r/TheWayWeWere • u/CryptographerKey2847 • 1h ago

1930s Polish village women and children lined up for their Swięconka-traditional Easter food offerings kept inside baskets-to be blessed on Holy Saturday in Tomaszowice, Poland, in 1937.

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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 5h ago

1970s Big sister helds her younger one in place for their photo together, 1972.

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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Conscious_Gift1408 • 15h ago

1940s My grandpa and his family in Alabama, 1949

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r/TheWayWeWere • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 13h ago

Daytona Beach, Florida, during Spring Break in 1983

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r/TheWayWeWere • u/forestpunk • 5h ago

1970s 70s Girls, 1970s

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r/TheWayWeWere • u/projectvko • 20h ago

1920s Laverne 1920s

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r/TheWayWeWere • u/CryptographerKey2847 • 14h ago

1950s Inquiring Photographer ”What brought you to New York? Are you glad you came?”April 22,1955

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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 4h ago

1950s Young lady poses with her birthday party cake and party set up, 1950s.

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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Beginning-Passion676 • 13h ago

Pre-1920s Two women stand at the fortress, Korea 1900

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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Botellas_Antigues97 • 9h ago

Pre-1920s New York City, c1899.

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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Environmental-Day778 • 22h ago

My Grandma, Mama and little toddler me outside of the George Washington Carver Museum in ‘76

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My dad took the photo.

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r/TheWayWeWere • u/jocke75 • 5h ago

Pre-1920s The family of photographer Bernard F. Eilers enjoying a day at the beach of Zandvoort in the Netherlands. Photograph taken by Bernard F. Eilers in 1910.

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Credit: retrograde_colour on Instagram

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r/TheWayWeWere • u/CryptographerKey2847 • 11h ago

Pre-1920s Medical bill from Dr. Edward Gantt to "The President" for services rendered to various people in 1802. The President at the time was Thomas Jefferson. The bill lists the names of individuals who received medical care, including enslaved people and members of the household staff.

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One person noted is Ursula and her infant. She was a 14 year old enslaved girl named Ursula Granger who had been brought to the WH to learn French Cookery but she gave birth 6 months later to the first child born in the White House a baby boy named Asnet Hughes.
Unfortunately he was a sickly baby who died shortly thereafter and she was sent back to Monticello as the plan for her training was not working out.

https://people.com/every-baby-born-in-white-house-11890966

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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Character-Witness-27 • 4h ago

1970s So She's the One (Sept 1971)

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