the dead horses were a *huge* problem. Yes, dead horses. If a horse died it was left where it fell because there wasn't much else they could do. I can't remember where I heard or read that without cars appearing it was looking pretty hopeless.

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    Nimues Child
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This picture right here is what Boston looked like when they decided to go for it and build their first subway tunnels in the T system.

    RedCorvette
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sheez! Imagine being stuck in that?!

    RedMarbles
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I suspect the relatively slow pace of life then made the traffic jams a bit less stressful than in modern times though.

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    #44

    The Cornelia Vanderbilt Wedding Portrait. (1924)

    The Cornelia Vanderbilt wedding portrait. (1924)

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    Joely King
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow that dress is stunning

    Legen ( wait for it ) dary
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't really see a dress, looks to me just a lot of tule (not sure if this white fabric is called that)

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    PandaJon
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good thing she's plugged in and recharging

    Joe Average
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you've never been to the Biltmore Estate, it's worth the trip!

    Uncle Bud
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I live about an hour from the Biltmore Estate. I've only been once. I took my grandmother there because I had overheard her telling a family member she always wanted to visit. I enjoyed visiting and if made me happy to be able to do something really special for my grandmother.

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    GoddessOdd
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The contrast between the photo of Ms. Vanderbilt and the two photos before this just break my heart.

    Robin Roper
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Moe wealthy that the poor children are poor in the previous images. The contrast is heartbreaking.

    Mrs. Jan Glass
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want to see the details of that embroidery!

    Zitronella
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i love the scenery, the dress, the fashion from that time...beautiful!

    Uncle Bud
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love this photo. The dress is gorgeous.

    Kathryn Baylis
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mother was born in 1920. She was also one of the youngest of ten children, so was a little girl when her oldest brother, my Uncle Bill, got married in 1925. I saw their wedding pictures, and my Aunt’s dress looked just like this one, even her flowers looked the same.

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    #45

    Isn't It Interesting That We Meet Some Of The Best Friends We Ever Have Within The First Years Of Our Lives. (Photo By Edouard Boubat. Paris, 1952.)

    Isn't it interesting that we meet some of the best friends we ever have within the first years of our lives.
    (Photo by Edouard Boubat. Paris, 1952.)

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    Emmett O'Brian
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had an entirely different youth than suggested. Lot of bullying. No one I would consider a friend until middle school when I found the nerds.

    Keller22
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nerds make good friends and tend to be very interesting.

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    David Brown
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's only because children haven't learned hate or racism at an early age. They love everyone regardless of color, race, or religious beliefs. I wish that would stay with people their whole lives but we know that isn't the case.

    Gwenn Kuhns
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember my best friends from Virginia Air Force base around 1st grade: Lola her sister Selena, and the boy down the road Glenn. We used to walk to school together. Miss them..

    Daycare Attendant Sun
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't have a best friend until maybe high school and into college. I was bullied relentlessly by the other children (I was overweight and my family couldn't afford much). I'm now a city Librarian, and keep in touch with the friends I've made. The advent of the internet made my life much easier in terms of finding people who shared my interests.

    GoddessOdd
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm still trying to untangle the feet!

    Agent 8433599
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The girl on the right has such pretty hair! It's so curly!

    meerkatz007
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got real friends only after school, and then in batches, latest when I moved to another country at 50. I'm grateful.

    Fieke Engelen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So you see 2 very young girls with 2 good feet/legs between them and one semi crippled. , i I don't know. No point in sympathy at this stage they are long gone but there has been plenty of sympathy for other poor little kids in those times.

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    #46

    The Less You Have, The More You Appreciate What You Do Have. (Western North Carolina 1914-1917, From The William A. Barnhill Collection.)

    The less you have, the more you appreciate what you do have.

    (Western North Carolina 1914-1917, from the William A. Barnhill Collection.)

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    LEGOPernille
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandchild still hug chicken in todays world. They are the best pets....

    Jess
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Before he passed away, My dad had a white chicken that followed him everywhere while he was doing the chores around the house, they even sun bathed together lol

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    3Woodstock
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't help but notice the perfectly good dog to the right just going to waste! Lol

    Tina Harnish
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandmother kept chickens when my mother was a child. A black one amongst the yellow became her favourite. She taught it to follow her. Chickens weren't allowed in the house. She didn't have to say anything, she played innocent when it followed her in...

    Lisa Jarvis
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pets are better than toys. They teach love and last longer

    Lisa Jarvis
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    pets are the BEST. BETTER than any toy

    Mer☕️🧭☕️
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cute until the kid wonders where Chikki the Chicken is and mom looks over at the plate of fried chicken and says she has no idea.

    Lisa Edwardsen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's odd the child choose the bird instead of the dog. Lol

    Cat Momma
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Surprisingly dogs are not the first in choice for a pet in a lot of people's lists.

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    #47

    The Right Day To Hang Laundry In New York. (1900)

    The right day to hang laundry in New York. (1900)

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    Laroo
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably wouldn't be allowed nowadays and also what with all the pollution I'm not sure it would stay white for very long.

    BadCat
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was plenty of pollution back then but with more coal.

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    Chich
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I put up a clothes line in my back yard and told people I had installed a solar/wind powered clothes dryer. It was surprising and a little disapointing that some did not understand.

    Romenriel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How did they hang those clothes?

    Remi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The clothes line is actually a loop which can be pulled. You hang one piece of clothing, pull the next free piece of the line next to the window and so on

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    Someone Somewhere
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did everyone wash their white clothes on the same day at the same time?

    Memere
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, Monday was laundry day & it usually took all day long to do it.

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    Margaret Hooper
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Monday is washing day. Tuesday is ironing day etc. I never quite agreed with Thursday being brewing day!

    Nimues Child
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a story from Ken Burns' "Baseball" about a pitcher who would wear an extra baggy uniform on Mondays (laundry day), because his arm and the ball would all but disappear into the laundry in the background. With this picture, now I can see how that would happen.

    BetterBitterButter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At first glance I thought they were paper decorations for something.

    Philisse Barrows
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How did they get the ropes hung from one building tothe other?

    EJN
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    While I have some qualms about air pollution on the clothes, I think hang-drying is a good thing and we should return to it to save energy. Communities with laws against hang-drying your clothes probably aren't worth living in anyway!

    Nadya Raymond
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where I live we all hang out clothes on lines in our backyards. Dryer is pretty much for rainy days

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    #48

    There’s Nothing Quite Like Getting Hand Delivered Mail. (1900)

    There’s nothing quite like getting hand delivered mail. (1900)

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    Jubum
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm still wondering how I can get off this thing without falling over.

    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's what the wooden mounting block is for in the background. There would be plenty of these around as they were used for horses.

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    Chich
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I suspect that if it had brakes and you used them you would do an impressive face plant into the dirt.

    Nimues Child
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is someone in my town who rode one of these around town nearly everyday during the pandemic, which made us all smile. Especially since he wore a bowler while he did so!

    David Brown
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Falling off a normal bike sucks the big one. I can't even begin to imagine how bad falling off this one would be. A skinned knee and a little road rash would be the least of your concerns. I'm thinking missing teeth and multiple fractures.

    Suezn
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm curious about why they wanted bikes to be so tall.

    Adam Jeff
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not that they wanted them to be tall, they wanted them to be fast. If you don't have gears, the only way to increase the effective gearing ratio (and allow you to go faster) is to increase the size of the wheel to which the pedals are attached.

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    Geoff
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How is he staying upright? The bike isn't leaning on anything (see the shadows) and the exposure would be too long for him to be moving. Fixed to the ground?

    M O'Connell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is probably moving. Action photography was entirely possible in full sunlight in 1900. See this photo from Wimbledon in 1901: Hillyard_v...96dcf1.jpg Hillyard_vs_sterry_at_eastbourne-62a9ef996dcf1.jpg

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    Béatrice Gallet
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think postmen didn't use that kind of bicycle because they where to expensive !

    Lisa Jarvis
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What was the point in making the bike SO TALL???

    MyBackIsSpaghetti _FightMe
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That girls gonna have to grab a step ladder cause if the mailman leans down to hand it to her, both the man and his bike will get a great close up of the ground.

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    #49

    Today, Be Thankful. (Arizona Migrant Family, 1940.)

    Today, be thankful.
    (Arizona migrant family, 1940.)

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    Little Wonder
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These captions are giving me the shits. Yes we should be thankful, but we shouldn't be using real people in pain and poverty to make ourselves feel better about our own lives.

    Kathryn Baylis
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Instead, we should be working to eradicate such poverty—which still exists today, it just looks a bit different and more modern, but it’s poverty, nonetheless.

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    AndThenICommented
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dude - dramatic caption. I don’t know why it bothers me so much other than modern associations. But they were labourers and farm hands. It was their profession and they had lives outside of it too. My grandma and grandpa were born into migrant worker families a decade before the period depicted (and their families were also from at least the 1690’s which is how far back we can trace)

    Erin Eubanks
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is what The Grapes of Wrath is all about. Great book.

    TS Rhodes
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stop this 'Thankful' nonsense, and work to make the world a better place. Show some empathy!

    Bunny Lady
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think we can show empathy and be thankful for what we have at the same time. I visited the Gambia some years back and visited a 'compound'. Not one of the ones the tourists visit on a day trip, but a one we were taken to by some Gambian friends we had made whilst we were there. The poverty was unimaginable. It broke my heart. It made me do two things. Raise money to buy and send supplies, and also reassess my own life that I constantly moaned about, and realise that I should be so thankful for what I have and to stop moaning about what I don't. My car is second hand a a bit beat up, but I have a car. My furniture is mostly second hand, but I have furniture. My food is from Lidl and not Waitrose, but I have food. You get the gist I'm sure. So I do understand what the captions of these pictures are trying to convey. Being thankful and appreciating what we have is a good thing.

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    Mabelbabel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Be thankful for what? They've been driven out of their home by poverty, travelling to wherever they might find employment. They're living in a slum with nothing-I'm sure the mother is beside herself with worry about what's going to happen to her children when she can't feed them. We shouldn't be thankful, we should be angry that society abandoned them, because we're repeating exactly the same thing now. Even in the richest country in the world, there are children living in poverty and families relying on food banks and that's obscene. Its not socialism to look after the vulnerable and the poor in your community, it's simply behaving ethically and doing the right thing for your fellow man.

    David Brown
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back then most folks were poor so they really didn't see a whole lot wrong with living that way. My grandmother before she passed would tell stories about not having electricity, no running water in the house, and having to go to the outhouse when nature called. Strangely enough she spoke about those times with a fondness saying how much simpler life was back then and how much more she appreciated the things that she did have because she worked worked for them. People today feel like they have to have the nicest car or the biggest house, or the most money in the bank to be happy.

    Reni Playz and Says
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The vast majority of Americans had electricity and running water in 1940. Those things passed 50% in like 1920.

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    Gigi Madison
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate all these captions. We are literally using people in the worst of the worst situations and saying how much better we are/we have it

    Mrs. Jan Glass
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why birth control is crucial, and this is why Conservatives in America want to ban it. They want to keep us poor and birthin' more working class babies. Our history shows this clearly over its trajectory.

    Reni Playz and Says
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Birth Control had existed for almost a century by 1940. It was only the pill that hadn't exited yet.

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    Family Osborne
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sorry but...I'm seeing like PARAGRAPH-long rants about a three-word caption. Relax, people. There is no need for everyone to know every thing you think about it. Simmer down. Yes, there are issues. Yes, they need to be addressed. But this is not the place. Admire the photographer's skill instead of bashing the post. Remember that your BP rants, while they may feel good, are ultimately not accomplishing a whole lot.

    Josey Griffin
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thankyou, absolutely loved these old black and white pics.

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    #50

    H.d. Mccracken, A Self-Proclaimed "Creative Texan," Built This Wooden Contraption And Mounted It To A Model T Chassis. He And His Wife Took This Converted Camper Across The Country, Going Wherever They Pleased And Stopping Wherever They Wished. The Mccrackens Were Two Of Many Americans Who Answered The Call Of The Open Road Following World War I. (1916 Ford Model T, Photograph Taken 1921.)

    H.D. McCracken, a self-proclaimed "creative Texan," built this wooden contraption and mounted it to a Model T chassis. He and his wife took this converted camper across the country, going wherever they pleased and stopping wherever they wished. The McCrackens were two of many Americans who answered the call of the open road following World War I.
    (1916 Ford Model T, photograph taken 1921.)

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    #51

    The Grand Staircase At The Paris Opera, 1948.

    The grand staircase at the Paris Opera, 1948.

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    K- THULU
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Try to get down those stairs when you're drunk......

    Rob Miles
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Getting down the stairs when drunk is super easy! It's being able to stand up again at the bottom that's the hard part.

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    Rhon Young
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funny Face with Audrey Hepburn

    #52

    She Was Beautiful And Extremely Talented. But More Importantly She Was A Model Human Being - Kind, Hard Working, Warm, Humorous, Generous, And A Strong Confident Woman Who Carried Herself With Grace, Dignity And Decency. The World Lost Her 5 Years Ago, But Today Would Be Her 100th Birthday. Happy Birthday Maureen O’hara. May Your Kind Be Held In The Highest Esteem By Generations To Come.

    She was beautiful and extremely talented. But more importantly she was a model human being - kind, hard working, warm, humorous, generous, and a strong confident woman who carried herself with grace, dignity and decency. The world lost her 7 years ago. Maureen O’Hara, May your kind be held in the highest esteem by generations to come.

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    Julie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So beautiful...

    Erin S
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmm. She was a staunch conservative Republican.

    AmAndA_Panda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So what? Her political views have absolutely nothing to do with this picture or the description. Your political stance doesn't dictate rather you're a decent human being or not.

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    #53

    Viola Lalonde And Elizabeth Van Tuyl Pose Beside A Ford Automobile Before Making Their Cross-Country Drive From Washington, Dc To San Francisco. (June, 1922.) In A Time Before Sophisticated Freeways, Staggered Convenience Stations And Gps, This Must Have Been A Wild Adventure For These Two Young Girls.

    Viola LaLonde and Elizabeth Van Tuyl pose beside a Ford automobile before making their cross-country drive from Washington, DC to San Francisco. (June, 1922.) In a time before sophisticated freeways, staggered convenience stations and gps, this must have been a wild adventure for these two young girls.

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    #54

    A Moment Of Daily Life In Whitby, England Otherwise Forgotten, Recorded Forever.

    A moment of daily life in Whitby, England otherwise forgotten, recorded forever.

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    Mark Howell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those steps have been there many years and seen many feet

    K. Lange
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The steps of the stairs are so worn

    Emmett O'Brian
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look at the bow on the stone steps! It's astounding how many footfalls it took to slowly wear them down over how long? Modern structures just don't last that long. Not to mention those stairs are probably really dangerous because they're so uneven.

    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whitby is a beautiful place, I would not mind living there.

    HarriMissesScotland
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dracula is in there somewhere. Whitby is where his ship docked.

    RedCorvette
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The dark side of the Victorian era.

    Linda Rhyne
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of the movie "Oliver".

    Mary Rogers
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't have wanted to try to climb those stairs. Looks so unsafe

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    #55

    Women Bootleggers And The Tools Of Their Trade. [prohibition - 1920 To 1933.]

    Women bootleggers and the tools of their trade. [Prohibition - 1920 to 1933.]

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    Nimues Child
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Laverne & Shirley vibes - only making it themselves from scratch instead of being on the bottling line!

    Joe Average
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Must be dangerous if they need a pistol.

    Zero
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They look like they'd be hella fun but don't suffer fools lightly.

    Poultry Geist
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love these 2 ! I made wine once it was good !

    Emmett O'Brian
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most important tools? Double barrel shotgun? Pistol? Keep the locals from stealing your production. Hopefully didn't need to use them on the lawman.

    #56

    The Beautiful Hair, Textiles, And Accessories Of Miss Lily Elsie. (1912)

    The beautiful hair, textiles, and accessories of Miss Lily Elsie. (1912)

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    LisaMarie
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The art deco hair piece is stunning!

    TrinaKA
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That neck band is stunning! I wish those were still in fashion.

    RedCorvette
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The craftsmanship of that era is stunning.

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    #57

    1908 Fashion Captured By Horace W. Nicholls.

    1908 fashion captured by Horace W. Nicholls.

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    LH25
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the dresses, except for those trains. Why does it have to drag on the ground like that? Seems like extra weight to haul around.

    Catherine Binder
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In modern fashion more fabric means a better economy. In the past it was linked to class.

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    Mrs. Jan Glass
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would try wearing this, but I know I would end up tripping every three steps.

    Kim St
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i don't see how they kept the dresses so clean after they been dragged around on the ground all day.

    Vintage Rose
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I absolutely love the white dress! Simply beautiful.

    Lindsey Judd-Bruder
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's definitely beautiful. But my god. Being buttoned up to the neck, and wearing hats and gloves, even in the hot Summer time! I'd sweat my àss off lol!! Thank God we can wear tank tops and shirts now!

    #58

    Dear Veterans, Thank You!

    Dear Veterans,
    Thank you!

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    Mabelbabel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can thank injured veterans by ensuring that their mental and physical health is prioritised, and that they have adequate financial support if they need it to look after their families.

    Nicole Weymann
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Medals, praise and thanks are all very gratifying, but ultimately just as useless as thoughts and prayers. I read of one WW1 veteran protesting poverty and unemployment by parading his uniform decorated with the p**n shop receipts he had received for the original medals. I'm not in favour of glorifying service, but if you do a dangerous job it's your employer's responsibility to compensate for that risk.

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    #59

    May We Never Lose The Creativity And Ambition Of Childhood.

    May we never lose the creativity and ambition of childhood.

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    Tamra
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These boys are on an adventure. I love this photo!

    Widdershins66
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Swallows and amazons 🤗

    Monic Krugell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if the boy without a swimsuit's mom knows what he is up to

    #60

    Did You Know.... ...the First Person To Survive A Trip Over Niagara Falls Was A Woman? ...and That She Did It On Her 63rd Birthday? Upon Surviving, Annie Edson Taylor Was Quoted As Saying: "If It Was With My Dying Breath, I Would Caution Anyone Against Attempting The Feat... I Would Sooner Walk Up To The Mouth Of A Cannon, Knowing It Was Going To Blow Me To Pieces Than Make Another Trip Over The Fall." She Lived Another 20 Years Dying At The Age Of 83.

    DID YOU KNOW....
    ...the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls was a woman?
    ...and that she did it on her 63rd birthday?
    Upon surviving, Annie Edson Taylor was quoted as saying:

    "If it was with my dying breath, I would caution anyone against attempting the feat... I would sooner walk up to the mouth of a cannon, knowing it was going to blow me to pieces than make another trip over the Fall."

    She lived another 20 years dying at the age of 83.

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    Fred L.
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I´d say maybe the first documented person to do so.

    #61

    An Unsung Hero Get The Most Rewarding Kiss. (1945)

    An unsung hero get the most rewarding kiss. (1945)

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    giku T
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    love the the egyptian figurine dog

    Monic Krugell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    he is at attention and never heard the at ease order.... :-)

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    Monic Krugell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think considering everything they went through, a little love and gratitude could go a long way

    Victor Botha
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dog is like "watch it there little miss, he's mine!"

    #62

    Pre iPad Learning.

    Pre iPad learning.

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    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The young lady is very modern, she has a tablet. And some chalk.

    HarriMissesScotland
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They had chalk in the 1800's. Actually, long before that, but I venture this picture is about 100 years old.

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    Emmett O'Brian
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the outfit. I know only a little about period fashion, but is this an oriental inspired look? I've never seen a child dressed like this.

    El Dee
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a slate when I started school too!!

    Catherine Binder
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not commentary, just a genuine question: how old are you?

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    #63

    Alfred Buckham Is Considered The Pioneer Of Aerial Photography. Pictures Like This View Of Edinburgh In 1920 Are As Impressive As His Record Of Surviving 9 Crashes. Most Of His Images Were Taken Standing Up, As He Was Quoted: "If One's Right Leg Is Tied To The Seat With A Scarf Or A Piece Of Rope, It Is Possible To Work In Perfect Security."

    Alfred Buckham is considered the pioneer of aerial photography. Pictures like this view of Edinburgh in 1920 are as impressive as his record of surviving 9 crashes. Most of his images were taken standing up, as he was quoted: "If one's right leg is tied to the seat with a scarf or a piece of rope, it is possible to work in perfect security."

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    Remi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The security measures sound hella dodgy

    BigBoi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks like a painting

    Donnie Mc00
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    for years i thought it was common knowledge that this was two or more images put together, but now i think Ive had a mandela effect !.

    #64

    Interior Shots Typically Include Many Details That Tell The Story Of Daily Life. This One Takes Us Back To The 1860s.

    Interior shots typically include many details that tell the story of daily life. This one takes us back to the 1860s.

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    #65

    Attitude Is Indeed Everything.

    Attitude is indeed everything.

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    Catherine Binder
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is with these toxicly positive captions?

    Christof Irran
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back in the late 1960's in Salzburg the neighborhood 'Karen' rang my parents' door bell and told my mother that she had seen me and two of my brothers playing in the pouring rain without shoes on, wearing only shorts and t-shirts. My mother asked her: "What can they possibly ruin that way? Certainly not their shoes." "What?! You know about this?!"

    Anna roberts
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Teacher called my mom when I was in Elementary school, 3rd grade, to inform her I was playing kill the man with the ball. My mom's response, "Well, what's the problem, is she losing?" LOL

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    #67

    Can You Imagine Moving And Entire House....using Horses? (San Francisco, 1908)

    Can you imagine moving and entire house....using horses?
    (San Francisco, 1908)

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    Little Wonder
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not really. If you look at the photo, they're not pulling the house, they're powering the pulley system to move it. No harder than turning a mill.

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    Mark Howell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With the hills in SF, it could quickly become a house-boat ;o)

    Emmett O'Brian
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My old neighbor's house was going to be demolished because a trolley line was being put in. They picked up the house that weekend and moved it a hundred feet forward. Old farm ingenuity. My neighbor was 97 when he died about 20 years ago. He saw the model t start to replace horse and buggy.

    Paul V Fleming
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    moving it on a slope had to be extra difficult.

    A C
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How does one even move a whole house?!

    Joe Average
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just glad when some does move a house instead of knocking it down and wasting all those materials and hours of work. Make things last!

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    Darla Taylor
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But at least it seems to be going downhill

    M O'Connell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The house would be rolled forward using rollers on top of the cribbing piers set in the street. Another set of piers would be erected in front of it, the house would be jacked up, the cribbing reduced in height, and then the house rolled forward again onto another set of piers, etc. Almost like taking it down a flight of stairs.

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    #68

    A Nostalgic Look At Christmas Preparations In London, 1915.

    A nostalgic look at Christmas preparations in London, 1915.

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    Cubbypotato
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aw❤️ What a lovely family

    Pheline
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think it was a family- it's a bunch of kids sent to collect the things.

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    #69

    This 1936 Photograph Comes With A Very Heavy Caption: "One-Room Hut Housing A Family Of Nine Built On The Chassis Of An Abandoned Ford In A Field Between Camden And Bruceton, Tennessee, Near The River."

    This 1936 photograph comes with a very heavy caption:
    "One-room hut housing a family of nine built on the chassis of an abandoned Ford in a field between Camden and Bruceton, Tennessee, near the river."

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    The Scout
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Today it probably would probably be advertised as "beautiful rustic mobile family home in a sustainable environmentally friendly construction style" and would be rented by some gentrified hipsters for 2000$+ a week to flex their minimalism...

    Kate
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Naw. It'd be called an eyesore and would be destroyed and its owner arrested, because being poor is a crime.

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    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Family of nine? Seriously? Wow.

    WillemPenn
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandmother lived in a one-room shack with a dirt floor while growing up in eastern TN during WWI. I don’t remember exactly how many siblings she had but I can recall at least 5, so that is 7 at least with her parents.

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    Joe Average
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not much of that truck left. Pretty simple beasts to begin with though.

    Erin Eubanks
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought it was going to be the first ever RV

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    #70

    An Immigrant Family At New York's Ellis Island About To Embark On The Chase Of Their Dreams. So Many Americans Can Connect With This. This Could Be Anyone's Ancestors Standing There.

    An immigrant family at New York's Ellis Island about to embark on the chase of their dreams. So many Americans can connect with this. This could be anyone's ancestors standing there.

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    Rob Chapman
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My great grandfather and his family came through Ellis Island from Ukraine in 1899, He was born in Kyiv in 1872. I was born in San Francisco exactly 100 years later.

    PolymathNecromancer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same age as me, born on the other coast in Trenton, NJ.... Hello!

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    Mrs. Jan Glass
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    America is built on immigration. It is one of our country's greatest strengths.

    Nimues Child
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The thing about being an American (and, I imagine other colonized countries - but I don't want to speak for them) is that you will reach that point in your family tree where your line truncates and have to go elsewhere to find your family. And, even in the most meticulously recording US states, you will find people who are the dead ends, where you cannot go beyond them. You don't have that experience of being able to know "my family has been in this county for 600 years". It's kind of isolating in a way.

    Poultry Geist
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not mine ! They would have dark hair and eyes ! They were from Lebanon

    Catherine Binder
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some came over in slave ships. Some came here so long ago that we are not sure how they traveled here.

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    Pheline
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My ex-husband’s family came through there in the 1940s and my grandparents in the 1920s.

    Ray Heap
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Visited Ellis island. The true birthplace of a great nation.

    #71

    New York In The Midst Of The 1888 Blizzard. 50 Inches Of Snow Fell Over A Three Day Period With Drifts Over 40 Feet That Covered Houses. So Singular It Its Severity, It Was Called The Great Blizzard Of 1888.

    New York in the midst of the 1888 blizzard. 50 inches of snow fell over a three day period with drifts over 40 feet that covered houses. So singular it its severity, it was called the Great Blizzard of 1888.

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    Bart
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The amount of powerlines is mind-blowing...

    Walter Bravenboer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those are telephone lines. There was a brief time where all big cities were covered in those cables.

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    #72

    A Quiet Moment Of Rest In The Heart Of The Great Depression (Library Of Congress)

    A quiet moment of rest in the heart of the great depression (library of congress)

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    #73

    Styling Ladies Of The 1940s.

    Styling ladies of the 1940s.

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    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Fashion, turn to the left, Fashion (Right), Fashion, We are the goon squad and we're coming to town, Beep-beep"

    Nimues Child
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Listen to me, don't listen to me. Talk to me, don't talk to me. Dance with me, don't dance with me. Beep-beep!"

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    A P
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lady on the left looks like Blake Lively!

    Gosiaatje
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh wow... I need to recreate all of these dresses. Saving the pic for later!

    Catherine Binder
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm especially loving the one on the far left and far right for modern wear.

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    #74

    Rest In Peace, Hank Aaron. From Humble Beginnings He Broke Barriers And Major League Baseball Records - All With Humility And A Mild Mannered Grace Rarely Found Among The High Profilers After Him.

    Rest In Peace, Hank Aaron.
    From humble beginnings he broke barriers and Major League Baseball records - all with humility and a mild mannered grace rarely found among the high profilers after him.

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    Nimues Child
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of the classiest men to ever set foot on a baseball field. He was a terrific ambassador for the game. I still consider him a home run king.

    #75

    The Ladies Of The Family, 1912.

    The ladies of the family, 1912.

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    Kayla J
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gaudreau sisters, Quebec, scroll for a later picture https://www.shorpy.com/node/9744

    Suzy the observer
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you, Kayla. I'm a québécoise. My grandmother's family had seven girls.

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    Jess
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The 2 small ones on the left are giving me haunting vibes!! Can they steal my soul through the screen?!?!

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    #76

    Nessim Menashe In Front Of His New And Secondhand Shoe Store In Northwest Portland, Which Operated Until 1921. Circa 1916. Courtesy Oregon Jewish Museum And Center For Holocaust Education.

    Nessim Menashe in front of his new and secondhand shoe store in Northwest Portland, which operated until 1921. Circa 1916.

    Courtesy Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education.

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    #77

    Delicate Femininity, Not Without A Level Of Discomfort.

    Delicate femininity, not without a level of discomfort.

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    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow, that waist! Cannot be healthy!

    BadCat
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It wasn't that, that bad. Some of it is partly an illusion helped with padding, and strategic lines and how the corsets shaped the body, and learning to position the body. It's just like how models now stretch out and pose to appear with less roles. I can also see some faint evidence of photo editing. Normally the back isn't the side that gets squeezed in the most.

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    Jill Tremblay
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As my mother used to say "Beauty knows no pain". But "ouch" can she even breath?

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    #78

    Fetching Groceries With Mom Meant Dressing The Part Too On This Day. (1940s)

    Fetching groceries with mom meant dressing the part too on this day. (1940s)

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    BadCat
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look how small those carts were compared to the excess consumer loaders we have now.

    Mrs. Jan Glass
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Women had to shop almost every day. Can't keep too much in one of those 1940s iceboxes.

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    Blackheart
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Overall it appears smaller, but that bottom portion holds more than I could fit onto a modern shopping cart's lower shelf.

    Ray Heap
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With the worlds very First shopping carts.

    #79

    Just Married, 1931.

    Just married, 1931.

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    #80

    Happy Birthday, Paul Newman. Born This Day, 1925 In Shaker Heights, Ohio.

    Paul Newman. Born in1925, in Shaker Heights, Ohio.

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    Edward E. Edwards
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean.... the man is an absolute legend, and absolute dreamboat!!!

    Mistiekim
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love that man. Those eyes of his….

    GlamourGhoul
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WOW he looks absolutely gorgeous in this photo!

    Christof Irran
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This picture was taken in Venice; here it is again without the background cropped. Venice-429...ac63c.jpeg Venice-4291_f9a1-62aa449bac63c.jpeg

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    #81

    50 Years Ago Today Woodstock Opened In Bethel, New York.

    Woodstock in Bethel, New York.

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    Nimues Child
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The surprising sense of community that enveloped these three days still amazes me.

    RedCorvette
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better than Coachella nowadays,

    Kate
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    3 years ago

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    Oh, you were at Woodstock? And you've been to Coachella?

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    #82

    It Takes So Very Little To Have A Reason To Smile. As We Are A Week Into The Month Of November, Let's Remember To Truly Be Thankful.

    It takes so very little to have a reason to smile. As we are a week into the month of November, let's remember to truly be thankful.

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    Pink Panther
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just let the picture speak for itself. These forced captions are asinine and thoughtless.

    Nimues Child
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish I could hear the joke that made them laugh this broadly!

    #83

    A Railroad Track Inspector Assisted By Man’s Best Coworker.

    A railroad track inspector assisted by man’s best coworker.

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    #84

    The Early Days Of The Selfie. (1900)

    The early days of the selfie. (1900)

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    Mrs. Jan Glass
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want to see that dress in color!

    Poultry Geist
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was gonna say “she’s good she hid the camera” but then I realized the cameras looked a little different then

    #85

    Youth Lasts Forever...until It's Gone. Hold On To Your Memories In Your Heart, And If You're Lucky, In Photographs. (1943)

    Youth lasts forever...until it's gone. Hold on to your memories in your heart, and if you're lucky, in photographs. (1943)

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    #86

    Happy Birthday, Robert Redford. Born On This Day, 1936 In Santa Monica, California. “Not Taking A Risk Is A Risk. That's How I See It.” -Robert Redford

    “Not taking a risk is a risk. That's how I see it.” -Robert Redford

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    PolymathNecromancer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I will allow this comment/caption since he said it himself....

    #87

    Bourbon Street And Ursulines Avenue Circa 1925. “New Orleans Organ Grinder.” By Arnold Genthe.

    Bourbon Street and Ursulines Avenue circa 1925. “New Orleans organ grinder.”
    by Arnold Genthe.

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    Poultry Geist
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There’s always a guy watching with his hands in his pockets probably saying “ now I would have done it like this “

    #88

    Construction Of New York’s Iconic Flatiron Building, 1902.

    Construction of New York’s iconic flatiron building, 1902.

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    Sandy Parker
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I work in the city and loved to walk by during lunch. Such a cool building. Oh and I worked in the Empire State Building at the time.

    #89

    What Better Way To Spend A Sunday Afternoon Than Strolling Around The Great Outdoors With People That You Love? Maybe Even Stop Along The Way And Snap A Few Photos. "Alright, Let's Take A Silly One!". Just Know That When You Do, You Are In Good Company Of All The Fun Loving Folks Of The Past.

    What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than strolling around the great outdoors with people that you love? Maybe even stop along the way and snap a few photos. "Alright, let's take a silly one!". Just know that when you do, you are in good company of all the fun loving folks of the past.

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    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Reginald! Stop larking about!"

    Don't you wish you knew
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The parasol really needs to come back in style. The sun is no joke. I think I'll start carrying one anyway, in style or not! 😂

    #90

    A Gaze In To Paris, 101 Years Ago.

    A gaze in to Paris, 101 years ago.

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    #91

    Raising A Baby Used To Mean Boiling Diapers. (1943)

    Raising a baby used to mean boiling diapers. (1943)

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    Purple3262
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ....and leaving the baby on a tabletop!

    Mark Howell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's fine there's a couple of chairs to stop it falling off ;o)

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    Fran Morasco
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not so long ago 1972. I washed diapers in a machine then boiled on the stove then hung out in the sun for my child with sensitive skin.

    Anne Reid
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was born in 1975 and I wore cloth diapers!

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    PolymathNecromancer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank God no caption about how great it was to be happy while doing it......

    #92

    Shrewsbury, Mo, Around 1945. 1940 Ford Woody Wagon. The Tires Were Bald Because Nearly All Tires Were Worn Out By The End Of Wwii. They Were Rationed Along With Gasoline, Butter, Shoes, Sugar, Coffee And More. Photo Privately Held.

    Shrewsbury, MO, around 1945.
    1940 Ford Woody Wagon.
    The tires were bald because nearly ALL tires were worn out by the end of WWII. They were rationed along with gasoline, butter, shoes, sugar, coffee and more.
    Photo privately held.

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    #93

    Today's Reason To Be Thankful: You're Not Doing Your Laundry On The Street By Hand With Water From A Hydrant During A War. (1945, Berlin, Germany)

    Today's reason to be thankful: you're not doing your laundry on the street by hand with water from a hydrant during a war. (1945, Berlin, Germany)

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    JJ
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandma was born back then and told me, they had to do their laundry like this until she was an adult and had children (they had a well in the yard, available for quite a few houses around). And even when she got a washing machine and a bathtub in their rented flat, water (and living) was so expensive that they only had one bathing/washing day per week - like until my mum was a late teenager, I think.

    El Dee
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember living like this. This is why I get annoyed at people my age saying anything about 'the good old days' They were awful, I much prefer how things are now..

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    Purple3262
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bunch of whingers we are, by contrast

    K. Lange
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The first washing mashine my parents had, had to be used Ost times with muscle power. Electricity was too expansive.

    Mark Howell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can remember my grandmother using a dolly tub and mangle to wash clothes

    Csaba Hegedűs
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm afraid women in 1945 Berlin had other things to be worried about :(

    #94

    Thanks To Photographers Of The Past, We Can View Places Like The Hexagon House Hotel Which Was Built In 1895 And Dismantled In 1959 For Its Building Materials. (Mineral Wells, Texas.)

    Thanks to photographers of the past, we can view places like the Hexagon House Hotel which was built in 1895 and dismantled in 1959 for its building materials. (Mineral Wells, Texas.)

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    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think we need to rebuild this.

    Nimues Child
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree. That is a terrific design. I've seen circular houses from the 1800s around here, but nothing quite as charming as this.

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    El Dee
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We forget how much building materials were reused in the past. Local to me ships were broken and used in building, these building then had their materials reused in other more modern buildings. There are some very old joists in some fairly modern (postwar) houses..

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    #96

    New York's Skyline Of The 1920s.

    New York's skyline of the 1920s.

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    JuneMidnights
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The New York skyline will never stop amazing me

    PolymathNecromancer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, and the 1920s in general never stop amazing me....

    #97

    In July Of 1936, Arthur Rothstein Took This Photograph Near Missoula, Montana. He Included The Following: "Vernon Evans (With His Family) Of Lemmon, South Dakota. Leaving Grasshopper-Ridden And Drought-Stricken Area For A New Start In Oregon Or Washington. Expects To Arrive At Yakima In Time For Hop Picking. Live In Tent. Makes About Two Hundred Miles A Day In Model T Ford." Drive On, Vernon. Drive On!

    In July of 1936, Arthur Rothstein took this photograph near Missoula, Montana. He included the following:

    "Vernon Evans (with his family) of Lemmon, South Dakota. Leaving grasshopper-ridden and drought-stricken area for a new start in Oregon or Washington. Expects to arrive at Yakima in time for hop picking. Live in tent. Makes about two hundred miles a day in Model T Ford."

    Drive on, Vernon. Drive on!

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    Mistiekim
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He kind of looks like Tom Hardy

    Zoe's Mom
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was thinking he looked like Kevin Costner.

    Meghna Mohan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tom Hardy and Mark Ruffalo mixed ,❤️

    #98

    Chillicothe, Ohio In 1940. Photo By Arthur Rothstein.

    Chillicothe, Ohio in 1940. Photo by Arthur Rothstein.

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    #99

    When Snow Was Our Best Friend. (1929, Chicago)

    When snow was our best friend. (1929, Chicago)

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    #100

    Here's To The Moms That Do It All. (1955)

    Here's to the moms that do it all. (1955)

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    Mrs. Jan Glass
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thankfully the generations that followed had the pill. And options.

    Kate
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, they had a pill. Mother's little helper.

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    JJ
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Any other German here looking at this photo and directly thinking of that song by Johanna von Koczian "Das bisschen Haushalt macht sich von allein, sagt mein Mann..." ? (Explanation: The song is about a husband playing down all the chores his wife does all day long, like "That little bit of chores does itself, says my husband.)

    Blackheart
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    By all means, don't help, take a pic instead.

    Lene
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have 3 kids at ca the same age as the kids in the photo. And yes, it is like this at times. Haha! It can be super tough with 3 small kids at once. But I know deep in my heart that it was the best thing for us and our kids: they will have their best friends by their side forever (hopefully they will stay as good friends as they are now). :)

    Lindsey Judd-Bruder
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look at that old high chair. That's neat.

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    #101

    Window Shopping, 1920.

    Window shopping, 1920.

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    K. Lange
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want the one doll in the right top corner.

    gerry.garh
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She looks like a well-dressed, rich girl who will probably get one of those dolls.

    #102

    Title: Ozark Mountains, Missouri. 1940 By John Vachon

    Title: Ozark Mountains, Missouri.
    1940 by John Vachon

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    Jill Tremblay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the one on the Right holding the baby. Just so securely and very content!

    #103

    Good, Old Fashioned, Cell Phone Free Fun. (1919)

    Good, old fashioned, cell phone free fun. (1919)

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    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would take up fishing if this lot were down the local fishing spot.

    GlassHalfWay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have one of those wicker fishing creeds! It makes a great planter

    #104

    A Look In To A 1914 Kitchen And Rib Roast Enjoyed 107 Years Ago.

    A look in to a 1914 kitchen and rib roast enjoyed 107 years ago.

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    Michelle Carlson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can you imagine how hot that kitchen must've been in the summer? I'll wonder if that stove burned coal.

    RedCorvette
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That kitchen was built to last.

    #105

    The Locals Hang Out On The Portch Of The Crossroads Store. (Sprott, Alabama. 1935 Or 1936) By Walker Evans.

    The locals hang out on the portch of the Crossroads store. (Sprott, Alabama. 1935 or 1936) by Walker Evans.

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    Mark Howell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can hear the banjo picking as I fill up with gas

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    #106

    Planes Fly Between The Towers And Pedestrians Cross As Part Of The Celebration Of The Opening Of The Golden Gate Bridge In May Of 1937.

    Planes fly between the towers and pedestrians cross as part of the celebration of the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge in May of 1937.

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    Mike Crow
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve sailed under it when I was in the Royal Canadian Navy

    Paul V Fleming
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i also sailed under it when our aircraft carrier came into port and back out again.

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    Cynthia Carter
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We came in under it in 1954 when we came up by ship from the former Panama Canal Zone when I was 3 1/2 , drove across it many times and walked across and back on it in 1971 with my now husband.

    #107

    Home Sweet Home.

    Home sweet home.

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    Caro Caro
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    An Australian Swagman using a hollow gum tree as a campsite (c. 1880)

    Caro Caro
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A swagman (also called a swaggie, sundowner or tussocker) was a transient labourer who travelled by foot from farm to farm carrying his belongings in a swag (bedroll). The term originated in Australia in the 19th-century and was later used in New Zealand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swagman

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    Jess
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you tried to do that now you would be moved for being an inconvenience

    Melissa Hill
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Literally 'My Side of the Mountain' brought to life.

    David Meacheam
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Surely Australian? Eucalyptus trees.

    King Cheetah
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Send this picture to all "lumberjack" stylished hipsters in 900$ coats hehe

    Jean Thompson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where's his dog. Surely he had a dog?

    Sawdust
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better check his tucker bag!

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    #108

    Their Piece Of The American Dream.

    Their piece of the American Dream.

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    Mrs. Jan Glass
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "They call it the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe in it." - George Carlin

    Richard Graham
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1903 Cadillac Model A Runabout (Cadillac was a medium-priced car at that time.)

    #109

    Headlines Were Made When They Were Built. The World Changed When They Came Down. Never Forget. (Photo: 1969)

    Headlines were made when they were built. The world changed when they came down.
    Never forget.
    (Photo: 1969)

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    William J Dougherty
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked at the WTC during reconstruction. Respect, Remember, Rebuild

    Nimues Child
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know it's been over 20 years but it still hurts...

    Pink Panther
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    3 years ago (edited)

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    Never forget to mindlessly repeat a meaningless phrase that imitates solace via nationalism.

    RedMarbles
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People are generally just expressing the pain they felt and still feel about it when they use the phrase. Criticize away if it's being used for political purposes, but that's clearly not the case here.

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    #110

    We Have All Heard The Negative Comments On Depression Era Photos. Yes The Times Were Hard, That's A Given. But, Instead Of The First Impression Comments, Can We All Look Deeper? What About The Smiles You Can Almost See? Do You Remember What Dusty Planks Feel Like On Bare Feet? The Dull "Thud Thud" Of The Dasher In The Churn And The Way It Changes As The Butter Makes. What Kind Of Bread Do You Think It Will Go On? Biscuits? Or Maybe Hot Golden Cornbread, Made With Coarse Ground Meal And A Hint Of Sweetness. Melting And Swirling In A Pool Of Thick Sticky Molasses Until It's The Color Of Honey. After The Last Crumb Is Gone, Running The Kids Back Off To Play In The Shade Of The Yard While The Women Clean Up And Chat. The Hardships Are Always The First To Be Seen, But If We Just Dig Deeper, What Memories Lie Just Beneath The Surface?

    We have all heard the negative comments on depression era photos. Yes the times were hard, that's a given. But, instead of the first impression comments, can we all look deeper? What about the smiles you can almost see? Do you remember what dusty planks feel like on bare feet? The dull "thud thud" of the dasher in the churn and the way it changes as the butter makes. What kind of bread do you think it will go on? Biscuits? Or maybe hot golden cornbread, made with coarse ground meal and a hint of sweetness. Melting and swirling in a pool of thick sticky molasses until it's the color of honey. After the last crumb is gone, running the kids back off to play in the shade of the yard while the women clean up and chat. The hardships are always the first to be seen, but if we just dig deeper, what memories lie just beneath the surface?

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    Charlotte Grace
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's actually a very true and sweet description

    RedMarbles
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know - it may sound a bit more romantic than it felt. Hopefully they're shoeless at the moment by choice.

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    Jill Tremblay
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes that was nice. My grandmother talked about the awesome, dirty, barefooted times when she was little. The BEST homemade cream and butter. She loved her life then!

    Suzy the observer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So many kids and so much work has aged her before her time. Women needed options and choices desperately.

    #111

    Happy Mother's Day To All The Irreplaceable Moms Out There. To Be Loved By Mom Is To Be Given The World. (Photo Date, 1900)

    Happy Mother's Day to all the irreplaceable moms out there. To be loved by mom is to be given the world.
    (Photo date, 1900)

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    #112

    In The Cold, Late Winter Months When It Seems Like Spring Will Never Come Again, Nothing Can Feel Better Than Opening A Jar Of Last Summers Produce. All Of The Hard Work Showcased On Rough Board Shelves Deep Back In A Basement Or Cellar. Do You Remember This? Perhaps Your Mother, Or Grandmother Working All Summer Long To Insure Well Stocked Shelves For The Winter. The Certain Feel Of The Cool Air As You Went Down To Fetch A Certain Jar. Peaches, Green Beans, Tomatoes And Many Others. What Memories Does This Picture Bring Back For You?

    In the cold, late winter months when it seems like spring will never come again, nothing can feel better than opening a jar of last summers produce. All of the hard work showcased on rough board shelves deep back in a basement or cellar. Do you remember this? Perhaps your mother, or grandmother working all summer long to insure well stocked shelves for the winter. The certain feel of the cool air as you went down to fetch a certain jar. Peaches, green beans, tomatoes and many others. What memories does this picture bring back for you?

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    Cara Vinson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love canning. I know what's in my food and can see my food security. Learned from Grandma and passed down to niece.

    Darla Taylor
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I disagree with you on this one. Yes it’s hard work but it can be relaxing for me and nothing beats that satisfaction of actually putting up the produce yourself. I still have jars of rib sauce I canned in my pantry.

    Bill Allen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s how we survived in 1950’s Southeastern Kentucky. Huge gardens all plowed using mule and plow. I spent many an evening after school in the fall washing canning jars for the upcoming harvest. I remember after a day of canning, we would sit in the living room reading or doing homework listening for the little pings as the jars cooled off and the internal pressure sealed the lids. We would count each ping to make sure all the jars sealed. If a jar didn’t seal, the contents was next day’s dinner.

    Gwen LeMay
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wood stove in the heat with an acre of garden to can. no running water in the house and having to go out to the pump felt like outside was air-conditioned compared to the heat in the kitchen 11 years old and loved canning with my mom. also much to freeze as well.

    Lousha
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't have to remember, I'm doing it right now. And drinking elderberry flower squash that I canned last month.

    Ray Heap
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandmother kept herself and her two children alive in the ruins of Fulda with a canning machine. The secret of where she got the meat from went with her to her grave. But it made her independent of a Amerkaner boi fren.

    Linda Rhyne
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandparents' basement with dirt and linoleum floor. I loved that smell of dirt. Loved her canned cream corn, green beans, pickles, fig preserves, canned peaches, tomatoes. Can just taste them now.

    Lindsey Judd-Bruder
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My Grandma's basement looked just like this! 🥰

    Jill Tremblay
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First memory is the smell.... that cool musty smell of the storage room.

    Melissa Boufford
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, it’s a LOT of work, but the rewards are worth it. As this picture shows! I still put up tomatoes and various jams and pickles. My favorite and most time consuming are my great-grandmothers picked green tomatoes. They take a couple of days to prep for canning. There’s no better feeling in the world than knowing I can open a jar of whatever in the dead of winter.

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    #113

    No Batteries, WiFi, Passwords Or Subscriptions Required. Just Real World Fun.

    No batteries, WiFi, passwords or subscriptions required. Just real world fun.

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    #114

    “Daughter Of White Tobacco Sharecropper At Country Store. Person County, North Carolina.” By Dorothea Lange - July, 1939.

    “Daughter of white tobacco sharecropper at country store. Person County, North Carolina.”
    By Dorothea Lange - July, 1939.

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    Linda Rhyne
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the black lady sitting on the porch. Some places in the south would not allow that.

    Fran Morasco
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    3 years ago

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    Really ? White needed

    Nimues Child
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think that is Dorothea Lange's original quote. Something she thought was necessary for her editor at the time?

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    #115

    A Santa Sighting Over Main Street Captured In 1940.

    A Santa sighting over main street captured in 1940.

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    #116

    Do-It-Yourself Toy Horse. (1890s)

    Do-it-yourself toy horse. (1890s)

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    Nenya
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Mummy, can we play with the axe…”

    Lou Cam
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We used to do this with the kitchen chairs at my Grandma's house.

    #117

    “Women Are Meant To Be Loved, Not To Be Understood.” -Oscar Wilde

    “Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.”
    -Oscar Wilde

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    Erin S
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a crappy sentiment.

    Catherine Binder
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Um, is anyone going to tell the person who picked this quote?

    Blackheart
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imma step out on a limb here and say women were not his forte.

    Joely King
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want to be picked like that! How romantic!

    setsuriseikou
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are meant to be heard and respected. Just like all human beings.

    Kristin Ingersoll
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the most insulting caption I've seen yet. Shame on this BP!!!

    Abnus
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was probably not BP’s fault. It might have been a bot who picked the quote from somewhere.

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    #118

    How Many People Can Remember The Familiar Sound Of A Windlass Clunking Down Into A Well? The First Cool Sip Of Water When It Was Brought Up In That Trusty Bucket. Drank From A Dipper, A Well Dinged And Bent Metal Cup (That Just Perhaps Used To Be A Vienna Sausage Can) Or Maybe Chipped Old Cup Whose Handle Had Long Since Departed. Whole Farms And Families Depended On These Wells, So Maybe That Is Why They Still Hold Such A Spot In Memory.

    How many people can remember the familiar sound of a windlass clunking down into a well? The first cool sip of water when it was brought up in that trusty bucket. Drank from a dipper, a well dinged and bent metal cup (that just perhaps used to be a Vienna sausage can) or maybe chipped old cup whose handle had long since departed. Whole farms and families depended on these wells, so maybe that is why they still hold such a spot in memory.

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    HarriMissesScotland
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandparents still used a well to water the livestock well into the 1970's. The pitcher pump in the kitchen was there until they moved.

    Jill Hojnacki
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m only 66 and I can remember that. Hasn’t been that long ago that this was still the norm in some rural areas and in parks where the dipper and cup were shared by all visitors.

    #119

    "Hanging Out" In 1948.

    "Hanging out" in 1948.

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    Linda Rhyne
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saddle shoes! I had a few pairs. Difficult to polish without getting the black on the white and the white on the black.

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    3 years ago

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    #120

    A Camping Car At The Motor Show, Olympia, Showing How The Inside Can Be Adjusted To Make A Bed. Built By A. C. Penman Ltd Of Dumfries. 17th October 1929.

    A camping car at the Motor Show, Olympia, showing how the inside can be adjusted to make a bed. Built by A. C. Penman Ltd of Dumfries. 17th October 1929.

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    #121

    Learning Practical Home Skills Took On A More Necessary Meaning In 1910.

    Learning practical home skills took on a more necessary meaning in 1910.

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    Jill Tremblay
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like the shape of those jars on the shelf !

    Cubbypotato
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is what my home looks like

    #122

    "A Friend Is A Second Self." -Aristotle (Photo: Paris, 1934)

    "A friend is a second self." -Aristotle
    (Photo: Paris, 1934)

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    #123

    An Aerial View Of New York City 90 Years Ago.

    An aerial view of New York City 90 years ago.

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    #124

    The World Has Lost One Of Its Truly Great Actors. With Too Many Film And Stage Credits To Begin To List, From A Career Spanning Seven Decades, Christopher Plummer Will Always Be Remembered. A Personal Favorite Is His Performance As Captain Von Trapp From The Sound Of Music, Which Ironically He Did Not Like And Considered His Co-Star The Only Redeeming Feature Of The Movie. Versatile, Handsome, And All Around Talented. Rest In Peace. Christopher Plummer 1929-2021

    The world has lost one of its truly great actors. With too many film and stage credits to begin to list, from a career spanning seven decades, Christopher Plummer will always be remembered. A personal favorite is his performance as Captain Von Trapp from The Sound of Music, which ironically he did not like and considered his co-star the only redeeming feature of the movie. Versatile, handsome, and all around talented. Rest in peace. Christopher Plummer 1929-2021

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    #125

    When The Little Store Was Your Favorite Store. (Lincoln, Vermont, 1940.)

    When the little store was your favorite store. (Lincoln, Vermont, 1940.)

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    Nathaniel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the United Kingdom of the UK, it would be the corner shops, when your mum sent you to get a loaf of bread.

    Nimues Child
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In MA, they were sometimes called a "Spa" and had a small old-fashioned ice cream counter there. It's where I first discovered a real cherry Coke.

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    Pheline
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But sometimes they were awful to the people they didn't want around. Imagine being the only black family in a town of racists and shopping at that store or passing through and they didn't want you to stay. I live in a live/work, etc neighborhood and it has a lot of stuff but no general store.

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    #126

    What Was Once A Luxury, Would Now Be Considered An Inconvenience. What Would She Say If We Told Her It Can Now Be Carried In Our Pockets?

    What was once a luxury, would now be considered an inconvenience. What would she say if we told her it can now be carried in our pockets?

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    Sawdust
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Interesting that the phone is just sitting out in the elements.

    Nunya Business
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just try and find a payphone nowadays.

    Nimues Child
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll bet she had to talk to the operator to get connected to the person she wanted to talk to.

    Kate
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, at least she doesn't have to climb up to the top of the pole to use the phone!

    #127

    So Much Can Be Said For Education As It Was. (1890, South Dakota)

    So much can be said for education as it was. (1890, South Dakota)

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    Nimues Child
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Teaching all the grades at once in a single room...

    Mary Rogers
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My father went to a school like that in rural West Virginia

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    Jennifer Johnson
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my grandma taught in a 1 room school house for years

    #128

    Delivery Of Beautiful Brand New Fords.

    Delivery of beautiful brand new Fords.

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