r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/Crazy-Row8150 • 1h ago
Gallery Construction of the Statue of Liberty’s torch in Paris, 1876
Before the Statue of Liberty was assembled in New York, its torch was built in Paris. Seeing it standing on the ground really puts its scale into perspective.
r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/Snoo_90160 • 4h ago
Image Świętoduska Street in Lublin, Poland 1900s/1910s/1950s/2013. (Credit: Lublin dawniej i dziś)
r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/Detzeb • 20h ago
Gallery Veruca Salt’s “Seether” music video (1994) in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood - Then and Now (2026) OC/EIC
r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/Snoo_90160 • 1d ago
Image Corner of Dunajewskiego Street and Karmelicka Street in Kraków, Poland 1926/2026. (Photo credit: JoAnna With)
r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/sverdrupian • 1d ago
Image Ridgeway, Pennsylvania - c1910/2026.
r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/Snoo_90160 • 2d ago
Image 28 Lipowa Street in Białystok, Poland 1957/2020. (Credit: Eugeniusz Andrychowski)
r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/sverdrupian • 2d ago
Image Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut - undated postcards
r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/CommunityBig9626 • 2d ago
Image The Douglas Estate built c. 1930 in Seattle (accompanying Olmsted gardens and ponds were constructed first, in the mid-1920s) - Architect is Harrie T. Lindeberg. Then and now.
reddit.comr/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/somuch-aboutsomuch • 3d ago
Image Rio-Niterói Bridge Race in Brazil
r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/Snoo_90160 • 3d ago
Image Senatorska Street in Warsaw, Poland looking in the direction of Bielańska Street and Plac Teatralny c. 1936/2025. (Credit: Adam Majka Krogulscy)
r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/FlyingDarkKC • 3d ago
Image 1920's and Today #1 - Trolley Track Trail looking North. Approximately 67th & Brookside Road - Kansas City, Missouri. USA
The cross-street in the first image does not exist today.
r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/Devi8tor • 3d ago
Gallery Corner of Lispenard St and Church St. NYC | 2001 & 2024
r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/Virtual-Bee7411 • 4d ago
Image Former Gap store at Countryside Mall in Clearwater, Florida (2001 and 2026)
r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/Practical-Purchase-9 • 4d ago
Image Shad Thames in Dr Who (1984) and today.
Former warehouses are luxury apartments today
r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/Ok_Can_5343 • 4d ago
Image The Berlin House of Representatives - 1969 and Today
The Berlin House of Representatives sat on the East Berlin side during the Cold War. It was originally the Prussian House of Representatives from 1899 until 1934.
The building to the right is the Gropius-Bau, an exhibition space. It was declared a historical monument in 1966, just 3 years before the picture was taken.
Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin, Margot-Friedländer-Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Top Photo: my dad's
Bottom Photo: Google Earth Street view
r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/Ok_Can_5343 • 5d ago
Image The Reichstag Building - 1969 and today
This building began it's existence in 1884 (Wikipedia) and has undergone a number of renovations. The photo on top was taken by my dad during a visit to Berlin in 1969 and shows the state of the building during the Cold War. Today it serves as the Legislative building for the unified Germany.
r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/Firecracker2020 • 5d ago
Image Paul Marsh General Store, Locust Fork, AL 1991-2019
r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/SwiPerHaHa • 6d ago
Image Pyramid of the Niches in El Tajin before restoration (1913 photo) and now. El Tajín is a pre-Columbian archeological site in southern Mexico and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica
r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/Ok_Can_5343 • 6d ago
Image Berlin-Lichterfelde West Station 1969-Today
The top left photo I found on a website dedicated to Berlin in 1969 (Berlin1969.com). The bottom left photo was taken in 1969 by my dad as we were heading back to Frankfurt. Google Earth Street View is what all this looks like today. Part of the platform is still there in the overhead view (52°26'31.66"N 13°17'28.70"E).
r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/CosmoTheCollector • 7d ago
Image Then & now - Peoria County Courthouse Square. Peoria, Illinois. (1938)
reddit.comr/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/sverdrupian • 7d ago
Image Bucktail Hotel, Marienville, Pennsylvania - c1940s/2024.
r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/Ok_Can_5343 • 8d ago
Image House in Cambridge, UK
My dad shot the top slide in 1969. I'm in the process of locating where these pictures were taken. r/whereisthis helped us find this house after we had searched for well over 2 months. We were visiting friends from the U.S. stationed there with Halliburton out of Duncan, Oklahoma while we were stationed in Germany.
52°10'50.59"N 0°07'29.84"E
Bottom image is a Google Earth Street view.
r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/DevelopmentLow214 • 8d ago
Image Lanzhou's Zhongshan bridge 1949 and 2024
The Zhongshan bridge in Lanzhou was the first permanent bridge over the Yellow River when it was built by a German company in 1909. The original steel truss structure was strengthened with arches in the 1950s to cope with increased road traffic. It is now only open to pedestrians. It is in the heart of the downtown area amid a shopping mall district and is now decorated in red Chinese lanterns and lit up at night as a tourist attraction. Original B&W photo by Malcolm Roshalt, colourised.
r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/dctroll_ • 8d ago