How would you describe normal, everyday life? Well, for a modern person, it’s anything from brushing their teeth to… commuting to work. Oh wait, not anymore. Coronavirus has shaken up quite a few things, and made us work from home, stay in more, keep distances and whatnot. The change is dramatic and it’s only been like two years (almost three!, o-m-g) since it first started in late 2019.

So yep, time is flying like a hadron collider, changing things beyond recognition on the way. But today would look nothing like a day 20, 50, or even 100 years ago. And we mean it. Thanks to the miscellaneous corner of Reddit “The Way We Were,” which is home to a stunning collection of old photos, scanned documents, articles, and personal anecdotes, we can all secure our seat belts and travel to the past.

The community was created back in 2012, and will celebrate its ten-year anniversary in less than a month. As of today, it had 549k time travelers, I mean devoted members who, just like us, share a fascination with things that have gone with time. Upvote your favorite pics and be sure to check out part 1 of the post right here.

#1 My Grandfather And His Horse, Ruby. 1940’s

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#2 "Cairo Mary," Bouncer At Shanghai Reds (5th And Beacon In San Pedro, Ca) Escorts A Customer To The Door. 1953

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#3 My Grandma And Uncle In Iran, April 1971

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In a bid to find out more about our ever-changing perception of time, which feels like it stands still when you look through old photographs, previously we spoke with Nancy Darling. Nancy Darling is a professor and chair at the Department of Psychology at Oberlin College and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Adolescence and she happily shared some very interesting insights.

It turns out that people tend to judge the passage of time as a function of how many things happen. In that sense, our perception of time is purely subjective. “I find it interesting that when my days are packed, I feel time passes both very fast and very slow.” For example: “During a busy week, events a week ago seem in the far, distant past because so many things have intervened since.” Simultaneously, we feel like time is flying by because so many things are happening every hour.

#4 My Kitty ... Harlem, NY, 1949

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#5 My Dad Died This Week, And I Was Going Through Photos For The Memorial Slideshow. Here Are My Parents In A Very Early 70's Kitchen, But Mostly I Really Like How They Are Looking At Each Other

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#6 This Is My Great Aunt In Front Of Their House In Boston, 1964. The House Was Bought On A Milkman's Salary

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Interestingly, as we get older, the way we perceive time may change as well. It has to do with the usual things, “like cooking a meal or grocery shopping, that start taking longer for you to do.”Most importantly, “the passage of time just marks age and accomplishment,” according to Nancy. “I just got an email this morning reminding me I’d promised to do something in July. That seems both forever ago (I’ve done a thousand things since) and very close (every day, I keep saying I’ll do it ’tomorrow.’)”

#7 A Young Man Demonstrating Against Low Pay For Teachers, Ca. 1930. “I Left School To Earn $21 A Week. My Teacher’s Pay Is $17.78 A Week.” Photo: Paul Thompson

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#8 Young Woman Dressed For An Evening Out, Detroit, 1968

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#9 Children In A Traditional Minobashi Raincoat Going To A New Year's Event, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, 1956

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Interestingly, we can do that with life as well. Just think of your kids being tiny and dependent, urges the professor. “How can my son be living in Manhattan and getting ready to teach in the public schools? Time flies,” she said. At the same time, Nancy said that she feels like “there are many things I’d always planned to do, but haven’t gotten to (yet).” And she added: “I am too old now?”

#10 "Sits Down Spotted"- Crow Nation, Fort Keogh, Montana, 1881. Photo By L.A. Huffman

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#11 Isaac And Rosa, Emancipated Slave Children From New Orleans, 1863

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#12 This Kid Is A Water Heater For Halloween, Circa 1979

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The key challenge is to keep time on our side, and don’t let yourself fall into the trap of one day turning into the whole year. According to Nancy, there are things that can be done about it. “If you regularly review what your priorities are and focus on those, you feel like a lot has gotten done and you don’t regret the fact that you’ve wasted your days,” she suggested.

The sense of accomplishment, whether big or small, creates invisible gaps in time that makes it feel like time stretches. “Days when I accomplish a lot are full and satisfying, but also feel long. A productive week feels like it’s lasted forever. It also feels good,” Nancy concluded.

#13 Adelaide Springett, Who Was So Ashamed At The State Of Her Boots She Took Them Off, Stand For A Photograph In London, 1901. Photo By Horace Warner

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#14 Kids Protesting The Dst. New York, 1939

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#15 A Young Woman Posing For A Studio Portrait, Kentucky, Circa 1890-1910

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#16 Three Young Ladies Posing With A Friend. Circa 1930

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#17 An Elderly Woman Reading A Book With A Cat On Her Lap, 1944

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#18 Four Generations, Circa 1905, Location Unknown

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#19 My Grandfather And Friends In The Amache Internment Camp In Colorado, Circa 1942. He Was About 15 When This Photo Was Taken; He Passed Away Last Month At 94

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#20 Butterfly Boy, New York City, 1949

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#21 The Fate And Feet Of Three Chinese Girls - A Bare Footed Slave, A Girl With Bound Feet, And A Christian With Unbound Feet - Ca. Early 1900s

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#22 'i Love You So Much!' Boy And Dog Circa Mid 1950s

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#23 Rescuing A Horse That Fell In The Canal. Amsterdam, 1929

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#24 I Went My Whole Life Not Seeing Photos Of My Mexican Family, Until Today. Hope You Enjoy These Photos Of My Family In Nayarit, Mexico, In The Early 1900s As Much As I Do!

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#25 Two Women At A Bar, New York C. 1945. Photo By Weegee

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#26 1930 - My Second Great Aunt Sara (Right) And Her Mother Manuela (Sitting) And Aunt Emilia. Caja Espíritu, Huancavelica, Perú. The Only Photo That Exists Of Mama Manuela.

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#27 Jaws Inspects The Halloween Loot, 1976

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#28 (1964) Engineer Karen Leadlay Working On The Analog Computers In The Space Division Of General Dynamics

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#29 "World’s Largest Log Cabin". Portland, Oregon, USA, 1938. Built In 1905, Burned Down In 1964

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#30 My Great Grandmother In Her 50s Probably Taken Around The 70s Or 80s

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#31 Little Girl Roaring At A Stuffed Grizzly Bear At The Sportsman's Show In The Chicago Coliseum. Chicago, Illinois, 1967

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#32 Rural American Life In The First Half Of The 20th Century, By Mike Disfarmer, Whose Life Was A Mystery, And Whose Work Was Only Discovered Posthumously

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#33 My Mother Rose, June 16, 1959

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#34 A Man With His Cat, Early 1900s

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#35 My Jute Weaver Great-Grandmother And Children (Including My Granny Standing At The Back). Dundee, Scotland 1915

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#36 A Casual Portrait Of A Woman Smiling, 1880

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#37 Teddy Girls In 1955 - Their Subculture Centred Around A Still-Bomb-Damaged London

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#38 Me Circa 1965 In A Suit And Bow Tie Made By My Mom. She Made All Our Clothes Back Then

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#39 Me Circa 1968-1969. Those Sideburns Though

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#40 Young Dutch Mother With Her Baby In A Wooden Pram. Netherlands, 1929

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#41 In Paris, 1966. Photographer: Jack Garofalo

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#42 Glorious Kodachrome Shot Of A Lady All Dressed Up On Her Car. Guessing It To Be 1950s?

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#43 My Aunt Estie, Who Passed Away Today, High School Graduation, The Bronx 1945

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#44 A Photo Of Central Park In NYC During The Great Depression (1933)

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#45 Collection Of Homemade Photo Christmas Cards, Circa 1930-1960

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#46 My Sister And I With A Friend's Pet Dik-Dik, 1968

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#47 Creole Woman C. 1860

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#48 Mother And Son. Lisdoonvarna, Ireland C. 1890

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#49 Children In Newcastle Upon Tyne’s West End Play On Piled-Up Mattresses. England, 1981.

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#50 A 'Knocker-Up' In London (1929). Before Alarm Clocks, People Were Paid To Wake Clients Up For Work By Knocking On Their Doors And Windows With A Stick

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#51 A Michigan Farmer Standing With His Crops, 1910

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#52 Sears (1956) (From Pfs-Fb)

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#53 A Worker Paints The Golden Gate Bridge, 1956

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#54 Teenagers Dressed For A High School Dance In The 1920s

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#55 Portrait Of A Young Woman From Denmark. Photographed In 1895

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#56 The Goofy Family, Circa 1910

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#57 My Grandfather, The Oldest, And His Siblings (1926)

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#58 My Parents In The Mid 1940s. I’ve Always Loved This Picture

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#59 A Couple Of Hippies On Haight St. In San Francisco, 1967

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#60 Traffic On The Sunset Strip, Los Angeles - 1979

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#61 These Kids Were Fashion Leaders, Circa 1969

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#62 Big Hairdos, 1960s

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#63 Two "Cigarette Girls" At A Tallahassee, Florida Nightclub In 1956

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#64 ‘Closed-Beds’ Were Popular In The 19th Century, Especially In Brittany, Here’s What They Looked Like (C. 1880s)

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#65 My Great Grandmother Being Held By Her Mother, My Great-Great Grandmother Circa 1919

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#66 Child Soldiers Of The Us Civil War C. 1861-65

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#67 70's Kitchen

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#68 Bill With Cat. 1968. Love The Late 60's Style!

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#69 Bride And Groom In Traditional Attire. Delsbo, Sweden Ca 1890's

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#70 Children On The Streets Of New York, Photographed By Helen Levitt, 1940s

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#71 There Is A Story Here But Not Sure How It Involves Formal Dress And A Toaster. 1950s Kodachrome

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#72 Television Shopping In 1974

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#73 My Family On A Road Trip (Kodachrome, 1958)

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#74 First Day Of School On E 3rd St, NYC (September 1976)

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#75 1.) My Great-Grandparents (Age 24 And 18) Circa 1949, In Front Of The General Store My Great-Grandfather Had Just Purchased

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#76 My Great Great Great Grandma In The 1910s

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#77 The Ladies Of The 1960’s

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#78 How We Rolled In 1980. Dad Driving My Birthday Party Across Town To See The King And His Court. Lucky Riders Sat On The Wheel Wells, But We Also Had Lawn Chairs In The Back

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#79 Yearbook From 1929. The Way High Schoolers Were.

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#80 This Would Have Been ~1970… Me In My Favorite Outfit…

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#81 Me Sitting In My Nearly Completed Soap Box Derby In 1951. I Raced For Three Years In This Car

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#82 High School Life In The 1970’s. All My Credit Goes To The Photographer: Joseph Szabo, Check Out His Other Work On Teenage Life. It’s Amazing!

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#83 Photos Of New Yorkers, By Vivian Maier. 1950s/60s

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#84 My Great-Grandfather’s Mugshots, After He Was Arrested For Bigamy. December 1926, Australia

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#85 When The Whole Town Poses For A Photograph.... (Pa, USA) (~1895)

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#86 My Dad In 1974 On His Yamaha. He Worked All Summer Cutting Steel To Save Up For It

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#87 Just Another Fun Day In The Neighborhood, Anytown, USA, 1970s

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#88 Hanging Out In The 1970s

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#89 Teenage Sisters Gertrude And Ursula Falke. Germany, 1906

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#90 A Clearly Staged, But Interesting Time Capsule Of A Circa 1964 General Foods Corporation Publicity Photo

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#91 New Yorkers Learn Of The D-Day Invasion On June 6, 1944

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#92 1901 Beach Attire

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#93 An Unknown Group Of Women, Possible Friends Or Fellow Students Pose For An Undated Photograph, With One Clearly Keen To Show Of Her Chunky Hairbrush. Possibly Late 1890s To 1900s

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#94 Postcard Sent To My Grandma From A Navy Sailor Asking Her On A Date When He Returns. Postmarked April 17, 1945

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#95 The Housewife, 1974

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#96 1960s Jack In The Box

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#97 A Kodachrome Picture Of A Family Having A Picnic In France. 1969.

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#98 People Of New York City At Lunchtime, Photos Taken Circa 1977-1980 By Charles H. Traub

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#99 An Aircraft Worker Dancing With His Date At The Lockheed 'Swing Shift Dance' In 1942

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#100 Young Man Watching Whatever His Date/Girlfriend Is Doing. Circa 1959

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#101 A Michelin Mascot Stands Next To An Advertising Vehicle In Santa Clara, 1926

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#102 Welsh Coal Miners Having A Round After Their Shift. C.1912

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#103 My Great Grandmother And Her Little Sister, Circa 1890

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#104 A Clown “Barker” Hustling Customers For A Strip Club On Broadway In San Francisco’s North Beach (1950) Photo By Fred Lyon

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#105 1971 Bathroom (Sears Ad)

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#106 A Young Lad Stands Behind His Winning Sandcastle In The Whitley Bay Sandcastle Competition On 19th August 1908

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#107 Unknown Hair Goddess At The Daytona Beach Bike Week Gathering. Circa 1977

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#108 Lots Of Love For My Mom's Car Pic Last Month. Here She Is Welcoming In December/Winter In A Nice Red Dress. This Is 1958, The Day After Their Wedding.

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#109 An Elderly Woman In Front Of Her Modest Dwelling And An Interior View Of The Same House. Torsås, Sweden In 1904

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#110 The Relatives Came To Visit. Boston, 1966

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#111 My Beautiful Great Aunt. I Believe In The Late 60s Early 70s.

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#112 Me (A Bum) And My Date At A Halloween Party In 1955

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#113 Couple Laughing At Something Lost To Time. Circa Mid 1950s

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#114 Disneyland Hotel Room 1977

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#115 My Dad And Sisters, 1945 Washington Dc

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#116 Man Pushing A Little Girl On A Swing. Original Colour Photograph. Sweden In 1939

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#117 1910 - A Boy And His Erector Set

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#118 Saluting This Young 22-Year Old As He Is Dropped Off By His Family In South Texas For Naval Flight Training In 1957

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#119 Halloween, Rochester, NY, Circa 1912

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#120 Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York, 1946 / Photo By Sam Shere

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#121 My Grandparents In High School, Early 1950s

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#122 Lovers At The Movies, New York, Ca. 1943

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#123 The Treasury Discount Store And Supermarket, Circa 1971, As Photographed For Parent J.c. Penney Company’s Annual Report. Photo Courtesy Of Pleasant Family Shopping On Facebook

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#124 A Family Living In Shanty At The City Dump In Herrin, Illinois, January 1939 - Photos By Arthur Rothstein

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#125 My Sisters And Me Mid 70's

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