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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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Golfer in a white visor lines up a chip on the fringe of a sunlit green in the United States, circa 1955

A golfer settles over his ball on the fringe before chipping onto the green, circa 1955.

1955 · United States

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Mid-1950s golfer in pleated slacks plays a short chip from the fringe onto a parkland green in the United States

The chip itself: the club comes through low as the golfer plays toward the putting surface.

1955 · United States

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Golfer in a white visor watches his ball run across a green on a summer day in the United States, circa 1955

Back to the camera, the golfer watches where his chip finishes on the green.

1955 · United States

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Rear view of a 1950s golfer in visor and slacks standing on a tree-lined green, filmed on 8mm in the United States

The golfer pauses at the edge of the green before bending down at the end of the shot.

1955 · United States

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Golfer addressing the ball at a clubhouse tee as a summer gallery watches, United States, circa 1955 home movie

A golfer settles over the ball as spectators in shirts, ties and straw hats line the rope, circa 1955.

1955 · United States

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Golfer at the top of the backswing before a 1950s-style summer crowd, United States, circa 1955 8mm film

At the top of the backswing, with onlookers in pastel shirts and a man in red trousers behind the rope.

1955 · United States

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Full follow-through of a tee shot at a stone and shingle clubhouse, United States, circa 1955 home movie

The golfer holds his follow-through as the gallery, including children, looks on from the path.

1955 · United States

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Golfer relaxing after his drive, watched by a roped tournament crowd, United States, circa 1955 8mm footage

After the drive the golfer lowers his club; heads of nearby onlookers rise into the bottom of the frame.

1955 · United States

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Black-and-white 1937 home movie title typed on paper: Christmas Day at Duluth, Minnesota, with the Dempsey Family

Opening moment of the typed title: '1937 CHRISTMAS DAY AT DULUTH WITH THE DEMPSEY FAMILY'.

1937 · Duluth, Minnesota, United States

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Typewriter lettering on a 1937 amateur film title from Duluth, Minnesota, with soft focus and grain

The typed lines hold steady mid-shot, with uneven ink on the heavier letters.

1937 · Duluth, Minnesota, United States

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Grainy 1937 black-and-white home movie intertitle from Duluth, Minnesota, typed by the filmmakers

Grain moves across the pale sheet while the 1937 Christmas title stays in place.

1937 · Duluth, Minnesota, United States

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Closing frame of a typed 1937 Christmas Day title from a Duluth, Minnesota home movie reel

The final moments of the typed title naming the Dempsey family's Christmas Day at Duluth.

1937 · Duluth, Minnesota, United States

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Circa 1937 black-and-white home movie, likely Minnesota: a fluffy spitz-type dog looks into the lens on a rock among bare birches

A small dog looks straight at the camera while a child in a snowsuit stands with their back turned, circa 1937.

1937 · Minnesota, United States

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Child in a hooded snowsuit raises a stick on a rocky hilltop near a fluffy dog, likely Minnesota birch woods, circa 1937

The child turns on the rock outcrop, stick raised, as one of the dogs looks on.

1937 · Minnesota, United States

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Circa 1937 home movie: child in a hooded wool snowsuit faces the camera as a spitz-type dog looks up, birch woods likely in Minnesota

The child faces the camera, holding a stick, while a fluffy dog in the foreground looks up at the lens.

1937 · Minnesota, United States

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Low-angle view of a child in a winter snowsuit with a stick against bare birches and pale sky, likely Minnesota, circa 1937

A low-angle view shows the child in winter clothing against leafless birches and an overcast sky.

1937 · Minnesota, United States

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Woman and child leave an arched stucco doorway on a sunny winter day, probably Minnesota, circa 1937, black-and-white home movie

A woman and a child come out of the arched front door onto the steps, circa 1937.

1937 · Minnesota, United States

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Children gather on stucco house steps beside a parked mid-1930s fastback sedan, probably Minnesota, circa 1937

Children gather on the steps as a parked 1930s fastback sedan comes into view at left.

1937 · Minnesota, United States

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Child in a patterned sweater by a stucco house doorway with two 1930s cars parked nearby, circa 1937 winter home movie

A child in a patterned sweater waits by the steps while two dark 1930s cars sit on the drive.

1937 · Minnesota, United States

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Woman in a fur coat and two children at an arched stucco doorway beside a parked 1930s sedan, probably Minnesota, circa 1937

A woman in a fur coat stands in the doorway with two children as the parked sedans fill the left of the frame.

1937 · Minnesota, United States

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Players lining up near the 20-yard marker at a college game, likely Minnesota, circa 1937, seen past a spectator's hat

Players set near the 20-yard marker as men in overcoats watch from the sideline, circa 1937.

1937 · Minnesota, United States

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College football lines colliding in a black-and-white home movie, likely Minnesota, circa 1937, crowd filling the stands

The lines meet in the middle of the field while the far stands sit packed with spectators.

1937 · Minnesota, United States

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Pileup at the line of scrimmage during a circa 1937 college game, probably Minnesota, filmed from the stands

Players pile into each other at the line, seen from an elevated seat in the stands.

1937 · Minnesota, United States

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End of a play at a circa 1937 college game, likely Minnesota, with men in dark overcoats watching from the sideline

The play ends in a heap of players while two men in dark overcoats look on from the sideline.

1937 · Minnesota, United States

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