r/TheWayWeWere • u/CoCoPieCoGT • 6h ago

My work I. D. In 1983 Washington, DC. Where I was making $13,000 a year. During the 98th Congress. Members of Congress were paid $75,000 per year.

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11 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/MFK1229 • 14h ago

1960s Voter Registration, My grandfather, 1963

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Jerome Smith Looks at Bullet Holes in Fannie Lou Hamer’s Door, 1963

60 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Sea-Honeydew9350 • 20h ago

1920s Great grandfather's PRR ID badge, Altoona, PA rail shops, 1920s

141 Upvotes

2 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Rarecoin101 • 18h ago

1970s Power couple 1970s

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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 21h ago

1970s Young couple posing for a photo together, NJ, 1970.

1.4k Upvotes

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r/TheWayWeWere • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 21h ago

1950s Halloween party, 31 of October 1955.

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3.2k Upvotes

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r/TheWayWeWere • u/sybildb • 2h ago

1930s Some photos of my family in the Longview, TX area ~1930-1940s.

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77 Upvotes

I always loved the composition of the first photo. I’m not sure exactly where all of these were taken, with a couple possibly being from Louisiana, too. But my great-grandparents were in the Longview area at this time.

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r/TheWayWeWere • u/LuckySimple3408 • 19h ago

1970s October 27, 1971: Ann Landers column - Minneapolis Tribune

84 Upvotes

8 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Tiny_Confection2017 • 21h ago

1950s Portraits of 1950s Hungary

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2.2k Upvotes

51 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/HawkeyeTen • 22h ago

Pre-1920s Joyful Victorian era family, 1890s but location unknown

284 Upvotes

5 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 2h ago

Halloween in the 70s

88 Upvotes

8 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Ok_Assistance1315 • 3h ago

1930s An appliance store in 1937

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1 comment

r/TheWayWeWere • u/CryptographerKey2847 • 4h ago

1950s Inquiring Photographer “Why do you watch horror movies on TV?” April 25,1958

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63 Upvotes

11 comments

r/TheWayWeWere • u/Rarecoin101 • 5h ago

1960s Trick or treating 1960s

41 Upvotes

0 comments

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

Photos of major historical events and historically notable people: /r/HistoryPorn

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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