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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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A toddler in a yellow pinafore sways and smiles beside the sofa, circa 1954.
1954 · United States
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Framed with her face centred, the toddler grins at the person filming.
1954 · United States
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Arms swinging, the toddler keeps swaying in front of the console cabinet.
1954 · United States
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The toddler smiles directly toward the camera as the handheld shot softens.
1954 · United States
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A toddler shifts weight with arms raised on a backyard lawn, circa 1954.
1954 · United States
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Arms out to the sides, the child steadies on the grass beside a coiled hose.
1954 · United States
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The toddler looks toward the camera with a faint smile while keeping balance, circa 1954.
1954 · United States
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As the camera tilts up, trees at the far edge of the yard come into view behind the child.
1954 · United States
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A baby steadies itself against a stack of gifts beneath the Christmas tree, circa 1953.
1953 · United States
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Reaching into the packages, with a striped wooden toy rocker beside the gift pile.
1953 · United States
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The baby holds a strand of tinsel and looks down, with stacked gifts behind.
1953 · United States
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At the end of the shot the baby turns to look to the right of frame.
1953 · United States
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A yellow canary stands on its perch inside a round birdcage, circa 1953.
1953 · United States
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The canary turns on its perch, its body blurred by movement.
1953 · United States
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A warm exposure shift tints the cage as the bird keeps moving.
1953 · United States
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The canary faces the camera, its tail angled down to the right.
1953 · United States
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A young mother in a white hat looks down at her baby in a christening gown, seen through the car's open side window, circa 1953.
1953 · United States
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The infant turns its head toward the camera side as the mother smiles down, steering wheel and dashboard behind them.
1953 · United States
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Mother and baby on christening day, framed by the window of an early-1950s-looking car, circa 1953.
1953 · United States
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The baby breaks into an open-mouthed smile as the mother in her white hat looks on.
1953 · United States
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A child in suspenders reaches toward a chocolate birthday cake with one lit candle, circa 1965.
1965 · District of Columbia, United States
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Leaning in over the cake, an orange paper party hat dips into view.
1965 · District of Columbia, United States
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The single candle flame flickers as the child bends toward it.
1965 · District of Columbia, United States
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The flame is out, and the child stays bent over the birthday table.
1965 · District of Columbia, United States
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