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Historypin is a project that allows people to view and share their personal history in a new way, created by the social movement We Are What We Do in partnership with Google.

These are photos the Historypin team has collected. Some of them are photos without copyright in the public domain, others are uploaded on behalf of archives and friends.


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  • Petticoat Lane, London

    We had a gas mantel - with a fine mesh on it that could break if the match was put too close to it. The toilet ... (read more)

    Newburgh House
  • Shattered forest, Argonne Gabss
  • # 7555 on 4 line

    This makes me homesick a little, especially the downtown skyline! Great use of the Street View function. (read more)

    anthonyjshaw528
  • P line- PCC (EB) on lst by Evergreen Cemetery C 19

    looks like the original date is cut off. any idea when this is from? (read more)

    the Studio for Southern California History
  • World War I Elephant

    The Elephant was called 'Lizzie' and was owned by the Sheffield company Thomas Wards. (read more)

    j.h.crawshaw
  • Liberation of Hamburg

    Lieder ist die Verortung nicht ganz korrekt (liegt auf dem Alten Elbtunnel). Das Foto dürfte jedoch die Neuen Elbbrücken zeigen. (read more)

    Monthyprada
  • Garcia Grande Cigars

    This photograph was taken on Forbes Avenue at the corner of Oakland Avenue. The view includes Gidas Flowers, Forbes Field Hat Shop, Garcia Grande Cigars, Oakland ... (read more)

    Pitt Archives
  • Cathedral of Learning

    This photograph is taken on Forbes Avenue near Atwood Street looking toward Oakland Avenue and the Cathedral of Learning. Gidas Flowers, Garcia Grande Cigars, Gus Miller's ... (read more)

    Pitt Archives
  • Fighting outside the National Palace

    This photograph which shows fighting outside the Palacio Nacional (National Palace), is one of forty-three photographic prints from an album of the Mexican Revolution by Manuel ... (read more)

    Rabraham
  • A British trench

    A British trench near the Albert-Bapaume road at Ovillers-la-Boisselle, July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. The men are from A Company, 11th Battalion, The ... (read more)

    Rabraham
  • DH Holmes Department Store

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 1943. View on Canal Street, with the D. H. Holmes department store façade covered with large advertisements urging support of the World War ... (read more)

    Rabraham
  • Armistice Day at the Flatiron Building

    Confetti covers the Armistice Day celebration near the Flatiron Building, 1918. (read more)

    Rabraham
  • Troop Mobilisation

    Departure of french soldiers, gare de l'Est (Paris), during the mobilization, at the beginning of WWI. The right wing of the gare de l'Est is not ... (read more)

    Rabraham
  • 800 West 4th Street

    Modern Chevrolet at 800 West 4th Street in Winston-Salem, NC. Image from Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. For more info, ... (read more)

    Rabraham
  • Petticoat Lane, London

    No, its not the opening titles from Only Fools and Horses, this is Petticoat Lane market, in Wentworth Street, probably the most famous and oldest of ... (read more)

    Rabraham
  • Petticoat Lane, London

    A bustling Petticoat Lane market. Image from the Bain Collection, Library of Congress. Click 'read me' for more information. (read more)

    Rabraham
  • Upminster Tube Station

    A policeman on patrol outside Upminster tube station. Upminster is the furthest station east on the District Line. (read more)

    Rabraham
  • Harringay Arena

    Site of wrestling during the 1948 Olympics. (read more)

    Rabraham
  • Franklin Avenue at Chicago Avenue

    "Looking east on Franklin Avenue at Chicago Avenue during a snowstorm." Photographer: Minneapolis Star Tribune. From John McNab on Flikr, Creative Commons License. (read more)

    Karamfil
  • First Waitrose Supermarket

    The Partnership's first supermarket, opened in 1955. Self Service shopping at Waitrose was introduced in August 1951, and although the Partnership was cautious in the beginning, ... (read more)

    Michael Daley
  • Savoy Hotel entrance with Staff

    The Savoy was built in 1889. In 1904 the hotel was extended and this photo shows staff outside the new Savoy Court entrance on the Strand. (read more)

    Michael Daley
  • Savoy Hotel entrance with Staff

    The Savoy was built in 1889. In 1904 the hotel was extended and this photo shows staff outside the new Savoy Court entrance on the Strand. (read more)

    Michael Daley
  • Berteaux Funeral in Champs Elysees

    Follow the link for more information about this photo. (read more)

    Michael Daley
  • Bonds Store

    The Bonds store in Norwich was founded in 1879 when Robert Herne Bond left the family business to buy a small drapery shop in Ber Street ... (read more)

    Michael Daley
  • Funeral of Maj. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant

    Funeral procession for Major General Frederick Dent Grant, son of President U. S. Grant, and former New York City Police Commissioner, who was buried at the ... (read more)

    Michael Daley

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