Popular topics in history

Vintage photos of the people & places from the past by popular category.
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Vintage Photos

Take a walk back through time and connect with your memories from the past with vintage photos categorized by topic. In addition to grouping photos by biography and last name, topics categorize and sort photos based on subject. Taken as a whole, these photos portray a snapshot of particular places and experiences in time.

Topics include popular subjects such as fashion, entertainment, locations - including states and countries, forms of transportation, time periods broken down by decade, military forces, wars & conflicts and more.

All photos added to AncientFaces can be tagged with topics. Registered members can add up to 3 topics per photo.
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Moments in Time

Memorial Services Postponed

At a certain point in my life, I began reading the obituaries in my local paper. At first, I read to see which of my friends' parents had died. Now I peruse the obits to see when my friends have...

Presidential Scandals - 1776 through early 1900's

We all have our favorite Presidents, based on how we feel about them and their politics. Who historians rate as the "best" and "worst" Presidents often depend on their own political biases as well...

History of Valentines Day - Sweethearts & Romance

These photos of old Valentine's cards, sweethearts, and couples from our past remind us that love never changes - only the fashion and form of expression (and perhaps the kinds of candy). Isn't it...

Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Prohibition

Do you know what cow shoes, bootlegs, moonshiners, John Barleycorn and stills are? Have you seen any of them? Test yourself with the following pictures of life during Prohibition. Did you know:...

1918 -19 Spanish Flu Pandemic Killed Millions

Update: 1/25/2021 As of January 25 2021 there have been 2,124,193 deaths worldwide from the current pandemic; over 420,000 in the United States. 98,794,942 people in the world have been infected...

The 1920s Changed Our Daily Lives - And Not How You Might Think

Women finally had the vote, more people lived in cities than on farms, alcohol was illegal (leading to lots of illegal drinking and sin taxes), the beginning of jazz, hems got short and women...

Our Best Friends Are Like Family

We get through life with the help of our friends - school playmates, sports buddies, work associates, friends we've made as adults - and when you look back in time how many of our memories include...

20th Century Christmas Shopping

Now 2 decades (wow!) into the 21st century, online shopping is beginning to equal the shopping at brick and mortar stores. But in the 20th century, people had to go out and shop - in great...

Pearl Harbor - A Day That Will Live In Infamy

On Sunday, December 7th 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, a U.S. naval base in Hawaii. On Monday December 8th, President Franklin Roosevelt addressed a joint session of...

Why we ALL Deserve to be Remembered: AncientFaces - 20 years in 2020

How in the world is it that when we die we have only a facebook page with a hundred “RIP” and “Wasn’t he/she a great person” comments? Why is it all that’s left online is a memorial...

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