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Historic street scenes, family life, travel and everyday details captured on film. Explore individual frames, check the source footage and license the image you need for $49. Each still page lists its download size and permitted uses.

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Toddler with a green watering can and a boy in a red toy fire helmet by a blue wading pool in a US backyard, circa 1977

The boy in the toy fireman's helmet turns away from the camera as the toddler holds a green watering can by the pool.

1977 · United States

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Boy in a red toy fire helmet and number 12 tank top turns to the camera by a backyard wading pool in the United States, circa 1977

Facing the camera, the boy shows his striped number 12 tank top while the toddler looks down at the watering can.

1977 · United States

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Grinning boy in a red toy fireman's helmet beside a wading pool, kettle grill behind, in an American backyard circa 1977

The boy grins into the lens beside the pool, with a kettle grill and a webbed lawn chair on the lawn behind him.

1977 · United States

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Boy in a red toy fire helmet reaches toward a smiling toddler beside a blue wading pool in a US backyard, circa 1977

After waving, the boy turns back toward the smiling toddler and reaches out an arm.

1977 · United States

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Child in fur-hooded parka looking at the camera on a snowy winter day, United States, circa 1975 home movie

The shot ends on the child gazing at the camera, wrapped in a parka, hat and scarf.

1975 · United States

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Circa 1976 home movie still, United States: kneeling man holds a ball as a boy in a navy vest turns away with his bat beside a shed

The kneeling man readies another ball while the boy turns back toward the shed, circa 1976.

1976 · United States

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Woman in a pale summer dress nears the camera beside a yellow cab on a 1950s street, probably New York State, 8mm home movie

She nears the camera beside the yellow taxi as a dark car passes close on the right, circa 1954.

1954 · New York, United States

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Two naval officers in dress uniform stride across a park lawn with parked cars behind them, United States, circa 1944.

Two naval officers walk side by side across a park lawn, circa 1944.

1944 · United States

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Closer view of two smiling naval officers walking shoulder to shoulder in a tree-lined park, United States, circa 1944.

The officers draw nearer to the camera, both smiling.

1944 · United States

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Two naval officers in dress uniform salute the camera together on a park lawn, United States, circa 1944.

Both officers salute the camera together.

1944 · United States

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Two grinning naval officers drop their salute as they keep walking through a park, United States, circa 1944.

The salute ends and the officers lower their arms, still grinning.

1944 · United States

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Circa 1944 home movie frame of a smiling naval officer and a woman in a light suit walking arm in arm along a tree-lined park path in the United States.

A naval officer and a woman in a suit and wide-brimmed hat walk arm in arm toward the camera, circa 1944.

1944 · United States

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Black-and-white 8mm frame, circa 1944, of a naval officer lifting a hand to his mouth while a woman in a wide-brimmed hat smiles at the camera in a US park.

Close to the lens, the officer lifts a hand to his mouth while the woman smiles at the camera.

1944 · United States

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Circa 1944 home movie close view of a naval officer and a woman in a light suit kissing in a park in the United States, his cap tilted toward the camera.

The officer and the woman kiss in close view, his white-topped cap filling the upper frame.

1944 · United States

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Wartime-era 8mm portrait, circa 1944, of a naval officer and a woman in a wide-brimmed hat smiling at the camera after a kiss in a park in the United States.

After the kiss, both turn and smile at the person filming.

1944 · United States

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Circa 1977 Super 8 frame of a baby in a blue hooded snowsuit waving an open palm from a leaf pile, United States.

A baby in a blue snowsuit waves at the camera from a pile of autumn leaves, circa 1977.

1977 · United States

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Smiling baby in a blue snowsuit lowering an arm toward the camera in autumn leaves, United States home movie, circa 1977.

The baby lowers the waving arm and reaches forward, still smiling at the lens.

1977 · United States

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Baby in a knit cap and blue snowsuit waving a second time from raked leaves in a United States backyard, circa 1977 Super 8.

A second wave from the leaf pile, with a yellow leaf lying in the foreground.

1977 · United States

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Circa 1977 home movie frame of a baby in a blue snowsuit leaning toward the camera, hands down, in fall leaves, United States.

The wave over, the baby leans forward in the leaves and keeps looking into the camera.

1977 · United States

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Woman smoking a cigarette on a wooded lake beach in the United States, circa 1952, glancing at the camera as a man with a crew cut lies beside her.

A woman with a cigarette in her lips looks toward the camera on a lake beach, circa 1952, United States.

1952 · United States

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She turns away from the lens while the man beside her grins.

1952 · United States

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A man with a crew cut laughs on the sand as a woman in a dark blue swimsuit bends toward her hands, lake beach in the United States, circa 1952.

The woman looks down at her hands and her companion breaks into a laugh.

1952 · United States

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Cigarette still in her mouth, the woman sits with knees raised as the man smiles up at her.

1952 · United States

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Two-tone sedan passing the camera on a road in Geraldton, Western Australia, circa 1966, followed by a white utility, with red tile-roofed houses and power poles.

A two-tone sedan leads a white utility and a pale sedan along a sealed road in Geraldton, Western Australia, circa 1966.

1966 · Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia

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