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Historical Childhood Photos

Black and white images capturing moments of childhood from the early 20th century, showcasing family dynamics, celebrations, and poignant events in historical contexts.

Germany, Berlin, 07.08.1992, Manfred Dennert/SPD, Mayor, Prenzlauer Berg, celebration of the Pfefferberg's first contract with the district, the clown is Burkhart Seidemann, formerly DT - Pantomime Ensemble

Russian settlers en route to Siberia. 1920-30

Anefo photo collection. Mother's day, a few flower branches. May 8, 1964

Anefo photo collection. Birthday Princess Irene. Report by the Children's Garden Party Palace Soestdijk. Report by the Children's Garden Party Palace Soestdijk. 1945

A retired couple looks out the window of their apartment at the passing Ruhr Easter March 1983. They show their sympathy for the peace march with the motif of a dove of peace, Essen, Germany

Traffic Tragedy-- Mrs. Lucille Gobster clings to body of her daughter Barbara, 8, killed when the car the mother was driving skidded on a bridge here yesterday and collided with another Automobile. December 02, 1947. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Germany, Berlin, 07.08.1992, Manfred Dennert/SPD, Mayor, Prenzlauer Berg, celebration of the Pfefferberg's first contract with the district, the clown is Burkhart Seidemann, formerly DT - Pantomime Ensemble

Anefo photo collection. Visit from Kaat Mossel to Amsterdam. August 27, 1958. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Exercises La Courtine, tranquility, Wachtmeaster Juch, Utre (right) and Wachter Baan, Hendrik Ido Ambacht (left) write home. July 8, 1959

Anefo photo collection. Mr Smulders, Appliances etc. March 7, 1950

Anefo photo collection. Ajax against Bayern Munchen 2-1, Jan Mulder (right) on a reserve bench, left from him Haarls and Kovacs. August 8, 1972. Amsterdam

France, Paris, 24.03.1990, Cafe, Waiter, Europe

Two women in the street reading papers being thrown down from an office (EV005854_H)

L. Chau & Family. March 28, 1947.

Passagierende Marva's

"Family of Man" Exhibit, Schoolchildren. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

1977 (CA.) A couple kissing on a bench, in the 70s.

Anefo photo collection. End of the Four Days Marches in Apeldoorn. July 24, 1959

Anefo photo collection. 80 followers Bhagwan live in the former house of custody to Amstelveense Weg in Amsterdam. Some Bhagwan members, Bhagwan Rajneesh. January 21, 1982. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Vintage Photograph. Couple on lawn.

Poll photo collection. Scheveningen .. of the polls wife Nell Langlais and his stepdaughters Renée and Hans on a staircase on the boulevard of Scheveningen. 1933. Scheveningen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Children in admiring a Sint Nicolaas window. November 17, 1965

Anefo photo collection. Repatriation Camp Rheine (Germany). Repatrant is on a bed with a bowl in her hands and in bed pieces bread. 1945. Germany, Rheine

Anefo photo collection. Yacht on international car thieves in Barneveld. The children of Mrs. Jansen play in bungalow that germans had rented. October 30, 1967. Barneveld

State nursery school children taking care of plants in the USSR (soviet Union) 1965

Anefo photo collection. Farewell party Children preparatory school Uiterwaardenstraat (costumed). July 1, 1954

Anefo photo collection. Children buy flowers for Mother's Day. May 7, 1954

Photograph of Evacuees of Alaska"Evacuees of Alaska. This family watches operations at the dock in an unnamed Alaska port. Liberal rates of pay were provided in standardization wages for sealing operations, and the islanders were excellent customers of mail-order houses "in the states." Native costumes and handicrafts yielded to factory made articles long ago.".

Anefo photo collection. Princely family at Terschelling princely couple on board. 24 June 1948. Friesland, Terschelling

Anefo photo collection. Refugee children in The Hague from Austria and Germany. 12 July 1960. The Hague, South Holland

Franklin's 250th Anniversary Celebrations in Paris. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Mrs. Churchill Visits Communal Kitchens - Mrs. Churchill feeding the children at one of the communal kitchens. Mrs. Winston Churchill, to-day made a tour of the Voluntary Communal Services Kitchens of Kensington. These restaurants are run entirely voluntarily by the Borough of Kensington and staffed by volunteers, W.V.S. and a few paid workers. July 25, 1941. (Photo by Fox Photos).

Anefo photo collection. Girl in bag dress from flowers at Lisse. April 21, 1958. Lisse

Anefo photo collection. Image of Marijke Oudendag in front of the door of Galerie d'End. March 10, 1979. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Swimmer Lenie De Nijs marries Harry Friend. October 4, 1963

Anefo photo collection. Children in the Reinildahuis in the Marnixstraat 28 Amsterdam. April 8, 1957. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Waiting room in Suriname. October 1, 1955. Suriname

Life of a Marshall plan Secretary in Paris. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

1950s MOTHER TAKING KIDS TO MOVIES BUYING TICKETS TO A WESTERN BOY WEARING COWBOY COSTUME

Anefo photo collection. Children's broadcast to England. Children march in a room. September 1945

Life, poverty and child wealth in a homeless shelter on 13. 12. 1971 in the pre-Christmas period in Essen, Germany, Europe

09/27/1956. The Russian ship "Crimea" anchored in Valencia with five hundred and thirteen Spanish returnees.

Anefo photo collection. Province House in Assen occupied by Moluccans; Megaphone, toilet paper e.d .. March 14, 1978. Assen

Children in the Ruhr area, here in the year 1966 in leisure and play. On the Day of the Child, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. World Cup 74, Dutch national team in Hiltrup with women; Rinus Michels and Cruijff and Danny Cruijff. June 24, 1974

Vintage Photograph. Cherry blossoms- mother pushing stroller with baby.

Anefo photo collection. Retirement file on Soestdijk, Queen Juliana and the elderly. June 14, 1976. Soestdijk, Utrecht

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC New Guinea series. Dutch woman with three papua children in a field hospital?. October 1948. New Guinea

Poll photo collection. The royal family at Soestdijk Palace. Prince Bernhard takes care of the terrace with his secretary. "ca. 1947"}. Baarn, Utrecht (province)

Anefo photo collection. Construction of the IJ tunnel. Children still play on the supply roads. September 23, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Camping press conference on the camping site W. H. Vliegenbos. July 11, 1963

Visitors view the exhibition; Rembrandt exhibition 1669-1969. .

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives. Debate Spring Memorandum. Woman and children of mirror in Loge in Lower House. April 27, 1982

Anefo photo collection. Continuous drawing of Sigma group. Sigma group on platform at work. August 23, 1967

Anefo photo collection. Spring in Amsterdam. Children walk on buses. March 10, 1953. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Germany, Lehnin, 25.09.1992, Nursing home (and monastery) Lehnin, gardener and nurse

In the Ruhr area, young people on their own initiative, here in 1966 in a basement club, design a party basement with musical entertainment, Germany, Europe

Young people, rue de colombe, paris, france 1970.

Man cleaning window, 1920s to 1930s, by Roland Searle.

Anefo photo collection. Ladies on the pipe in the Netherlands at Hajenius on Rokin sells with pipes for women. January 15, 1964

Citizens In The Making -- Boys help run Cyprus Reform School.The Assistant Headmaster Mr. D. Papadopoulos, is chairmen of the School's Farm Committee, which is responsible for the running of the farm. The farm has three cows, five goats, pigs and over 260 head of poultry. March 1, 1952. (Photo by Central Office Of Information Photograph).

Playground. 1957.

Anefo photo collection. Dairy factory Holland. 18 February 1946. Amsterdam

Pat Ford - Boxer - Personality. June 1, 1955. (Photo by Ernie McQuillan, Australian Photographic Agency).

Zarauz, August 1961. Queen Fabiola leaving the hairdresser, on a bicycle.

Bordleben Cap Arcona. H.S.D.G. Equator baptism on the passenger ship

Anefo photo collection. "Sit in" at American consulate. Two participants with coffee grinder and lantern. September 15, 1967

Anefo photo collection. Celebration Queen's Day in Rotterdam. April 30, 1958. Rotterdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. A miniature bartje (figurine) in Madurodam reveals. May 24, 1962. The Hague, South Holland

Germany, Berlin, 17 December 1992, extract from the Evangelische Akademie (East), in Albrechtstraße, evangelische akademie berlin-brandenburg, Ulrike Poppe (right)

Anefo photo collection. Political asylum for nine Salvadoran trade union leaders; Arrived today at Schiphol; Salvadoran children after arrival. October 16, 1984

Anefo photo collection. Carnival in Bergen op Zoom, at the station. Prince Nilles (Kees Becht). 18 February 1950. Bergen op Zoom

Anefo photo collection. Opening of the General General. The royal family on balcony long voorhout. September 19, 1961. The Hague, South Holland

Mein Zimmer im "Braunhaus" - My room in the Braun House.Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

Father greeting daughter in backyard

Madrid, 1973. A grandfather plays with his grandchildren in the park.

Airport in Warsaw. Foreign station - passport and clearing briefing (travel during luggage control); Photography from the series to the photojournalism "Please open!" (from the work of the Customs Office at the Foreign Station of the Airport in Warsaw), "Świat" 1959, No. 7; Prażuch, Wiesław (1925-1992); 1959 (1959-00-00-1959-00-00);

Bucky Harris autographing scorecards on dugout steps, on Ladies Day, September 8, 1925

Anefo photo collection. Nightlife audience, Zeedijk in Amsterdam. January 24, 1956. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Evacués from New Guinea in Willem de Zwijger Kazerne in Wezep. August 17, 1962. Gelderland, Wezep

Guido Crepax With Son Giacomo, 70s.

Anefo photo collection. Birthday Princess Irene. Report by the Children's Garden Party Palace Soestdijk. Report by the Children's Garden Party Palace Soestdijk. 1945

Anefo photo collection. Ralley der Tulips starts The Hague. April 21, 1952. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Victims of Branden Bethamienstraat to Ameland. April 12, 1966. Ameland, Friesland

12/31/1967. Infanta Elena with her mother.

Rear view of a person leaning against a window

Elsa Maxwell, Best-Known society hostess in U.S. - She drives her own motorboat off the Venice Lido. April 12, 1949. (Photo by Camera Press).

Anefo photo collection. Young at national monument on Dam Square, Amsterdam. Young people make music at the National Monument. July 5, 1970. Amsterdam, Dam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Princess Beatrix opened hospital to Heerlen. Princess Beatrix in the children's department. June 14, 1968. Heerlen

A watchman runs the traffic on a sunny winter morning, Milan, Italy, photo from L'illustrazione Italiana, year LXI, n 3, January 21, 1934.

Anefo photo collection. Traditional paestocht through the Jordaan. March 22, 1964. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Two women on stairs. Två kvinnor på trappa.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Grass fields, men, lawn mowers, buildings, houses. undated

Anefo photo collection. Man in white suit sticks tickets on walls palace on Dam Square in connection with a new political party "times your future". April 10, 1978

Anefo photo collection. Liberation parties on the dam with trader in party items. May 5, 1964

Pictured are the Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol. January 23, 1952.

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

For the homeless, here in the Ruhr area in the years from 1965 to 1971, the homeless shelter is a home for the many children and single parents, but rather not, Germany, Europe

Life and everyday life of a worker's family on 11.12.1975 in Duisburg-Walsum, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Princess Margriet and Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven in new house in Apeldoorn; Margriet and Pieter with their dogs in the garden. October 24, 1975

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