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30 Photos That Show What Life Was Like In The 1900s

BuzzFeed·Julia Corrigan·6 months ago
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This photograph taken in Petrograd during the Russian Revolution, one of the first photos to leave the country following the Revolution:

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Michiko Shoda, the first commoner to marry into the Japanese Imperial Family, riding to her wedding in the imperial limousine with her husband-to-be, the Crown Prince Akihito, circa 1959:

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Children playing in the street as a British army soldier patrols the streets of Belfast, 1984:

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Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, one hour before being shot by Gavrilo Princip, 1914:

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A 1927 photo of the Princess Elizabeth of York, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York, who would go on to become Queen Elizabeth II:

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Students dancing at senior prom at Anacosta High School, Maryland, US, circa 1953:

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Students heading to prom, Minnesota, 1988:

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This girl with sparklers celebrating the 4th of July, 1930:

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Lawyers Thurgood Marshall (right) and opposing counsel John Davis (left), following Marshall's successful argument against segregation in the…

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