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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 1972 Florida resort motel with railed balconies, a US flag and parked sedans, as a woman in a pink top walks along the sidewalk.

A woman in pink walks past a white balconied motel in Florida, circa 1972.

1972 · Florida, United States

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Woman in pink strides past the pole sign of a white Florida motel, circa 1972, with a US flag hanging from the first balcony.

The passer-by crosses beneath the motel's pole sign and flag; period sedans line the building.

1972 · Florida, United States

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US flag unfurled on the balcony of a white Florida resort motel, circa 1972, as a woman in pink exits at the left edge.

The flag opens in the breeze as the woman reaches the edge of the frame.

1972 · Florida, United States

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Empty sidewalk outside a white balconied motel in Florida, circa 1972, with period sedans, palms and a painted fire hydrant.

The motel exterior with no one in view: balconies, open staircase, parked sedans and palms.

1972 · Florida, United States

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Boy in a dark coat climbs a curving park stairway on a sunny grassy slope, United States, circa 1949, 8mm home movie

A small boy starts up the long curving concrete stairway toward the camera.

1949 · United States

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Boy in coat and shorts nears the top of a curving concrete park stair beside a rounded wall, circa 1949 US home movie

Partway up, the boy passes the rounded concrete wall beside the steps.

1949 · United States

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Close view of a boy in a white collar, dark vest and coat climbing park steps, United States, circa 1949, 8mm film

Close to the top, the boy's white collar and dark vest come into view.

1949 · United States

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Smiling boy reaches the top of a curving concrete stairway with the steps stretching behind him, circa 1949, USA

The boy reaches the top of the stairway with a brief smile at the camera.

1949 · United States

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Circa 1949 home movie in the United States: girl in yellow coat and boy hand in hand on a white-railed terrace stairway

A girl in a yellow coat and a small boy stand hand in hand at the top of a white-railed garden stairway, circa 1949.

1949 · United States

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Two children walk down terrace steps behind bare branches on a building's grounds in the United States, circa 1949

The children walk down the steps, partly hidden by the branches of a leafless tree.

1949 · United States

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Girl and boy descend a lower flight of garden steps through bare branches, 8mm home movie, circa 1949

The pair continue down a lower flight as the camera tilts to follow them.

1949 · United States

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Girl in yellow and small boy reach the foot of terrace steps beside a lawn, spring home movie, United States, circa 1949

Still holding hands, the children reach the bottom steps beside a green lawn.

1949 · United States

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Circa 1945: woman in a dark suit leads a little girl in a red pinafore skirt down the United States Capitol steps, Washington, D.C.

A woman and a little girl start down the Capitol steps hand in hand, Washington, D.C., circa 1945.

1945 · Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Little girl in a red pinafore skirt balances with one arm out as a woman guides her down the Capitol steps, circa 1945

The girl holds out her free arm for balance on the broad staircase.

1945 · Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Smiling toddler with a red hair bow walks down the Capitol staircase holding a woman's hand, Washington, D.C., circa 1945

The little girl smiles toward the camera midway down the steps.

1945 · Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Woman and girl in red near the foot of the US Capitol steps as another visitor walks down behind them, circa 1945

Another visitor follows as the pair nears the camera on the Capitol steps, circa 1945.

1945 · Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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1964 Saint Louis garden scene with a woman in a pale dress moving past flowering plants and deep shade.

A woman walks through a shaded garden area beside flowering plants.

1964 · Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

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Visitors appear among flowers and shaded greenery in the Saint Louis garden footage from 1964.

Adults move through a flowered garden area under strong sun and shade.

1964 · Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

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A shadowed section of the 1964 Saint Louis garden shows dense foliage, railings, and small flowers.

The camera passes a darker garden section with foliage and railings.

1964 · Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

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Yellow flowers fill the foreground beside dark garden foliage and a ladder-like structure in the 1964 Saint Louis footage.

Yellow blooms stand out against dark foliage near a vertical garden structure.

1964 · Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

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In supplied 1964 Saint Louis footage, a woman in a blue jacket walks through a sunlit formal garden seen from above.

A woman walks below the camera as lawns, paths, and trimmed plantings fill the garden view.

1964 · Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

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A distant woman in a blue jacket crosses the lower frame in 1964 Saint Louis garden footage with clipped shrubs and paths.

The woman continues along the garden edge while paths and trees stretch across the background.

1964 · Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

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The 1964 Saint Louis home-movie frame shows a woman near a planter, with paths, lawns, trees, and a column-like garden feature.

A column-like garden feature and planter frame the woman as she moves through the grounds.

1964 · Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

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A woman in a blue jacket is seen from behind in supplied 1964 Saint Louis footage, with formal paths, shrubs, trees, and distant water.

The woman pauses or walks away from the camera as the formal garden opens toward distant water.

1964 · Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

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