18 Historical Photos That Show Daily Life From Days Long Gone

Nathan Johnson Published 12/07/2023 in ftw

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
2.
Crab boil night at Danos’ Roadhouse, Raceland, LA, 1938
3.
Couple pose for the camera in their car, 1957
4.
A woman at an Automat. New York City, 1953.
5.
Halloween, Rochester, NY, circa 1912
6.
Line to the movies, 1957
7.
1950s NYC Subway ride
8.
College students in their dorm room, circa 1910
9.
A wedding in the rural community of Harmony, Putnam County, Georgia, 1941
10.
Pennsylvania town poses for a picture, 1895
11.
A family in front of their home in Aurora, Utah – 1897
12.
Coal miner’s child using a hole in the door to enter a bedroom ,1938
13.
Family outing at Chicken Bone Beach, the segregated section of Atlantic City’s beach area, New Jersey, 1950s
14.
Car accident (1955 Pontiac) in Fresno, 1960’s.
15.
Bar in Raceland, Louisiana 1938
16.
Pin setter at a bowling alley in Washington, April 1943
17.
Camp of the miners of the North Star and Mountaineer lodes. San Juan County, Colorado. 1875
18.
Two women working as ice deliverers carry a large block of ice from the back of a wagon using ice tongs, September 1918

1.
Teenagers dressed for a high school dance in the 1920s
2.
Crab boil night at Danos’ Roadhouse, Raceland, LA, 1938
3.
Couple pose for the camera in their car, 1957
4.
A woman at an Automat. New York City, 1953.
5.
Halloween, Rochester, NY, circa 1912
6.
Line to the movies, 1957
7.
1950s NYC Subway ride
8.
College students in their dorm room, circa 1910
9.
A wedding in the rural community of Harmony, Putnam County, Georgia, 1941
10.
Pennsylvania town poses for a picture, 1895
11.
A family in front of their home in Aurora, Utah – 1897
12.
Coal miner’s child using a hole in the door to enter a bedroom ,1938
13.
Family outing at Chicken Bone Beach, the segregated section of Atlantic City’s beach area, New Jersey, 1950s
14.
Car accident (1955 Pontiac) in Fresno, 1960’s.
15.
Bar in Raceland, Louisiana 1938
16.
Pin setter at a bowling alley in Washington, April 1943
17.
Camp of the miners of the North Star and Mountaineer lodes. San Juan County, Colorado. 1875
18.
Two women working as ice deliverers carry a large block of ice from the back of a wagon using ice tongs, September 1918