30 Photos Taken 50-100 Years Ago Showing The Vast Change Of Things Over Time

How many of us understand time is the greatest resource that we have? It flies incredibly fast at a speed that even we can't think of! Unfortunately, only a very few understand this. It's when we look back at our old pictures that we realize how much things have changed. Yet, there's a big online community who's interested in fascinating old pictures.

We found an online community named 'The Way We Were' with over 725k+ members in it. The community regularly posts a lot of rare vintage photos of normal life in the past to make people understand how much things have changed. Keep scrolling to witness some amazing pictures that have been taken 50,100 or even more years ago!

#1 These Two Are My Beautiful Grandparents Who Were Sitting For A Self-Portrait In The Early 1940s.

Image source: reddit.com

#2 Brownie And Blackie Catching Squirts Of Milk At Arch Badertscher’s Dairy Farm, Fresno, California In 1954.

Image source: SamoF82M4

#3 This Is My Pretty Great-Great Grandma In The 1890s.

Image source: hey123456789123

#4 These Gay Men Were Detained For Being Homosexual In A Police Station In Mexico In 1935.

Image source: monderigon

#5 This Is The First Female Bus Driver For Chicago Transit Authority In 1974; Mary Wallace.

Image source: AxlCobainVedder

#6 A Native American Girl Who Belongs To The Kiowa Tribe, Oklahoma, 1894.

Image source: froggysaysno

#7 This Picture Was Captured By Walter Chandoha In 1955. It Says, "My Daughter Paula As Well As Her Kitten Smiled At My Camera Together…But The Kitten Was Meowing Not Smiling!"

Image source: panuchazo

#8 High School Girls Protesting The High School Dress Code Which Banned Slacks For Them, Brooklyn C.1940.

Image source: closecaxton

#9 A 1940s Picture Showing A Sailor Meeting His Baby For The Very First Time Right After 14 Months At Sea.

Image source: Anyoldcrap

#10 Sisters Wore Skirts, 1950s.

Image source: Str33twise84

#11 Best Friends, 1920s.

Image source: suzuki_hayabusa

#12 My Mom's Big Day November In 1951.

Image source: YCVick

#13 1945: The Picture Shows Gunner Hector Murdoch's Re-Encounter With His Family. He Had Been Gone For More Than 4 Years, And Most Of It As A Prisoner Of War In Singapore. Thus, The Family Was Not Aware If He Was Dead Or Alive. However, He Got Back Home, Surprising Everyone On His Birthday.

Image source: GaGator43

#14 My Great-Grandfather Was Not That Wealthy To Afford Such A Suit, That He Had To Pose In Front Of A Cardboard Cut-Out, 1930s.

Image source: HappyyItalian

#15 These Two Are My Mom And Grandmom. My Grandmom Had Taken My Mom On A Trip To National Parks Over The Course Of A Few Months In 1974.

Image source: mghobby68

#16 “Our Michael” In Oct, 1938.

Image source: ufooooh

#17 Dad Surprised His Little Girl With His Skill In Melbourne, Australia, Ca. 1940s.

Image source: TynShouldHaveLived

#18 PC Norwell Roberts, London’s First Black Police Officer On Point Duty Near Charing Cross Station In 1968.

Image source: Manipulatrix

#19 My Parents On Their Wedding Day In Okinawa, 1964.

Image source: reed555

#20 My Grandfather With My Great-Grandfather, Great-Great-Grandfather, And Great-Great-Great Grandmother, Ca 1918.

Image source: RckLbstr

#21 Once I Saw This Post, I Remembered My Grandmother's Photo That She Took That Day. (Bought At An Antique Shop Years Ago In Phx)

Image source: KSD4

#22 This Is My Smart Great Grandmother In The Early 1900’s.

Image source: allerena85

#23 This One Wearing A Barrel Is My Grandma Dorothy, Whose Profession Was Dress Designing In The 50s. She Passed Away Recently At The Age Of 89. She Had A Well Spent Life.