There’s this phenomenon, known as anemoia, which describes a longing for the past that you were too young to experience. However, there is a way to scratch this itch. Well, kind of.
Vintage black-and-white images have this undeniable charm that can take us on a journey through time, to a period when the internet, touchscreens, and artificial intelligence didn’t exist and television was just starting to enter people’s lives.
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They offer us a glimpse into historical events that we would all love to have been a part of, and the Facebook page Old Photos has collected some of the most incredible examples for everyone who is feeling… a little anemoic.
#1 A Woman Charges Her Electric Car In Her Garage, 1912
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#2 Welsh Woman Washing Her Mine-Working Husband, 1931
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#3 A Man Trying The Coca Cola Drink For The First Time, France, 1950
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#4 Old Fashioned Roller Skates Photo, 1910
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#5 A Father Helping His Son Feed A Giraffe At London Zoo
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#6 Little Girl Getting Water At The Farm, Maine, 1942
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#7 Motorcycle Female Officers, Los Angeles, 1927
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#8 Photographer Suspended From A Crane Takes Pictures Of The Streets In London, 1929
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#9 A Couple In A Model T Ford At Balanced Rock, Colorado, 1920s. (Click To See The Full Image)
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#10 An Apsaroke Man On Horseback, 1908
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#11 Lumberjacks Pose With A Douglas Fir Tree In Washington, 1899
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#12 Carving The Eye Of Thomas Jefferson, Mount Rushmore, 1936
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#13 Net Fix And Chill, 1912
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#14 Three Ladies At The Beach, 1895
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#15 Hong Kong In The 1950s
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#16 Hershey Factory Workers Individually Wrapping By Hand, 1937
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#17 Miss Perfect Posture Contest Winners At A Chiropractors Convention, 1956
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#18 Formal Portraits Rarely Featured Smiles, But They Can Be Found In Photographs Of Daily Life During This Period. South Carolina, 1912
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#19 Three Sisters Mounting Horses, 1914
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#20 A Little Boy Getting Examined By A Doctor, 1940
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#21 A Farmer And His Sons Make Their Way Through A Dust Storm In Cimarron Co., Oklahoma In April, 1936
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#22 A Woman Stands While Riding Her Motorcycle, 1920s
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#23 A Number Of Young Boys In A Potato Field Picking Up Potatoes, 1890’s
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#24 Children Playing On A Cart In Harlem, New York, 1920s
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#25 The Puddle Jumper, 1934
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#26 A Man And His Goat Mobile, Early 1900s
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#27 Take Your Walkman To The Beach In 1923
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#28 A Happy Family Taking Home Their Book Haul From The Cincinnati Library Bookmobile In 1940
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#29 A Couple Of Victorian Travellers, 1890s
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#30 Two Sisters, Florence And Susie Friermuth Arrested For Moonshining During The Prohibition, 1921
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#31 A Family From Florida Headed “Up North” During The Great Depression
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#32 Two Ladies Astride An 1895 Crank Drive Motorcycle And A 500 New Imperial Twin
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#33 Construction Workmen Cling To Chains As They Dangle In Mid-Air Off The Side Of A Skyscraper, 1920s
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#34 Collecting Golf Balls, 1920s
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#35 A Beautiful Couple In Venice, 1890s
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#36 Two Gentlemen And Their Absolutely Delightful Double-Walking-Stick-Wielding Dog, 1890s
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#37 Two Young Girls Playing With A Doll House, 1850s-1860s
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#38 Girls Enjoying The Sun In Santa Monica, California, 1936
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#39 New York City After A Snowstorm In 1888
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#40 A Man Delivering Ice In The Old Days When There Were No Refrigerators, 1930s
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#41 Female Swimmer Posing On The Beach. France, 1925
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#42 Couple On A Quadracycle, 1886
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#43 Tourists Pose In A Gondola In Venice, Italy, 1900s
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#44 1920′s Newspaper Boy In San Francisco, California
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#45 Two Girls Pose With Their Snow Fort, 1910
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#46 Loggers Hold A Cross-Cut Saw In Front Of A Giant Tree, California, 1917
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#47 The End Of Prohibition In America, 1933
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#48 Two Young Ladies Driving And Riding In A Lawson’s Motor Wheel Of 1902
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#49 A Couple Enjoys Their Custom-Made Camper In 1918
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#50 Two Women In Shorts And A Whistling Bystander In Fort Worth, Texas, 1952
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#51 Shoe Shiners Taking A Lunch Break, New York City, 1947
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#52 Blueberry Pickers, Near Little Fork, Minnesota, 1937
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#53 University Students At A Tennis Outing In 1892
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#54 Family Time At The Niagara River, 1890s
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#55 Roller Skating, 1930s
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#56 Edward Llewellen’s Catches The World’s Biggest Black Sea Bass (425 Lbs), 1903
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#57 Woman Riding A Very Early Scooter, 1916
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#58 Young People On Their Way To A Picnic, Mcnairy County, Tennessee, 1890s
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#59 4 Boys Jamming, 1928,
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#60 My Great Grandfather Was A Farm-To-Farm Medicine Man Around 1900
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#61 Cowboys Eating At The Chuck Wagon, Late 1800s
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#62 Montreal Playgrounds Were On Another Level Back Then, 1950s
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#63 Man Putting Gas In His Car While Smoking A Cigar, 1900s
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#64 A Fit Girl Posing With Her Old Car In 1934
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#65 A Stylish Family Outing In 1946
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#66 An Ice Man Making A Delivery, New York
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#67 Original Photo Of The Discovery Of The Tomb Of Tutankhamun, 1922
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#68 Night Fishing In Hawaii, 1948
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#69 Young Stylish Teen Girl Posing Next To Her Family’s Car, 1931
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#70 A Daredevil Balances On The Roof Edge Of A Manhattan Building, Perched On A Table Placed Over A Chimney, 1910s
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#71 Two Icemen Make A Delivery In Boston
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#72 Little Boy Playing With A Pig, 1937
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#73 A Man On His Indian Scout Motorcycle, 1930
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#74 Postwoman From The 1910s
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#75 Friends Having A Picnic 137 Years Ago!
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#76 Bread Being Sold Off The Back Of A Hand Cart, 1925
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#77 Little Big Man From The Netherlands, 1904
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#78 A Bautiful Married Couple From 1940
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#79 Farmers In Front Of The Post Office On Saturday Afternoon. Linwood, July, 1940
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#80 Going To The Beach With Style In 1915
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#81 Young Coal Miners Deep Underground In Gary, West Virginia, 1908
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#82 A Country Store Somewhere In Oklahoma, 1940
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#83 A Few Cowboys Enjoying A Drink In Old Tascosa, Texas, 1907
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#84 A Woman In Motorcycling Clothing, France, 1905
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#85 Daughter Of White Tobacco Sharecropper At Country Store. Person County, North Carolina. July, 1939
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#86 The Elegance On The Streets Of New York City In 1928
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#87 Three Women In Marshall, Texas, 1899
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#88 School Teachers And Students In 1910
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#89 People Of Rural Norway, 1900s
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#90 A Young Driver At Brown Mine In West Virginia, 1908
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#91 Group Of Children At Logging Camp, 1930
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#92 Four Women Armed With Rifles And A Young Boy Camping In 1890
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#93 Sharecropper And His Children, North Carolina, 1939
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#94 A Boy In A Glass Factory, 1890
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#95 A Rare Look Inside The Original Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Factory, 1924
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#96 Chicago, 116 Years Ago
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#97 28 Students Of A One-Room School, Missouri, 1939
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