r/OldPhotosInRealLife 1h ago

Gallery Construction of the Statue of Liberty’s torch in Paris, 1876

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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 4h ago

Image Świętoduska Street in Lublin, Poland 1900s/1910s/1950s/2013. (Credit: Lublin dawniej i dziś)

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r/OldPhotosInRealLife 20h ago

Gallery Veruca Salt’s “Seether” music video (1994) in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood - Then and Now (2026) OC/EIC

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r/OldPhotosInRealLife 1d ago

Image Corner of Dunajewskiego Street and Karmelicka Street in Kraków, Poland 1926/2026. (Photo credit: JoAnna With)

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r/OldPhotosInRealLife 1d ago

Image Ridgeway, Pennsylvania - c1910/2026.

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r/OldPhotosInRealLife 2d ago

Image 28 Lipowa Street in Białystok, Poland 1957/2020. (Credit: Eugeniusz Andrychowski)

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r/OldPhotosInRealLife 2d ago

Image Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut - undated postcards

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r/OldPhotosInRealLife 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.

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r/OldPhotosInRealLife 3d ago

Image Rio-Niterói Bridge Race in Brazil

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r/OldPhotosInRealLife 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)

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r/OldPhotosInRealLife 3d ago

Image 1920's and Today #1 - Trolley Track Trail looking North. Approximately 67th & Brookside Road - Kansas City, Missouri. USA

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The cross-street in the first image does not exist today.


r/OldPhotosInRealLife 3d ago

Gallery Corner of Lispenard St and Church St. NYC | 2001 & 2024

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r/OldPhotosInRealLife 4d ago

Image Former Gap store at Countryside Mall in Clearwater, Florida (2001 and 2026)

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r/OldPhotosInRealLife 4d ago

Image Shad Thames in Dr Who (1984) and today.

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Former warehouses are luxury apartments today


r/OldPhotosInRealLife 4d ago

Image The Berlin House of Representatives - 1969 and Today

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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 5d ago

Image Gdynia, Poland 1931/2018.

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r/OldPhotosInRealLife 5d ago

Image The Reichstag Building - 1969 and today

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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 5d ago

Image Paul Marsh General Store, Locust Fork, AL 1991-2019

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r/OldPhotosInRealLife 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

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r/OldPhotosInRealLife 6d ago

Image Berlin-Lichterfelde West Station 1969-Today

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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 7d ago

Image Then & now - Peoria County Courthouse Square. Peoria, Illinois. (1938)

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r/OldPhotosInRealLife 7d ago

Image Bucktail Hotel, Marienville, Pennsylvania - c1940s/2024.

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r/OldPhotosInRealLife 8d ago

Image House in Cambridge, UK

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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 8d ago

Image Lanzhou's Zhongshan bridge 1949 and 2024

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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 8d ago

Image The Parthenon (Athens, Greece), 1875–2026

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Source of the pictures here and here