21 Fascinating Pics From Way Back When

Nathan Johnson Published 05/23/2022 in ftw

They say history is written by the victors, but what does that mean for photography? Even if you lose, your pictures will remain on to tell your story. So while sure, history is made by those in command, photographs will live on to tell the stories of all our failed inventions and hardships.

And before you go thinking that history is boring or dull, take a look at these pictures and know that you are living on what will one day become the ancient past.

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Teenagers at an archery party in Briarcliff, New York, 1956
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Diner in West Virginia in 1930
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Woman and her dog in her one room house, Texas, 1938
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Motherless family, the oldest girl seated in the doorway of the house trailer cares for the family. Yakima Valley, Washington 1939. by Dorothea Lange
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Loading passengers onto an airship from a mooring mast, 1930s
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School girls practice childcare using a doll, 1935
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Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. The father is under the truck doing some repairs. August 1936.
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Gun safety being taught in an Indiana school, 1956
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Christmas dinner near Smithfield, Iowa. Dinner consisted of potatoes, cabbage and pie. 1936. Photographer – Lee Russell
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A man sleeps on his dance partner after dancing 1,491 hours during an undated marathon.
11.
People watching a television set for the first time at Waterloo station, London, 1936
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School house photo in Texas, 1930’s.
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Sharecroppers in front of their cabin. Boone Arkansas. October 1935
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Moving Day. 1920’s
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A waitress in a diner taking a break, New York City, 1955
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A young couple spending an evening in Las Vegas (1957)
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Swimming at the Tidal Basin beach c.1918
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School dance, 1956, photo by Wayne Miller
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These children from 8 years old up go to school half a day, and shuck oysters for four hours before school and three hours after school on school days, and on saturday from 4 a.m. to early afternoon. 1911 by Lewis Hine
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Elementary school class taking an imaginary trip to the moon, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1966
21.
Cop, musicians and a dead drunk, a New York diner scene. circa 1940s

1.
Teenagers at an archery party in Briarcliff, New York, 1956
2.
Diner in West Virginia in 1930
3.
Woman and her dog in her one room house, Texas, 1938
4.
Motherless family, the oldest girl seated in the doorway of the house trailer cares for the family. Yakima Valley, Washington 1939. by Dorothea Lange
5.
Loading passengers onto an airship from a mooring mast, 1930s
6.
School girls practice childcare using a doll, 1935
7.
Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. The father is under the truck doing some repairs. August 1936.
8.
Gun safety being taught in an Indiana school, 1956
9.
Christmas dinner near Smithfield, Iowa. Dinner consisted of potatoes, cabbage and pie. 1936. Photographer – Lee Russell
10.
A man sleeps on his dance partner after dancing 1,491 hours during an undated marathon.
11.
People watching a television set for the first time at Waterloo station, London, 1936
12.
School house photo in Texas, 1930’s.
13.
Sharecroppers in front of their cabin. Boone Arkansas. October 1935
14.
Moving Day. 1920’s
15.
A waitress in a diner taking a break, New York City, 1955
16.
A young couple spending an evening in Las Vegas (1957)
17.
Swimming at the Tidal Basin beach c.1918
18.
School dance, 1956, photo by Wayne Miller
19.
These children from 8 years old up go to school half a day, and shuck oysters for four hours before school and three hours after school on school days, and on saturday from 4 a.m. to early afternoon. 1911 by Lewis Hine
20.
Elementary school class taking an imaginary trip to the moon, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1966
21.
Cop, musicians and a dead drunk, a New York diner scene. circa 1940s