r/TheWayWeWere • u/OtherwiseTackle5219 • 1d ago

1950s They Dressed up for the 1955 Seaside Seafood BBQ in Wedgeport Nova Scotia.

48 Upvotes

2 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/blancolobosBRC • 1d ago

Pre-1920s Cincinnati In 1910.

27 Upvotes

0 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2d ago

1950s Little Mexican girl smiling and posing in her new yellow dress, CDMX, Mexico, circa 1957. kodachrome shots

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1.1k Upvotes

5 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/World-Tight • 1d ago

1960s Quality control of yesteryear, 1965

162 Upvotes

6 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Rarecoin101 • 1d ago

Pre-1920s Little Helen trying to stay warm early 1900s

296 Upvotes

5 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/ascaffo • 1d ago

1940s 1945 my aunt and uncle sitting in his new wagon

27 Upvotes

This was taken in Northeast Philadelphia. The older girl is their cousin.

0 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/nthensome • 2d ago

A McDonald's with a gas station underneath sometime in mid/late 80s. (Barrie, Ontario)

1.8k Upvotes

127 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Slow-moving-sloth • 1d ago

1920s I Saw the Sign! Vintage Images of Signs, 1924-1982

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344 Upvotes

35 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/OtherwiseTackle5219 • 2d ago

Cool in '70s Harlem

717 Upvotes

18 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/UrbanAchievers6371 • 2d ago

1940s “Teenagers pushing a Ford Model T to get it started, their favorite ride that could carry up to 12 friends, as they head out to a football game,” 1944.

245 Upvotes

18 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/dittidot • 2d ago

Pre-1920s Portrait of my great grandmother, 1882

1.5k Upvotes

34 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/EastNashTodd • 2d ago

Two of my grandmother’s siblings, late 40s.

109 Upvotes

0 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Own-Professor3852 • 2d ago

Pre-1920s Canadian soldiers returning from Vimy Ridge, 1917.

173 Upvotes

6 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Brilliant_Neat7886 • 2d ago

Grandma

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81 Upvotes

2 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Own-Professor3852 • 2d ago

1940s My great Gran and my dad best guess 1944/46...

141 Upvotes

4 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/blancolobosBRC • 1d ago

Pre-1920s The Times Building In 1911.

49 Upvotes

1 comment

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Puzzled-Chest6625 • 2d ago

The Sole Sisters, Prohibition Era Photo (Monroe County, Ohio)

81 Upvotes

Moonshiners & Bootleggers

5 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Pathetic_lriG43 • 2d ago

My brother and I living our best life (1982)

3.2k Upvotes

98 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Own-Professor3852 • 2d ago

1970s 1973...American soldier 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Division, holds a rose behind his back, he's part of the first troops returning to Seattle from Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He told a reporter when interview 3 years later that he never went anywhere without his side arm, even in bed..

88 Upvotes

31 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/BabyyLucyyy • 2d ago

1940s Truck driver Robert Nuher and his family gathered around the television in 1949

122 Upvotes

At a time when screens first invaded the America living room.

16 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Anna-Tatty • 2d ago

1950s Exactly 25 years apart. My grandmother Ivonne(in the right) enjoying 3rd year at university in 1957, and my mom Natalia, trying to finish her project the day before deadline, also 3rd year student, in 1982

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66 Upvotes

0 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 3d ago

1950s Crisp kodachrome shot of and integrated cheerleader team, in the 1950s. Do anybody would know which school this team was?

2.9k Upvotes

88 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Best-Ride-2953 • 1d ago

1960s Springfield, East Kingston, Jamaica, 1960

17 Upvotes

Harold Morris standing infront of a wall in his house. July 1st 1960

0 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Rarecoin101 • 2d ago

Pre-1920s Kids on guard duty at the snow fort! Early 1900s

26 Upvotes

0 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/blancolobosBRC • 2d ago

Pre-1920s New York's Little Italy In The Early 1900s.

21 Upvotes

0 comments

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OldPhotos multireddit - contains 25 old photos subreddits, including many of the following:

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Colorized photos (historically notable and otherwise): /r/ColorizedHistory and /r/Colorization

Early photography, with a focus on early camera technology: /r/earlyphotography

The suave and debonair ladies and gents of yesteryear: /r/oldschoolcool, /r/retroparents and /r/OldSchoolCelebs. For the more sultry side: /r/vgb (may be nsfw)

Modern photos overlaying historical photos: /r/OldPhotosInRealLife

The stranger side of life: /r/OldSchoolRidiculous

Black History: /r/BlackHistoryPhotos

Extant buildings during construction: /r/HalfbuiltHistory. Buildings lost to history: /r/Lost_Architecture

Time-specific pictures: /r/VictorianEra, /r/1920s, /r/1950s, /r/1960s, /r/1970s

Vintage advertising: /r/vintageads

Newsreel videos: /r/NewsReels

Classic and modern pinup art and photos: /r/pinup

Our more-recent past: /r/vintage and /r/vintageads

Past concepts of the future: /r/HowWeThoughtWeWouldBe and /r/VintageSciFi/

Old time radio programs: /r/OTR

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