35 Historical Photos Which Illustrate The Daily Life Of Our Predecessors

There’s a reason we dive into history again and again. There’s a lot to be learned every time because fresh perspectives can give nuances to past events that reveal insightful new information with every new study.  

#1 London Punks And An Interested Gran In Chelsea, 1982

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#2 In 1973, Masahisa Fukase Photographed His Wife, Yōko Wanibe, Leaving For Work Each Day From Their Apartment Window In Tokyo

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#3 Halloween 1977: Me As C-3po, My Sister As R2-D2. We Won Our Elementary School Costume Contest!

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#4 My Grandma And Grandpa, 1961

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#5 My Grandmother And Her Sisters. Mexico Around 1940’s

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#6 My Grandmother With My Mother In The Early 1970s. My Grandma Had A Pretty Sweet Fro!

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#7 A Sweet Photo Of A Brother And Sister. Charlottesville, Va, C. 1916

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#8 Lotta Atsye, The Chief’s Daughter Of The Laguna Pueblo, 1904

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#9 A Photograph Of A Little Boy Carrying A Newborn Lamb, In Scotland, 1932

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#10 Summer 1972, Boston, Massachusetts: “Abortion Is A Woman’s Right”

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#11 A Mother And Daughter Hamming It Up For The Camera, Ca 1900

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#12 A Sami Woman, Toddler, And Infant In Lapland, Finland, 1917

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#13 My Uncle’s Wwii Sketchbook

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#14 My Grandma With Me In My Swanky Panorama Pram, 1976

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#15 Photo Taken In Front Of The Colosseum, 1897

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#16 Women Fighting For Healthcare And Abortion Rights In The 1960s

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#17 My Grandmother’s Modeling Photos 1940s-50s

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#18 A Girl Walking Her Rabbit In A Summer Kimono. Shinagawa, Japan, 1973

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#19 A Picture Of 3 Sisters Taken Almost 100 Years Ago

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#20 Portrait Of A Family. Florida, Circa 1900

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#21 The Infamous “Kids Table”

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#22 My Grandfather In New Orleans, Late 50’s

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#23 My Mother And Me At A Picnic. Seoul, South Korea. C. 1977

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#24 Callie Campbell, 11 Years Old, Picks 75 To 125 Pounds Of Cotton A Day, And Totes 50 Pounds Of It When Sack Gets Full. “No, I Don’t Like It Very Much.” Photographed In Potawotamie County, Oklahoma. On October 16, 1916

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#25 My Grandmother As A Child, Late 30s-Early 40s, Toronto

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#26 My Grandpa Trying To Read The Newspaper With A Kitten Sitting On His Shoulder. Early 1980s

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#27 My Grandmother’s Sister Tamara 🤩

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#28 My Grandparents Wedding In 1937, Star Junction, Pa, He Was From Germany She Was From Sicily

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#29 Plain Clothes Detective Foils Razor Yielding Thug In Glasgow, Scotland, 1971

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#30 One Of My Favorite Pictures Of My Father. I’m Guessing He Was In His Early 20s In This Picture

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#31 Actors Who Were To Portray The Munchkins In The Wizard Of Oz Arriving At Mgm Studios In 1938

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#32 My Teenage Mom In The 70s With Her First Horse, One She Paid For By Working Underage At A Movie Theater

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#33 Between 1900 And 1930, A Destitute Seed Pedlar Took More Than 5000 Photographs Of Daily Life In An Isolated Valley To The South Of The Alps. They Were Rediscovered Long After His Death. I Can’t Convey How Amazing These Images Are

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#34 My Grandparents, “Lou Buck” And “Hootie” 1953. She Was My Last Living Grandparent, And We Said Goodbye To Her Today

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#35 Fleet Street. London 1897

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