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Archival still images

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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Circa 1950 8mm frame, probably Southern California: moving truck lettered Pan American Van and Storage Co. with a man in a white shirt at the open rear door.

The moving truck parked side-on, its red-lettered panel and map logo facing the camera, circa 1950.

1950 · California, United States

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Probably Southern California, circa 1950: the camera drifts right along a moving company truck toward its open rear doors and a pale two-storey building.

As the camera drifts right, a two-storey building appears beside the truck's open rear doors.

1950 · California, United States

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Circa 1950 home movie frame, likely California: two movers at the back of a Pan American Van and Storage Co. truck, one inside the doorway and one beside a crate.

Two movers at the rear of the truck, with the company name readable along the side.

1950 · California, United States

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The end of the shot, still held on the lettered side panel under utility poles and a flat sky.

1950 · California, United States

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1969 Clarendon Hills home-movie frame showing a white suburban house with dark shutters and moving boxes or household goods outside.

Moving boxes and household items sit in front of a two-story suburban house.

1969 · Clarendon Hills, Illinois, United States

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Clarendon Hills, Illinois house exterior with stacked moving boxes, small furniture, and an open garage area in 8mm home-movie footage.

Boxes and small furniture are arranged near the driveway and garage.

1969 · Clarendon Hills, Illinois, United States

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1969 suburban Illinois home exterior showing a front lawn, small tree, boxes, and furniture set outside during a move or renovation.

A front lawn and small tree frame household items set outside the house.

1969 · Clarendon Hills, Illinois, United States

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Clarendon Hills home-movie frame of a two-story house with household goods, boxes, and furniture spread across the front yard and driveway.

Household goods remain spread across the lawn and driveway near the garage.

1969 · Clarendon Hills, Illinois, United States

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1956 Grand Rapids home-movie frame showing a white clapboard house elevated on supports with a ladder and yard debris nearby.

A raised white house is shown from the side with a ladder against the wall.

1956 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

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1956 Grand Rapids frame looking through dark foreground edges toward the raised house area, with a blue truck visible beyond the yard.

A partial view of the work area includes a building corner, raised structure, and blue truck.

1956 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

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1956 Grand Rapids home-movie frame showing a close side view of the white clapboard house with a broken or open window.

The camera moves close to the house siding and a dark window opening.

1956 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

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1956 Grand Rapids frame showing the house wall, window, and shadowed gap beneath the elevated structure near the foundation line.

A final close view shows the side wall and the open space under the raised house.

1956 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

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1962 Ephesus, Turkey home-movie frame showing people near a small green wooden structure, metal drums, and a canvas-topped jeep.

People gather beside a small green structure and jeep in a gravel work area.

1962 · Ephesus, Turkey

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1962 Ephesus, Turkey frame with a person walking near a green wooden structure, metal drums, a jeep, and open ground.

A figure passes between the small structure and parked jeep.

1962 · Ephesus, Turkey

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1962 Ephesus, Turkey frame showing several men near a small green wooden structure, a canvas-topped jeep, and metal drums.

Men stand and gesture around the structure as the jeep waits nearby.

1962 · Ephesus, Turkey

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1962 Ephesus, Turkey frame with people around a green wooden structure, a canvas-topped jeep, metal drums, and a partial green car.

People cluster near the doorway and jeep with equipment set on the gravel.

1962 · Ephesus, Turkey

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In 1946 Colombo, an elephant hangs in a wooden sling from crane cables above a ship deck while a person stands below.

An elephant is held in a wooden sling over the ship deck as the lift begins.

1946 · Colombo, Sri Lanka

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The elephant is hoisted clear of the deck in a wooden sling, with open water and the ship rail visible behind it.

The crane lift raises the elephant above the deck rail.

1946 · Colombo, Sri Lanka

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The elephant remains suspended from crane cables over the ship deck, with a person and another elephant-like form partly visible below.

The suspended elephant passes over the rail while crew watch from the deck.

1946 · Colombo, Sri Lanka

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The elephant is still airborne in the sling near the ship rail, with open water behind and a partial figure or animal at the lower edge.

The lift continues with the elephant suspended just above the rail line.

1946 · Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Young elephant in Colombo, Ceylon footage appears suspended by a rope sling over open water in a 1940s 8mm frame.

A young elephant hangs in a rope sling above the water during transport.

1946 · Colombo, Sri Lanka

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The suspended elephant is seen from behind above rippled water, with part of a small boat visible below.

The sling carries the elephant over water with a boat directly beneath.

1946 · Colombo, Sri Lanka

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A rear view shows the young elephant held by ropes over the water, with a person or boat detail partly visible below.

The elephant remains suspended as the lift moves near the boat.

1946 · Colombo, Sri Lanka

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The elephant appears in side view in a wooden and rope sling, with water and a small boat section nearby.

A side view reveals the wooden sling supporting the elephant during the move.

1946 · Colombo, Sri Lanka

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