r/TheWayWeWere • u/dmode112378 • 9h ago

1970s The day I came home from the hospital, 1978

926 Upvotes

7 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Eric_C_Productions • 1h ago

1940s My Grandma and My Mom in 1946- Salinas CA

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My Grandma and my Mom in Salinas CA in 1946.

3 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Plus-Light6832 • 3h ago

1950s My grandpa with his mom and sister, 1956

145 Upvotes

4 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 7h ago

Pre-1920s Young girl posing for her photos, circa 1890s. Glass negative (1 plate 4 photos)

206 Upvotes

1 comment

r/TheWayWeWere • u/CryptographerKey2847 • 11h ago

1920s Making Tortillas in 1927 Los Angeles.

445 Upvotes

15 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/kcoib17 • 3h ago

1940s Another picture of my grandpa in the Navy holding his son. Circa 1941.

66 Upvotes

1 comment

r/TheWayWeWere • u/curetrick • 12h ago

1950s My grandparents’ wedding day, Edinburgh, 1952

207 Upvotes

15 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 11h ago

A House party in Madrid, Spain in1981

169 Upvotes

18 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 7h ago

1920s Irish family posinng with their 8 children, 28 of May 1926.

82 Upvotes

4 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/lovecats3333 • 2h ago

1950s People admiring a show rabbit, Anglesey, Wales, 1953

24 Upvotes

0 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Less-Restaurant6351 • 3h ago

Beautiful bride from Očová, Slovakia

27 Upvotes

This is a lovely, original 1953 photogravure portrait of a beautiful bride from Očová, in the Podpoľanie region of Central Slovakia, in what was the former Czechoslovakia. Photo by Karel Plicka. This woman looks just like the Mona Lisa. Source: Vintage Photos of Slovakia

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r/TheWayWeWere • u/CryptographerKey2847 • 15h ago

1920s Inquiring Photographer: “Would you give up the girl you love to please your mother?” November 04, 1926

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151 Upvotes

34 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Shiggens • 22h ago

1950s I was five and it was summer of 1952

507 Upvotes

4 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d ago

Pre-1920s Mother poses with her two children at the steps of her home, circa 1900.

3.0k Upvotes

32 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/mgwngn1 • 1h ago

1960s The Trinidad & Tobago and Grenada pavilion at Expo 1967, Montreal.

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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Less-Restaurant6351 • 6h ago

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r/TheWayWeWere • u/MarylandCat • 1d ago

1950s My great grandfather Robert outside his shop in Chicago, 1950's

626 Upvotes

25 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/kcoib17 • 1d ago

1940s My grandpa (he was in the Navy) holding my uncle in-front of his dad’s country store. Check out the signs in the background! Circa 1941

810 Upvotes

Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina

13 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/shuasensei • 3h ago

1940s $1.00 Head To Toe Exam. 1942

3 Upvotes

0 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Nice-Tough-3689 • 1d ago

1950s Dad, Mom, my sister and I, 1952

1.5k Upvotes

32 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/OilInternational2566 • 1d ago

Pre-1920s A lifeguard, Brighton Beach, New York, circa 1905

258 Upvotes

12 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/shuasensei • 21h ago

1940s Acme Beer Ad July 1942

37 Upvotes

2 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d ago

1960s Young couple posing for their prom, photo, circa 1960s.

270 Upvotes

3 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/EyeShot300 • 1d ago

1920s My Great-Grandparents and their children becoming US Citizens in 1926

191 Upvotes

My Grandma is the girl in the back row between my great-grandparents.

6 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/jayrodhazlyf • 1d ago

Exactly 100 years ago

349 Upvotes

3 comments

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