Surprise

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View contact. Photo Frederike Bach

Sent by Anouk and Kelly from Aachen

Smile on Saturday

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Almost ready to go

FB-Swap,  World Children's Day- theme

 Sent by Tanja on 15 Nov, 2020

 

Smile on Saturday

Hula Hoop Habit

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1948

Photographer unidentified

Swinging Nuns

 

Tour de France

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Tour de France 1954, Photo Corbis/Bettman

Sent by Marcel on 9 May, 2016  from Ophemert, The Netherlands

 

Men

FB-swap. 

Members of No. 106 Squadron at Syerston, Nottinghamshire in front of Lancaster aircraft flown by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, in 1943

Sent by Tiia on 30 Oct, 2021 from Paimio, Finland

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Lewis Clark Cook (1909- 83) photographer for the Portland News in 1927.

Sent by Liz on 7 Nov, 2017 from Portland Oregon, U.S.A.

travel time 8 days.

World Children’s Day

 Happy World Children's and the Rights of the Child Day ♥

Children In the early 20th century

Harald and Rudolf

 Made by me from old family photos

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Lisboa, Alfama, 1999

Photo George Pachero

Received on 27 Jul, 2020

Sent by Raquel ( Brussel, Belgium)

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"What's news Baby"

Photo Karin Dlubis-Mertens

Received on 17 Apr, 2014

Sent by Sabine ( Hamminkein, Germany) 

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Westfalen memories

Grandmother Fasselt with the grandchild of the Albersmeier families, Raesfeld around 1940

Received on 1 Oct, 2014

Sent by Miguel ( Dortmund, Germany)

Black and White

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Sheeps on North Sea islands of Sylt

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Sent by Ariane (Hamburg, Germany)

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Lübeck.  Panorama at the Hüxtertor bridge

Received on 27 Jan, 2019

Sent by Jürgen (Germany)

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Singhofen how it used to be, 1910

Received on 17 Oct, 2014

Sent by Sigrid (Singhofen, Germany)

 

Mail from Austria

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Acrobatic man leaning over to smell the flowers. Inkognito. Erkelenzdamm

Sent by Andrea, Innsbruck, Austria

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A proud couple with mother pig. Photo Johan Schär (1855-1938)

Sent by Line, Vienna, Austria

 

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The fox: He knows the price of his tail, but he still believes in altruistic friendship.

Sent by Inga-Maria, Vienna, Austria

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Nina Simone ( 1933- 2003 ) 1960s.

Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop.

Sent by Violet, Freistadt, Austria

Men

 Fishermen

Sent by Evangelia in Würzburg, Germany 

 on 24 Feb, 2014

travel time 7 days

distance travelled 1,591 km

received on 3 Mar, 2014 

 Peter Sellers as Dr. Strangelove 1964

Sent by Mary in Sain  Petersburg, Russia

on 3 Aug, 2018

travel time 12 days

distance travelled 538 km

received on 15 Aug, 2018 

Farmwork

Duch Openair Museum

Sent by Lotte in Arnhem, The  Netherlands

 on 3 Dec, 2013

travel time 65 days

distance travelled 1,537 km

received on 6 Feb, 2014 

Women

Women sitting on steps.

 1896-1920. Alfred Newton & Son

English Heritage Archive

Sent by Ruth in  Huddersfield, UK

 on 11 Mar, 2014

travel time 10 days

distance travelled 1,717 km

21 Mar, 2014 received on

Lovely ladies with pretty hats

Sent by Renate in  Übach-Palenberg, Germany

on 1 Oct, 2014

travel time 12 days

distance travelled 1,602 km

13 Oct, 2014 received on

Marilyn Monroe
( American actress 1926- 1962) 1952. 

 Photo Philippe Halsman.

Facebook swap

Sent by Imane in Turku, Finland

Audrey Hepburn

( British actress  1929 –  1993) 

Sent byAnna in Prague, Czech Republic

on 21 Sep, 2018

travel time 5 days

distance travelled 1,457 km

Bette Davis

(American actress 1908 – 1989)

Sent by Filipe, Lisbon, Portugal

on 20 Sep, 2018

travel time 11 days

distance travelled 3,383 km


From my family album

Women drivers

  Sobriety tests

Sent by Hanna in kuopio, Finland

Private swap

Portrait of Miss Elinor Blevins, 1915

Harris & Ewing Collection

Sent by Ermesta in Kaunas, Lithuania  

 on 26 Oct, 2014

travel time 10 days

distance travelled 800 km

 received on 5 Nov  2014

Photo by Sandru Mendrea

Sent by Olga in Bayreuth, Germany

Sent by Olga in 

on 7 Jun, 2014

travel time 9 days

distance travelled 1,531 km

 received on 17 Jun, 2014

Memory Monday

 Waikiki 1905

From Surfing:  A  History of the  Ancient Hawaiian Sport by Ben Finney and James D. Houston ( 1996)

Sent by Casey in Jacksonville, U.S.A.

 on 31 Jul, 2018

travel time 30 days

distance travelled 7,693 km

received on 30 Aug, 2018 

On the beach

  Niechorze, Poland, 1917

Sent by Luzia in Kielce, Poland

on 15 Mar, 2015

travel time 5 days

distance travelled 1,289 km

received on 20 Mar, 2015 

Stuttgart, Germany. 1919

Sent by Karin in Meßstetten, Germany

on 29 Oct, 2019

travel time 7 days

distance travelled 1,801 km

received on 5 Nov, 2019 

Sleet. 

St.Anna's Church. Vilnius, 1961. Photo Antanas Sutkus

Sent by Dalia in Vilnius, Lithuania

on 20 Jan, 2019

travel time 8 days

distance travelled 908 km

received on 28 Jan, 2019 

Celebrities and Famous

 Freddie Mercury (1946 – 1991) 

Freddie Mercury was a British singer, songwriter, record producer, and lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest lead singers in the history of rock music, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range.

Sent by Tatiana, Russia

 on 11 Jan, 2020

travel time 19 days

distance travelled 881 km

received on 30 Jan, 2020 

Vladimir Iljitš Lenin (1870-1924)

Russian politician, communist theorist, and founder of the Soviet Union

Lenin with a group of army officers inspecting troops of the nationwide military training service in Red Square on May 25, 1919

Sent by Larissa, Belarus

on 10 Jan, 2020

travel time 20 days

distance travelled 1,028 km

received on 30 Jan, 2020 

way back when....

 Panorama of Kaunas from Aleksotas, Lithuania, 1939-1940

Sent by Maria in Vilnius, Lithuania
 on 11 Mar, 2014
travel time 3 days
distance travelled 897 km

 Hong Kong, The Central District way back in the late 1920s

Sent by Zoey in Hong Kong
on 30 Nov, 2015
travel time 14 days
distance travelled 7,925 km

 Amsterdam 1896 / Jacob Olie ( 1834 -1905)

Sent by Anja in Tilburg, Netherlands
 on 7 Oct, 2014
travel time 5 days
distance travelled 1,603 km

 De Oranjeboom Windmill, Netherlands

Sent by Hilda in Hoorn, Netherlands
on 24 Sep, 2015
travel time 5 days
distance travelled 1,494 km

Square at Strastnoy Boulevard, Moscow 1928

Sent by Kuzma in Moscow, Russia

on 19 Jan, 2019

travel time 20 days

distance travelled 1,171 km

Children's Rights Day

Taking care of  bunnies, 1935 

 Pouring Rain

Sent by Ans in Weesp, Netherlands

on 6 Mar, 2017

travel time 7 days

distance travelled 1,525 km

Mailboxes

Sent by Paulien in Huizen, Netherlands

on 15 Oct, 2014

travel time 10 days

distance travelled 1,530 km

Black and White

 

Two men from the Aran Islands, Co. Galway, Ireland c. 1920

The woven wool waistcoat was worn over either a heavy flannel shirt or knitted jumper.

Sent by Tina, Ireland at the time

sent on 1 Aug, 2018

travel time 5 days

Ride On, 1930
Ladies on Sidecar

Sent by Heather in Cheyenne, Wyoming
sent on 29 Mar, 2017
travel time 7 days

Kiss by the Hotel de Ville. Paris 1950.  Photo Robert Doisneau

Sent by Annerose near Cologne

sent on 7 Oct, 2018

travel time 11 days.

Summer dreams

Happy girls ready to swim on Pärnu Beach, Estonia

Midday on Alcudia Beach, Mallorca,  The Balearic Islands, Spain

Lunch time on Menorca beach. The Balearic Islands, Spain