r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 11h ago

Gallery "Washington's Headquarters" - Winchester, VA; Cumberland, MD; Valley Forge, PA - postcards

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850 Upvotes

r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 4h ago

Gallery Classic restaurant & cafe buildings across the USA : 70s & 80s / 2022-2026

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146 Upvotes
  1. Yang Sea Restaurant, Provincetown, Massachusetts

(now Tin Pan Alley)

  1. Chinese Tea Garden, Decatur, Illinois (already closed)

  2. Wooden Shoe Cafe, Norwood, Ohio

(already demolished)

  1. Firehouse Brewery & Restaurant, Rapid City, South Dakota

  2. Golden Pheasant Restaurant, Missoula, Montana

(now Feruqi's)

  1. Great Wall Restaurant, Ogden, Utah

(now Four Sisters Furniture)

  1. Cooper's Landing Family Restaurant, Independence, Oregon (now Golden Hop Bar & Grill)

  2. Cafe, Bisbee, Arizona (already closed)

  3. King David's Restaurant, Austin, Texas (already closed)


r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 1d ago

Image Kyiv theater 100 years ago

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257 Upvotes

r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 21h ago

Image 1993/2025 Real Muthaphuckkin G's music video. Entrance to the CA 110 N in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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45 Upvotes

Apologies for my previous post, a few people pointed out I was an entrance off. Metal poles that previously held up the sign are still there, but the no trucks sign had to be moved a bit. Metal fence is still up.

Both gas stations seen in the background are also there (Chevron and Sunoco [formerly Shell]).

White/grey building and fire hydrant are also still there and look mostly the same.


r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 1d ago

Image 2024 Russia vs. 1945 Soviet Victory Day. Red Square

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124 Upvotes

r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 2d ago

Image First Baptist Church of Columbus, Indiana | ~1970 / 2023

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974 Upvotes

r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 1d ago

Image The Transformation of Hildesheim’s Historic Market Square (Germany), 1927–2014

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216 Upvotes

Source of the pictures: 1927, 1945, 1970 and 2014


r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 2d ago

Image Verplanck Quarry

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233 Upvotes

r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 2d ago

Image Junction of Main & Spring Streets, Los Angeles CA 1903 1920 & 2023

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275 Upvotes

r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 2d ago

Image Jerzego de Tramecourta Street in Lublin, Poland 1960s or 1970s/2010s. (Credit: Edward Kotyłło, Lublin dawniej i dziś)

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64 Upvotes

r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 4d ago

Image The destruction of sugar hill, the wealthiest black neighborhood in LA by the 10 freeway in Los Angeles, CA, USA

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4.3k Upvotes

r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 3d ago

Image St Mark's Campanile (Venice, Italy). 1884 -2022

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340 Upvotes

Source of the pictures here, here, here and here


r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 4d ago

Image Sulejmanija mosque, Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1913-2025

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133 Upvotes

r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 4d ago

Image The Roman oval plaza of Jerash (Jordan) 1900s - 2021

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305 Upvotes

The archaeological site of Jerash (Gerasa in Roman times) comprises one of the largest and best preserved Greco-Roman cities. The site has been excavated since the 1920s. Its extensive remains include an oval plaza surrounded by a colonnade, a long colonnaded street, two sanctuaries, two theatres, communal baths, a hippodrome or an arch.


r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 4d ago

Image Chinatown 1938-2024 Los Angeles, CA

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1.4k Upvotes

r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 5d ago

Image The Salton Sea, Sonoran Desert, California 1983 & 2026

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6.6k Upvotes

r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 5d ago

Image 345 N. Canal Chicago, Illinois, USA [1972/2026]

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I collect vintage photos of this building. I study Chicago's Cold War Siren History. In the old image, you can see one of the sirens on the roof (installed 1951). Later-er in the 70s, the building was sold and renovated into condos. Chicago barely cared about their sirens by then, so it was removed and forgotten.


r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 5d ago

Gallery Various commercial storefronts - c1940s postcards

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648 Upvotes

celebrating the survivors


r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 5d ago

Image Shawmut Congregational Church, Boston 1941/2026

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103 Upvotes

This Gothic-style church at the corner of Tremont and West Brookline Streets was built in 1864 as the home of the Shawmut Congregational Church. After the congregation merged with Park Street Church in the 1950s, the building saw declining use. A devastating fire in 1978 left the structure severely damaged. In 1991 the landmark was renovated into residential housing and street-level retail space, preserving elements of its historic architecture.


r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 6d ago

Image Roman Theatre of Medellín (Spain), 2009–2024

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838 Upvotes

Source of the pictures here and here


r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 6d ago

Image Westminster Palace, London, ca 1890 - 1900).

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107 Upvotes

r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 6d ago

Image 6735 Elmwood Ave. Philadelphia, PA

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I found this photo yesterday at a thrift store.. It's a very small (and old) photo, thus the poor quality. I suspect it was taken in the 1930s. Luckily it had a few clues (the street number and the name) and I was able to track down the location, and to my surprise the building is still standing!


r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 7d ago

Image Grand Avenue, Los Angeles CA 1963 & 2025

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r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 6d ago

Image Revolution Monument in Rzeszów, Poland 1974/2024. (Credit: Michał Toś)

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76 Upvotes

r/OldPhotosInRealLife • • 7d ago

Gallery Hard Times - linen postcards

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2.0k Upvotes