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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