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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 baby sits in a swing seat while an older child in a red jacket and cap holds the swing post, circa 1972.
1972 · United States
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The older child smiles at the camera beside the baby in the swing seat, with clapboard siding at the right edge.
1972 · United States
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The baby in the swing seat with open fields and a low ridge behind, as the older child sways out of frame.
1972 · United States
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Both children at the swing set, with the clapboard wall and a window of the house at right.
1972 · United States
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A girl, a woman in a red coat and a hooded boy pose in front of dense shrubbery, likely Virginia, circa 1965.
1965 · Virginia, United States
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The girl in the white cardigan waves at the camera as a man and a second boy enter at right.
1965 · Virginia, United States
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A man in a tan cardigan and red shirt pulls a boy into a hug while the family poses together.
1965 · Virginia, United States
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The man leans toward the woman in the red coat, one arm still around a grinning boy.
1965 · Virginia, United States
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Adults gather near a picnic table as a woman reaches toward items beside a woven cooler.
1964 · Dallas, Texas, United States
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A woman handles picnic items near a table as other adults stand behind her.
1964 · Dallas, Texas, United States
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Several adults stand near the picnic area while the camera looks across a cooler and park path.
1964 · Dallas, Texas, United States
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A sailboat passes across the lake with trees and shoreline buildings in the background.
1966 · Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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A small boat moves near the opposite shore as a sailboat passes at the edge of frame.
1966 · Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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The sailboat passes close to the camera, with its sail and hull dominating the frame.
1966 · Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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A seated crew member is visible as the sailboat glides past the camera.
1966 · Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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Surf breaks around rugged rocks along the California shoreline.
1957 · San Francisco, California, United States
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White water spreads across the rocks as waves move in from the ocean.
1957 · San Francisco, California, United States
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A large rock anchors the frame as surf churns around the shoreline.
1957 · San Francisco, California, United States
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Open water and breaking surf fill the frame beside dark coastal rocks.
1957 · San Francisco, California, United States
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A naval vessel with hull number 537 sits moored beside a harbor building, framed by dark window bars.
1951 · Cuba
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The ship remains at the pier as the window frame divides the view across the harbor.
1951 · Cuba
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The framing shifts lower, leaving the vessel mostly hidden while its mast rises above the waterfront roof.
1951 · Cuba
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The final view returns to the vessel and pier building, with the mast silhouetted against the cloudy sky.
1951 · Cuba
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Passenger-window view across runway pavement toward grass and an airport building.
1975 · Denmark
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