30 oldest photos from family archives

Netizens were asked to share the oldest photos that are in their family collections — and it turned out to be a real excursion into history. Some showed pictures from the 1800s, and others from the 1950s. And what old photos are stored in your albums?

"1916. This is my grandmother, Annabel. I've never met her. She died during the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic"

"My great-Grandparents James Goddard (1876-1942) And Margaret Goddard (1877-1948)"

"My grandmother in 1941"

"My grandfather's prison mugshot in 1942. He lived in Rhinebeck, New York, and then stole some tires from someone else's garage. Later he went to war"

"Photo of my mom on her dad's shoulders, 1925"

"A picture of my mom from the 1950s"

"My great-grandparents, late 1920s"

A 1923 family homestead in Minnesota, USA

"My great-grandmother is on the right. This photo was taken in 1914, shortly before her death. This is the only picture that survived the flood"

"My great-grandfather (right) while studying at the university"

Old family photo

"1904, south of the Czech Republic. My great-grandmother Maria Stakhova (in the middle), her mother, father, brother and sister"

"Great-grandfather's sewing factory. Early 1900s"

"My Dad, 1957"

"Portrait of my great-grandfather in the late 1800s. Northern Ireland"

"And here is my great-grandfather from Portugal. 1800s"

"And they knew how to have fun! My grandmother is marked with an arrow. Photos of the 1920s, the Netherlands"

"1911, Texas, USA. My great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather are sitting on chairs"

"My 3-year-old grandmother with her parents. 1898"

"My dad and his sister"

"My great-grandparents before leaving for Australia from England, 1879"

"My great-grandfather is from Hungary"

"Texas, 1912. My great-grandfather and his family"

"My great-grandmother and great-grandfather. 1908, France"

"My great-grandfather was an artist. Here is one of his works"

"Old photos of my great-great-great-great-grandparents. She was born in 1830, and he was born in 1838"

"Photo of my great-great-great-grandfather in 1850. He was a captain, and participated in the War of Independence"

"My 17-year-old grandmother and her friends. 1918"

"My Dad in the 1950s"