Repository for Vintage Photographs That Tell a Story - Share Here...

[Mizmo]

 

[CinnamonSugar]

Lawd have mercy, if I could be 20-something again and have Cyd Charisse’s legs…. I would dance a hole in the floor

 

[RadishRose]

VJ Day, Times Square

 

[RadishRose]

1934 Acrobats on Empire State Building

 

[Mizmo]

 

[MarkinPhx]

1934 Acrobats on Empire State Building

Nope, no way. I can't even look at the picture to long without freaking out. It had to have been very windy at the time.

 

[MarkinPhx]

Topps baseball cards display at Woolworth's in 1952.

 

[Bella]

Man Wanted – Not Married, 1900s

 

[RadishRose]

Housewife Doing Laundry Using The First Electric Washing Machine - Eatonville Wa C. 1910

 

[RadishRose]

Necklines in the 1950's

 

[RadishRose]

John F. Kennedy Campaigning Door-To-Door In West Virginia In 1960​

 

[Mizmo]

 

[RadishRose]

 

[CinnamonSugar]

My mom’s middle school class pic. On the other side is signatures… can you imagine middle schoolers writing like that now?!

 

[Elsie]

I'm a for-real sucker for vintage photos that tell a story. I keep stumbling across them on my FB feed, so I've decided to 'collect' them and achieve them here. Please contribute and share your finds...

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Oh how I love you. I've always wanted a woman taller than me.

 

[Mizmo]

 

[Elsie]

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"I wonder if Walmart sells this material?"

 

[Tommy]

My mom’s middle school class pic. On the other side is signatures… can you imagine middle schoolers writing like that now?!

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Do you remember "School Picture Day"?

 

[Pink Biz]

A champagne inspector, wearing a special mask to protect against accidental discharges, 1916

 

[Lewkat]

VJ Day, Times Square

I remember this day well.

 

[Lewkat]

 

[Pappy]

Me, running my produce department that won best display for Apple week. Notice: Courtland apples 5 lbs. for 43 cents. Mac’s were 3 lbs. for 29cents.

 

[RadishRose]

Me, running my produce department that won best display for Apple week. Notice: Courtland apples 5 lbs. for 43 cents. Mac’s were 3 lbs. for 29cents.
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So good lookin'!

 

[Pappy]

So good lookin'!

Ah shucks ma’am. Then I got old.

 

[RadishRose]

Ah shucks ma’am. Then I got old.

you're still cute!