Trucks outside of a starch factory, in Caribou, Aroostook County, Maine, in late 1940. There were almost 50 trucks in the line. Some had been waiting for 24 hours for the potatoes to be graded and weighed.

Boys fishing in a bayou, in Schriever, Louisiana, in summer 1940. Cajun children in a bayou near a school in Terrebonne, a US Farm Security Administration project.

Hauling crates of peaches from the orchard to the shipping shed, Delta County, Colorado, in late 1940.

Faro and Doris Caudill, homesteaders, in Pie Town, New Mexico, in late 1940.

The Caudill family eating dinner in their dugout, in Pie Town, New Mexico, in late 1940.

Harvesting new corn from the field of Jim Norris, in Pie Town, New Mexico, in late 1940.

At the Vermont state fair in Rutland, Vermont, in late 1941.

Jim Norris, homesteader, Pie Town, New Mexico, in late 1940.

Distributing surplus commodities in St. Johns, Arizona, in late 1940.

“Backstage” at the “girlie” show at the Vermont state fair in Rutland, Vermont, in late 1941.

Tying a ribbon on a calf’s tail was one of the feature attractions at the rodeo at the Pie Town, New Mexico, fair in late 1940.

Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Mississippi, in late 1939.

Living quarters and a “juke joint” for migratory workers during a slack season, in Belle Glade, Florida, taken in early 1941.

Men reading headlines posted on the street corner of the Brockton Enterprise newspaper office, in Brockton, Massachusetts, in late 1940.

A horse-and-cart team pulling a car out of the mud on a road near Pie Town, New Mexico, in late 1940.

Barker at the grounds at the Vermont state fair in Rutland, Vermont, in late 1941.

Delta County Fair in Colorado, in late 1940.

Houses with factories seen in the background, taken sometime between 1941 and 1942.

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“Me in my homemade hovercraft-1979.”

“The Chelsea Potter Pub, King’s Road, London 1960s.”

“A 4,000-pound elephant seal named Roland getting a snow bath from his handler at the Berlin Zoo in Germany in the 1930s.”

“My little brother and I, likely 1974. Mama made everything we’re wearing..”

“Me in Arizona, and the poster that caused a 2 day argument, 1990.”

“Gil Hibben and his insane blade designs from the 1980’s and 1990’s.”

“My grandparents in the 1940’s”

“Me and Cyndi Lauper – 1984”

“My parents, courting in 1968.”

“My style in the early 90s.”

“Diana Rigg played Countess Teresa in the film ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ making her the only woman to officially marry James Bond in the film series, 1969.”

“My grandfather with his little brother (my great uncle) circa 1939.”

“Two Ainu men from the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan 1900s”

“Workers at the Pontiac factory assembling a Firebird, circa 1969.”

“Children walking with their grandmother. Greenland, 1973.”

“Agatha Christie in Paris 1906.”

“My (very) stylish & photogenic grandparents, mid/late 1950’s.”

“My Parents in 1981.”

“My mom in 1950s.”

“My grandma from the 60s.”

“My dad – 1950’s, somewhere in South America.”

“My grandparents, 1924 Buffalo NY”

“The day Grandma and Grandpa got married.”

“Wife found this in an old library book July 1999”

“My grandfather in the 70’s”

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Photograph Of French Actress Sarah Bernhardt

Sleeping, Homeless Children, 1890s

Emil Racovitza As A Diver At The Banyuls-Sur-Mer Oceanographic Observatory. The Upside-Down Sign The Man Is Holding Says “Underwater Photography.”, 1899

James Mye, Mashpee Wampanoag, 1860

Portrait Of A Young Woman, Ethiopia, 1885-1888

Street Musicians, 1898-99

Sitting Bull And Buffalo Bill, 1895

Robert Howlett, Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before The Launching Chains Of The Great Eastern, 1875

Fading Away, “Farewell To The Dying”, Considered The First Photograph To Deal With The Theme Of Passing, 1858

Boulevard Du Temple, Paris, 3rd Arrondissement, Daguerreotype. Made In 1838 By Inventor Louis Daguerre, This Is Believed To Be The Earliest Photograph Showing A Living Person, Circa 1838

Close No. 193 High Street, Scotland, 1868

Brig Upon The Water, 1856

Charging Thunder, A Sioux Indian From Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, 1900

Frederick Douglass Portrait, Circa 1860s

Pierrot Laughing, 1855

“Call, I Follow, I Follow, Let Me Die”, Model Is Mary Ann Hillier, Circa 1867

Eruption Of The Geyser Old Faithful In Yellowstone Valley, 1870 Or 1871

A Native Hut, Circa 1890

John Mayall, Sergeant Dawson And His Daughter, 1855

Abraham Lincoln, Candidate For U.S. President, Three-Quarter Length Portrait, Before Delivering His Cooper Union Address In New York City, 1860

Schneider, 1863

Photo Of Lower Yellowstone Falls, Taken During The Hayden Expedition To Yellowstone, 1871

Ancient Ruins In The Canon De Chelle, 1873

Bandits Roost, 59 And A Half Mulberry Street, 1888

Fox Talbot, The Haystack, 1844

Woman Seen From The Back, Circa 1862

The Maharani Of Nepal And Her Followers, 1885-1894

Boston, As The Eagle And The Wild Goose See It, 1860

Blacksmith Forging A Horshoe, C. 1859-1860

The Market Nassau, Circa 1890

Portrait Of Sir Pratab Singh With His Entourage, India, 1882

Kitchen Of The 8th Hussar Unit, Russia, 1855

Great Chicago Fire, Men Stand Amid The Rubble At Lasalle Street And Washington, 1871

Portrait Of Sir John Herschel, 1867

East And West Shaking Hands At The Laying Of Last Rail Union Pacific Railroad, 1869

Cathedral Rock, 1861

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“Kurt Zimmerman created “Artoo Deco” Art Deco take on R2-D2, capable of movement under radio control with an in-built sound-system that makes droidish noises”

“The bathrooms in this Illinois home are spectacular! Built in 1952”

This property sold for 1.8 million. 7 bedrooms, 4 full baths, 2 half baths. Architect John Koster was commissioned by the Mechner family in 1969 to develop a property like no other. Chappaqua, NY

“Stilnovo tripod UFO Lamp”

“I thought l’d share my mom’s childhood Barbie collection. I always loved the booklet and admired the dresses and art work”

“Denny’s in the 70s”

“In 1977, when STAR WARS beat Jaws to become the highest-grossing movie ever at the time, Steven Spielberg took out the below ad for George Lucas in Variety”

“‘Ebony’ Magazine’s vintage test kitchen.

The 1970s-era kitchen went under conservation at the National Museum of African American History and Culture”

“The wallpaper. The apron. And much more vintage goodness going on here”

“Renowned architect John Semitekol, who studied under Mies van der Rohe, designed and built this home as his personal residence in 1955; it has been enjoyed by his family ever since. It was sold in 2016. Located in Joliet, IL”

“I would totally decorate with cocktail weenies. It would be the best weenie tree around!”

““House of Tomorrow” – where Elvis and Priscilla Presley spent their honeymoon in Palm Springs, California. It’s full of retro-futuristic architectural features. It sold for 5,650,000 back in 2022. Built in 1939 . 5 bed, 5 bath”

“The XPAK 400 – a futuristic, single-seat, custom-built air car designed by George Barris of Barris Kustoms. It was first displayed at the 1964 New York World’s Fair. The car floats on a five-inch cushion of air, achieved by a system of fans, and has no wheels or transmission. It was designed to operate on both land and water.”

“Rasmussen Residence – Lake Forest, IL Designed in 1964 by architect Robert R Rasmussen. This is not currently on the market but I had shared it when it was active. I felt it was worthy of another share.

4 bed, 3 bath home”

“Promo for Rickenbacker guitar I believe this is from 1958 or so”

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Lively Street In Tokyo Around 1900-1920

Interior Of Casa Rosada Of Buenos Aires, 1923

Military School Cadets Marching Down Parodos Street, 1920, Kaunas, Lithuania

Plaza De Mayo 1920 , Argentina

1920 Nuremberg , Germany, Bavaria, Middle Franconia, Nuremberg

Inner Courtyard Of A Madrasah With A Flower Garden, 1925, Yerevan

King William Street, Adelaide, South Australia 1923

Ballroom At Flinders Street Station 1920 – 1940 , Australia, Victoria

1922 North Brabant, Netherlands

Langenberg. Gasthof 1920 – 1930 , Poland

St. Faith’s Church 1900 – 1920 , New Zealand, Bay Of Plenty

City Hall 1920 , Canada, Ontario

Loaded Freight Barge Passing The Russian Consulate, Huangpu, Shanghai, 1919

View Of Nihonbashi Bridge With Boats Underneath 1911 – 1920 , Japan, Tokyo

1921 , France, Metropolitan France, Île-De-France, Paris, 6th Arrondissement (Luxembourg), Notre-Dame-Des-Champs

1920 , Germany, Berlin

1925-1935, Czech Republic, Prague

1921 Brazil, Southeast Region, State Of Rio De Janeiro

Main Building, Armour Institute Of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, CA 1920s

1920, Switzerland, Canton Of Zürich

Birmingham. Ward End Park 1900 – 1920 , United Kingdom

1920, Perfume Store, Riga, Latvia

View Of Canberra 1920 – 1940 , Australia

Tram Stop In Brussels, October 1922

Handloom Weaver At Work In The Street, Shanghai, 1920

Imperial Theatre In Marunouchi, Tokyo, 1924

1920, Tirana, Albania

1930 Stari Grad Urban Municipality (Belgrad) , Serbia

Tampere Girls’ School 1924, Finland

1920, USA, Texas, Mclennan County, Waco

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“Couple Dancing In New York City, 1979”

“A Little Girl With Three Owls, 1925”

“Just Retired After 42 Years As An Obstetrical Nurse, At The Same Hospital. Here I Am At The Start (1979) And End Of My Career!”

“Katherine Johnson, “Human Computer”, Famously Calculated The Flight Trajectory For Alan Shepard, The First American In Space, In 1962″

“Mogadishu, 1993. An Italian Soldier Gives Food To A Local Orphan”

“An East German Soldier Passing A Flower Through The Berlin Wall Before It Was Torn Down, 1989”

“Harlem Grocer Standing In Front Of His Store, 1937”

“Soldier Coming Home To His Daughter After Wwii, 1945”

“A Sailor’s Request For An Extraordinary Leave Of Absence, 1967”

“A Great Dane Riding Shotgun In A Sports Car. Hollywood, California 1961”

“Pink Bell Bottoms, Pink Platforms And Her Pink Volvo (1973)”

“A Mother And Daughter Hamming It Up For The Camera, Ca 1900”

“My Grandfather Born 1919 With His Grandfather Born 1860”

“Three Female Students Bauhaus, Dessau (Germany). 1927”

“Men Observing Fountain That Froze Solid In Detroit, 1917”

“My Physics Teacher Retires Today, Here He Is Day 1 On The Job 30 Years Ago”

“Racing Cars On The Roof Of The Fiat Factory, Turin 1923”

“Marine With Dog, Vietnam. 1971”

“The Shambles In York (UK) Inspiration For Diagon Alley From Harry Potter. Late 1800s And Today”

“Two Women Sitting Outside On The Fire Escape In Harlem, New York City, 1978”

“Central Park, New York City, 1973”

“Incredibly Sharp Looking Kids In Harlem, 1970”

“Being A Surfer Wasn’t Easy In 1914”

“1963 Chevrolet Corvette Split Window”

“Receptionist Waits At Her Desk. General Motors Technical Center, 1965”

“Immigrant Family At Ellis Island, Looking At New York’s Skyline, 1925”

“Shigeru Miyamoto, Creator Of Mario And Other Characters And Video Games For Nintendo, Holds A Nintendo Game Boy Containing The Super Mario World Video Game. June 1992”

“Beach Day, 1947 – 1951”

“The Vienna Court Opera, 1902”

“United Airlines Stewardess In 1970”

“The Liquidators Worked In The Immediate Vicinity Of The Damaged Reactor. Chernobyl 1986”

“Photograph Of A Young Boy. 1913”

“Famous Architects Dressed As Their Buildings At An Architect Ball, 1931”

“Bryn Owen Aged 17 With His Vespa Scooter, Which Has 34 Mirrors And 81 Lights On The Front And Back, All Bought With His Pocket Money, Leicestershire, England, 1983”

“Chichen Itza 1892 And Now”

“Boy Watches TV For The First Time From An Appliance Store Window 1948”

“Multnomah Falls, Oregon, USA, 1918”

“Jane Seymour, 1978”

“A 28-Year-Old Roald Dahl And A 45-Year-Old Ernest Hemingway In London, 1944”

“Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, Left, Explores The Completed Tower With A Friend, 1889”

“A Selfie From 1951”

“A Los Angeles Policeman Poses With A Group Of Flappers In The 1920s”

“East Harlem, New York City, 1947 – 1951”

“Harrison Ford And Karen Allen On The Set Of Raiders Of The Lost Ark, 1981”

“Christmas Time In The 1950s”

“Riding A Bicycle Down The Steps Of The United States Capitol. 1884”

“Grocery Shopping, 1945”

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Victorian Strongwomen Laverie Vallee Also Known As Charmion

Woman In Knickers Smoking Cigarette And Looking At Man Doing Laundry

The Victorian Solution For The Homeless: The 4 Penny Coffin

A Victorian Era Woman Getting Photographed For The First Time. Can Only Imagine How Striking Her Eyes Were

Photo Captures The Moment A Baby Burst Out Laughing And Her Mother Fights So Hard To No Laugh With Her

A Victorian Era Candle-Lit Christmas Tree (Late 1800s)

I’ll See Your 1876 Batman And Raise You Victorian Era Bat Woman

Victorian Photos Showing The Complex Progress For Wearing A Crinoline Dress. Circa 1850

Two British Victorian Women Make A Victorian Snow Lady In 1892

Adorable Series Of Mother And Daughter Photographs From 1900

Mountain Hiking Around 1910

Bathers And Bathing Carriages On The Beach Of Blankenberge

Pluto Lamps: The Victorian Gas Lamps That Sold Cups Of Hot Coffee, Tea And Cocoa. Inauguration Of The First Pluto In Exmouth Street, London, 1899

The London School Of Medicine, Physiology Laboratory. Women Students At Work, 1899

Victorian Girl Posing With Her Beloved Dog. Dog Alive, You Can See It Blurring In The 2nd Shot. Circa Mid XIX Century

Pubic Wig Seller 1860

“The Devil’s Auction”. Female Burlesque Performer In Horse Costume

A Victorian Woman And Her Pets

Harry Houdini And Bess Houdini With Members Of The Welsh Bros

A Peanut Vendor Wearing A Suit Made Of Peanuts, Circa 1890

All Eyes On You, 1892

Cabaret Of Hell

Victorian Working Women On Their Work Clothes. Miners Most Likely. Some In Pants, Others Still In Dress, Circa Late 1880s

Before Alarm Clocks Were Affordable, “Knocker-UPS” Were Used To Wake People Early In The Morning. UK, Around 1900

The Dissecting Room Of St. George’s Hospital, London. The Person At The Cadaver’s Feet Is Henry Gray, Author Of Gray’s Anatomy

Girl Group. Ca. 1890

Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, London, 1880s. The First Dinosaur Sculptures In The World, Unveiled In 1854, Before The Publication Of Charles Darwin’s Origin Of Species

A Young Girl Is ‘Hired’ As A Domestic Servant By A Middle-Class Woman In Carlisle’s Greenmarket. Circa 1895

Ma Rolinson Of Bethnal Green Making Mattresses

Clowns From The Victorian Era… I Can Understand The Fear People Have Of Clowns

A Young Girl And Her Very Large Doll, Ca. 1900

The Only Female Elephant Trainer In The World, Understood The Value Of Publicity

Woman Buttons Up Her Boots 1895

Victorian Living Room, Late 1800s

Brighton Beach Bathing Machines. UK 1864

Misses Fannie Mills Aka “The Ohio Big Foot Girl”

Parlor Maid At Little Gillions, Croxley Green (1880s – 1890s)

Visiting Quarantined Family And Friends At Ullevål Hospital, Oslo, 1905

European Tourists Having A Picnic In A Temple, In Egypt

Victorian Women With Long Thick Weavy Hair. Circa Second Half Of The XIX Century

Woman Reading On A Sofa Illustrating The Use Of John Carter’s Literary Machine With Lamp, Table And Adjustable Couch

Men And Women Cross Dress In This Humorous Victorian Era Snap, 1880-1900

Vassar Class Day On The Lawn. 1895

A Picture Taken At The Photography Studio Of J. Hart On City Road, East London – Circa Late 1870s

A Young Independent Shoeblack Shines The Boots Of A City Gent

Chimney Sweep

Professional “Mute Mourners”, An Obligatory Attribute Of The Funeral Of Any Well-To-Do Deceased In Victorian England, 1896

Young Women Are Admitted To Full Communion In A London Church. Ca 1860

Victorian Life 1890s

Tintype Of Two Victorian Chaps Who Really Want To Show You Their Feet, Circa 1870s

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“Mongolian Girl Has A Laugh With Her Camel. The Little Girl’s Name Is Butedmaa And She Was Just 5 When This Picture Was Taken In 2003 By Photographer Han Chengli”

“”The Woman With The Handbag” – A 38-Year-Old Woman, Danuta Danielsson, Hits A Marching Neo-N*zi With A Handbag In Växjö, Sweden. April 13, 1985″

“21-Year-Old Bernie Sanders Protesting Segregation And Getting Arrested In Chicago. August 1963”

“Royal Portuguese Reading Room, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. It Opened To The Public In 1883”

“A Woman Named Corrie Ten Boom Showing The Secret Hiding Place Her Family Constructed In Her Attic Bedroom To Shelter Jewish People And Resistance Members In Haarlem, Holland During Wwii”

“A Man And His Dog In A Photo Booth, 1943”

“Auntie Mary And Her ‘Friend’, Ruth, 1910.”

“A Rare Example Where An Engineer Thought About The Mechanic. (1950s)”

“African American Woman Poses With Her Handmade Flour Sack Dresses In The 1930s”

“Mother Helping Her Son Through A Tough Level In Super Mario Land On Gameboy From 1989”

“An Inuit Girl Descending Into Her Home, An Ice Igloo, In Arviat, Nunavut (Northern Canada), 1949”

“Mom With Her Psychedelic Baby Pram, London, 1967”

“High School Teacher Sandy Brockman Wearing A Bold Print Hippie-Style Dress , In Denver, Colorado. 1969”

“In 1990, Muhammad Ali Flew To Iraq To Help Free 15 American Hostages. Without The U.S. Government’s Permission, The Heavyweight Champ Directly Negotiated With Saddam Hussein And Convinced Him To Let The Americans Come Home Safely”

“Webcam Was Invented In 1991 By Researchers To Check If The Coffee Pot In Another Room Is Empty Or Not”

“Disney Animator Used Live Pupies And Dalmatian Dogs To Learn How To Properly Animate Them, For The Film 101 Dalmatian, 1961”

“A Photo Of A Young Kuwaiti Girl Holding Her Lamb, During The Gulf War, (1991)”

“Leo Trotsky With His Wife And Frida Kahlo, Mexico 1937. Original Color Photo”

“Rooftop Message From Hurricane Katrina, 2005”

“A Fake City On The Roof Of A Factory That Produced Boeing Combat Airplanes. USA, 1944”

“This Guy In The Movie Grease (1978) Is Supposed To Be A Teenager”

“Soviet Peasants Listen To The Radio For The First Time, 1928”

“Family In A Cardboard House (Detail Of The Walls) And Flour Sack Dresses For The Girls Pose For A Photo, 1930s”

“Kids Casually Enjoying The Playground In New York City, 1926”

“A Then 122-Year-Old Jeanne Calment Pressing The Key Of A PC Keyboard, France, 1997”

“Tokyo In 1960, Before There Were Any Skyscrapers (Pictured Tokyo Tower)”

“Niagara Falls Without Water In 1969”

“Holding A Boombox Up To Your Mullet Was A Great Way To Party In The 1980s”

“Amasunzu Was A Traditional Rwandan Hairstyle Popular In The 1920s And 1930s”

“Flight Attendant For The German Airline Lufthansa Serving Draft Beer From A Wooden Barrel And Ham On A Flight, Circa 1963”

“New York City In 1996”

“An Afghan Girl Braiding Braids For An American Tourist. 1969”

“A Woman Living In An Iowa “Hooverville” Cleaning Her Shack — Hoovervilles Were Shantytowns Built All Across The Us During The Great Depression. They Were Named After President Herbert Hoover, Who Was Widely Blamed For The Great Depression, 1930s”

“Ladies At A Small Home Gym In 1950s”

“A Us Soldier Shares A Chocolate Bar With A Local Japanese Lady, 1946”

“Women Preparing For An Upcoming Ball, 1900”

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“My Wife And Me At Age 20 And At Age 58 – Still Having A Blast With Each Other”

“First And Last Photos With My Dad”

“Decided I Needed A Shift From The Same Ol’ Body – 350lbs Down To 194”

“Mojo And I In 2005 And 2024. This Year, He Turns 20 And I Turn 50”

“My Japanese Grandma Who Survived World War 2”

“2022 Chemo vs. Now 2024”

“1972, The Year We Met And 2024”

“Grandad 1959 First Pub Visit When He Was 18 – Now In The Pub 84”

“My Wife And Daughter. Not Sure That I Contributed Anything Genetically”

“My Parents In 1987 vs. Now. They’ve Been Married For 36 Years.”

“Girls Trip, 2007 And 2024”

“2004-2024 Kindergarten To Married”

“I Just Lost My Gram This Week At 94. Always A Babe”

“My Mum And Me (1990) Me And My Daughter (2023)”

“My Sister And I – 1989 And 2025”

“August 2005 – Christmas Eve 2024”

“2006 To Now, My Girl Wolverine Is 18.5 Years Old!”

“My Grandma’s Turning 101 In April 2025”

“My 95 Year Old Grandmother In Front Of Her Portrait”

“My Husband And I 31 Years Ago And Last Week”

“My Husband And I ’87 And ’24”

“Grandpa At 15 And 79”

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