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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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White wooden covered bridge portal at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, circa 1962, framed against summer trees on 8mm film

The white clapboard portal of a covered bridge at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, circa 1962.

1962 · Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, United States

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ONE LANE BRIDGE warning sign and gross weight limit notice at a covered bridge, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, circa 1962

A yellow ONE LANE BRIDGE sign and a posted gross weight limit notice at the bridge entrance, circa 1962.

1962 · Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, United States

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Wider view of the one-lane covered bridge entrance and its warning signs at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, circa 1962

The handheld camera holds on the covered bridge entrance and its warning signs, Valley Forge, circa 1962.

1962 · Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, United States

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Closing view of the ONE LANE BRIDGE sign at a white covered bridge, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, circa 1962, 8mm home movie

After the delivery truck drives out, the camera returns to the ONE LANE BRIDGE sign, circa 1962.

1962 · Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, United States

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Boys riding a hanging bench on a park swing ride in the United States, circa 1955, on 8mm home movie film.

Two boys share a front bench as the swing ride turns, circa 1955.

1955 · United States

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Mother figure and small girl in a blue dress on a park swing ride, United States, circa 1955 home movie.

A woman and a small girl in blue ride a swinging bench, circa 1955.

1955 · United States

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Harnessed mule turning a park swing ride with a wooden sweep pole, United States, circa 1955, 8mm film.

The mule that powers the ride walks its circle, circa 1955.

1955 · United States

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Mule plodding around a rustic park ride ring as a child in red swings past, United States, circa 1955.

A child in red swings by as the mule keeps the ride turning.

1955 · United States

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Man in a fedora walks away from a snowy garage with white braced doors, United States, circa 1939 home movie

A man in a fedora and tie sets off across the snow from a garage, circa 1939.

1939 · United States

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Late 1930s man in hat, sweater and gloves strides through trampled snow toward the camera in front of a garage

Gloved hands swinging, he walks through trampled snow toward the camera.

1939 · United States

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Man in dark jacket, V-neck sweater and striped tie nears the camera in the snow, faded colour film circa 1939

Close to the camera, his jacket, sweater and striped tie fill the frame.

1939 · United States

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Close-up portrait of a man in a fedora and wire-rimmed glasses before a snowy garage, United States, circa 1939

The walk ends on a close-up of the man in his fedora and glasses, circa 1939.

1939 · United States

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Man in a fedora skating on an outdoor rink beside a snowbank, likely northern United States, circa 1939, faded colour home movie

A man in a fedora pushes off in a long stride across an outdoor rink, circa 1939.

1939 · United States

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Skater in a fedora glides past a weathered shed and piled snow, United States, circa 1939, magenta-faded early colour film

The skater glides past the frame shed and a pile of shovelled snow, circa 1939.

1939 · United States

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Man in work jacket and fedora leans into a turn on a winter rink by a shed, likely northern US, circa 1939 home movie

Leaning forward, the man turns on the ice in front of the shed, circa 1939.

1939 · United States

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Man in a fedora skates toward the camera before a shed with small-paned windows, United States, circa 1939, faded colour

The skater comes back toward the camera in front of the shed's windows, circa 1939.

1939 · United States

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Child in pompom hat crouching for snow by a bare tree, man in plaid at left, US backyard home movie circa 1978

The child stoops to gather snow at the foot of the big tree, circa 1978.

1978 · United States

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Man in western hat and plaid flannel faces a small child across a snowy yard, Super 8 home movie, US circa 1978

Man and child face each other across the yard between throws.

1978 · United States

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Man in plaid winds up a snowball throw as a child waits by a bare tree, faded Super 8 winter scene, US circa 1978

The man winds up to throw back at the child by the tree.

1978 · United States

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Child with a snowball beside a large bare tree, man in plaid shirt at left, winter home movie in the US circa 1978

The child readies another snowball beside the tree near the end of the shot.

1978 · United States

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Hillside homes seen past white birch trunks from a hilltop, likely Minnesota, circa 1937, in black-and-white home movie film.

The pan opens on scattered homes along a valley slope, framed by two birch trunks.

1937 · Minnesota, United States

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Curving valley road with gabled homes and a bright pond in winter woods, likely Minnesota, circa 1937.

Midway through the pan, a curving road leads past gabled houses toward a bright pond.

1937 · Minnesota, United States

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Gabled houses below a pond lined with conifers in a wooded valley, black-and-white film, likely Minnesota, circa 1937.

Gabled homes sit beside the road with a pond and dark conifers behind them.

1937 · Minnesota, United States

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Large pale-roofed house beneath forested ridges at the end of a hilltop pan, likely Minnesota, circa 1937.

The pan ends on a large pale-roofed building set against forested ridges.

1937 · Minnesota, United States

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