American couple in their one-room cabin 1900.

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This is what hanging out in a college dorm room looked like in 1910. (University of Illinois)

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Two Baylor University students study in their dorm room, 1890s.

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European tourist sleeping and eating at the door of one of the pyramids, circa 1900s.

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Coal miner with six of his seven children. West Virginia, 1938.

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i found a tote full of old dry plate negatives!

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New York City opium den in 1925

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A British veteran of the Napoleonic wars posing with his wife, 1850.

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A family from the farm enjoying dinner in 1940.

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President Grant reading a newspaper 4 days before he died of throat cancer. He wore high collars shirts to hide his tumors and became mute towards the end.

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Between 1900 and 1930, a destitute seed pedlar took more than 5000 photographs of daily life in an isolated valley to the south of the Alps. They were rediscovered long after his death. I can't convey how amazing these images are.

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A married couple on the Nebraska prairie, 1800s. Though ramshackle and leaning a little, their house has homey touches, including a decorative wreath and some pet songbirds in a cage.

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100 year old lady grinding coffee in her kitchen, Pitsburgh, April 1953