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Ever wondered what everyday life was like for people living 50, 100, or more years ago..?

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1. That’s A Genuinely Happy Looking Family, USA, 1959 Image
2. The crowded beach of Atlantic City photographed in 1908. Image
3. Dad showing off his skill to the surprise of his little daughter in Melbourne, Australia, ca. 1940s Image
4. Snowball fight in Lyon, France, in 1896

5. Housewife poses with a weeks’ worth of groceries in 1947. She spent a total of $12.50 a week (not including milk) to buy her groceries. On this budget, she is able to feed herself, her husband, her four-year-old twins and her cat Image
6. Happy family outing at Chicken Bone Beach Image
7. A man takes a selfie using a stick of wood to activate the camera, 1957 Image
8. Weightlifter holding a man over his head in 1947. Image
9. San Francisco in 1906

10. Crew of men unloading a banana boat in New York. Image
11. Dublin, 1962 Image
12. Miami Beach, 1940s Image
13. Amsterdam in 1922

14. Kids remote learning during a polio outbreak in the 1940s. Teachers read lessons over the radio Image
15. Wedding in 1960. Image
16. Colorized video from 1906, where English children encounter a camera for the first time

17. Kids carrying cardboard for break dancing. New York City, 1983. Photographer- Martha Cooper Image
18. Listening to the radio on the beach, circa 1940s Image
19. Women trainees of the LAPD practice firing their newly issued revolvers, 1948 Image
20. Woman stands on a farmer’s shoulders to emphasizes the height of their corn crop, Minnesota, 1916. Image
21. A rare negative reveals Times Square NYC in color, circa 1948. Image
22. Unemployed lumber worker goes with his wife to the bean harvest. Note Social Security number tattooed on his arm. Oregon, August 1939. Image
23. London in the 1930s

24. High school students, 1981. Image
25. Club Surfing Contest, San Onofre, 1963 Image
26. Police officer unaware of the imminent danger, Chicago, 1959 Image
27. A French woman with her baguette and six bottles of wine, Paris, 1945. Image
28. Fifth Avenue, New York, 1929

29. New car shopping, 1950s Image
30. A bread delivery man with bags filled with baguettes on a snowy street in Quebec in 1977 Image
31. Thank you for reading all the way through! If you enjoyed the thread, feel free to share the first post and follow me for more content like this. @tradingMaxiSL ♥️

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