r/TheWayWeWere

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What was **normal everyday life** like for people living 50, 100, or more years ago? Featuring old photos, scanned documents, articles, and personal anecdotes that offer a glimpse into the past.

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My grandmama passed this month, wanted to share these pics of her. Born dirt poor in rural Kentucky in 1937. She was so glamorous.

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24572414a month ago

My grandma turns 94 today. Here is a picture of her in 1956 at 25

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144831835 days ago

My mom, Linda - The first Black woman to complete Delaware’s Army NG OCS (1977) with Gov Du Pont, and her Signal Officer Diploma (1978)

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135971528 days ago

My adorable grandma at 22 in 1967

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1092824611 days ago

Passport from my grandparent’s honeymoon (when wives didn’t have their own passports)

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791216924 days ago

Timeless candid of friends posing for a shot, mid 1970s.

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774539014 days ago

Posing for my grandmother in my fancy new suit. 1957

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71896619 days ago

My grandfather's graduation photo from Yale medical school, 1927.

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600612221 days ago

Today we have been married 40 years. This is our engagement photo, note the perms and my porn mustache.

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594113417 days ago

my great grandma passed away last week, but she lived to be 102!

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522263a month ago

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