Here are some vintage photos of children dating back to the late 19th century
Skateboarding in Southern California, 1975

Petting the cat, New York, 1954

Young boy in the Gardens of Bomarzo, Lazio, Italy 1952

A young girl with three, baby owls, Sweden, 1925

Young girl during the Great Depression. Missouri, USA, 1930s

A young Native-American mother and child, train station c. 1930

Listening to music in art class, 1957

Children in minobashi raincoats going to a new year’s event, Niigata prefecture, Japan, 1956

A newly-born lamb snuggles up to a boy, 1940

Mom uses a trash can to contain her baby while she crochets in the park, 1969

Hippie Dad walking with his daughter in Amsterdam, 1968

Two girls gallop full speed on sheep in Cornwall, England 1969. Photo by John Drysdale.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1963

Animals being used as part of medical therapy, 1956. A little girl receiving tests gazes into pool containing baby ducks — an early use of animals as part of medical therapy, 1956

When people used the Postal Service to ‘Mail’ their children

Babies left to sleep outside, enforcing immune system, Moscow, 1958

Portrait of a child with a knife, circa 1880s

Child on a saddled pig, 1914

A child with bread and milk, Istanbul, Turkey, 1989

Jo Bodeon, a back-roper in mule room. Chace Cotton Mill. Burlington, Vt, May 1909

Keith Richards ( Rolling Stones ) with His Mum Doris in 1945

“Wait For Me Daddy” A child in Canada running to his father, leaving his mom behind, while his father deployed during WW2, October 1, 1940

This 1955 photo is one of Walter Chandoha’s most famous shots. “My daughter Paula and the kitten both ‘smiled’ for the camera at the same time. …But the cat’s not smiling, he’s meowing.”


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