Old photos are important pieces of historical evidence, but they also serve as a way to introduce some comfortable nostalgia. It’s a reminder that, despite the various differences, there were just as many examples of shared humanity. Besides, there is also something downright cozy and comforting about images from “simpler times.”
We’ve gathered some interesting pics from a Facebook group dedicated to sharing vintage photos. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to add your own thoughts in the comments below.
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#1 Tricycle G**g In Brooklyn. New York City (1930s)
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#2 Ella Fitzgerald Arrested After Singing To An Integrated Audience In 1955
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#3 Two Native American Women On An Arizona Magazine From The 1970s
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#4 A Stylish Family Outing (1946)
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#5 Female And Male Students Walk Downtown Kabul, Afghanistan (1981)
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#6 A Sharecropper Mother From Transylvania, Louisiana, Educates Her Children At Home, Focusing On Letters And Numbers (1937)
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#7 Iran Air Stewardess Before The Iranian Revolution Of 1979
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#8 Woman Pours Alcohol From A Cane Into A Cup During Prohibition (1922)
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#9 Cute Photo In Japan, 1958. 📸 Marc Riboud
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#10 A Mother And Daughter Prepare For Winter With Canned Fruits And Vegetables In Saint Mary’s County, Maryland (1940)
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#11 Children In An Iron Lung In 1950 Before The Advent Of The Polio Vaccination
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#12 New York Showgirls Getting Smallpox Vaccine (1947)
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#13 Survivors From The 87th Floor Of The World Trade Center (North Tower) Wandering In The Dust After The Collapse Of The South Tower – New York City, September 11, 2001
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#14 How Schoolwork Was Researched And Completed Before The Internet (1960s)
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#15 In A Moment That Now Holds Historical Weight, The Future Pope Leo XIV—then Newly Ordained—met With Pope John Paul II In 1982
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#16 Wedding In Paris (1930)
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#17 In Texas, During The 1940s, Men Dressed In Shorts And Cowboy Boots Attended To Women At A Drive-In
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#18 A Father Purchases A Pedal Car For His Son (1955)
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#19 In The Final Stages Of The Vietnam War In 1975, President Ford Ordered The Mass Evacuation Of Vietnamese Orphans From Saigon. Operation Babylift Saved More Than 3,000 Orphans
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#20 A Sea And River Fish Shop In Amsterdam Showing Off Some Prime Halibuts (1913)
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#21 Glass Worker Carrying A Tube Of Rolled Glass At Pilkington Glass Ltd Of St Helen’s, Lancashire (1918)
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#22 Ejnar Mikkelsen, A Danish Explorer, Was Photographed In 1912 After Surviving Two And A Half Years Stranded In Greenland
Stranded in Greenland with fellow explorer Iver Iversen. They endured extreme isolation, hunger, and hallucinations while awaiting rescue.
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#23 The Japanese ‘Bad Boys’ In The 80s Did Their Hair Like ‘Greasers’ Of The American 1950s
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#24 Drinking A Glass Of Belgian Beer (1971)
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#25 School Kids Wait In Line To Be Served Free Soup And A Slice Of Bread. Sydney, Australia (1930s)
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#26 First Class Train (1930s)
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#27 As The Titanic Was Sinking Into The North Atlantic, 24-Year-Old Stewardess Violet Jessop Helped Passengers Into The Lifeboats
She rescued a baby whose parents were nowhere to be found. She soon made it into a lifeboat and survived the tragic ordeal. Four years later, Jessop was working for the Red Cross aboard the Britannic, the Titanic’s sister ship, when it sank in the Aegean Sea. She had to jump out of her lifeboat as it was being sucked into the ship’s massive propeller in order to survive.
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#28 Picking Up Some Sugary Delights At The Candy Store. (1950s)
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#29 Korean War Goodbye Kiss, Los Angeles, September 6, 1950
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#30 Albert And His Sister, Maja Winteler- Einstein. New York (1939)
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#31 Lynda Carter Arriving At London Airport For The Miss World Contest At Royal Albert Hall (1972)
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#32 A Patient Buying Cigarẹttẹs From His Hospital Bed, 1950s
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#33 Even The Window Cleaners Wore Suits 100 Years Ago
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#34 Tupperware Party In The 70s
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#35 Ava Gardner Taking A Selfie ~ 1947❤️🖤
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#36 Computer Cafe, Japan (1978)
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#37 Woman Stomping Grapes In Frascati, Italy (1957)
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#38 Cleaning The Canals Of Venice, Italy (1956)
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#39 A Playground In The USA In The 70s
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#40 A One-Room Schoolhouse In Texas (1907)
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#41 The First Photograph Of The White House, 1846
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#42 Kids Playing In New York (1940s)
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#43 Girls Applying For A Model Casting In Lithuania, 1992
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#44 Baby Strollers Strapped To The Front Of The Bus In Opawa, New Zealand (1950s)
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#45 Women Were Advised To Take Off Their High Heels Before Using The Escalator At Gimbel’s Department Store. Paramus, New Jersey (1966)
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#46 An Amphibious Bike Called The Cyclomer In Paris, 1932. It Could Ride On Land And Water With A Load Of 120lbs!
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#47 Just Another Night In The ’70s—crop Top, Flare Jeans, A Cold Drink By The TV. No Better Vibe
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#48 Inside A Female Student’s Dorm Room At Indiana University (1948)
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#49 A Quality Control Worker Inspecting Pepsi-Cola Bottles Fresh From An Automated Labeling System (1940s)
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#50 First Snow. USSR, 1980. Photo By Ed Khakimov
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