18 Historical Photos That Show Daily Life From Days Long Gone

Nathan Johnson Published 12/07/2023

Without romanticizing the past more than it deserves, it can be fun now and again to take a walk through the black and white images of our not-too-distant past.

So without doing anything, prepare for a short trip to the year 1905, when things actually weren't together all that different.

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Teenagers dressed for a high school dance in the 1920s

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Crab boil night at Danos’ Roadhouse, Raceland, LA, 1938

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Couple pose for the camera in their car, 1957

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A woman at an Automat. New York City, 1953.

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Halloween, Rochester, NY, circa 1912

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Line to the movies, 1957

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1950s NYC Subway ride

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College students in their dorm room, circa 1910

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A wedding in the rural community of Harmony, Putnam County, Georgia, 1941

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Pennsylvania town poses for a picture, 1895

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A family in front of their home in Aurora, Utah – 1897

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Coal miner’s child using a hole in the door to enter a bedroom ,1938

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Family outing at Chicken Bone Beach, the segregated section of Atlantic City’s beach area, New Jersey, 1950s

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Car accident (1955 Pontiac) in Fresno, 1960’s.

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Bar in Raceland, Louisiana 1938

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Pin setter at a bowling alley in Washington, April 1943

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Camp of the miners of the North Star and Mountaineer lodes. San Juan County, Colorado. 1875

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Two women working as ice deliverers carry a large block of ice from the back of a wagon using ice tongs, September 1918

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