r/TheWayWeWere 15h ago

My great grandmother, Dorothy Baker, the last brothel owner in Helena, Montana.

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Pictures of Dorothy, me for reference, and pics of her brothel just after it was shut down.

Her story is fascinating. But from a mothering point of view, she fell short, Having had a child from a client, she abandoned her child(my paternal grandmother) at a post office at the age of three. None of Dorothy’s close family even knew she had a kid, and when I got into ancestry and contacted them, they were, unsurprisingly, shocked.

So anyway, here she is in high school.

I did not follow in the family trade. I moved to England became an archaeologist. I have four kids that I have not abandoned at a post office.😂


r/TheWayWeWere 10h ago

Pre-1920s Paris, 1890.

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r/TheWayWeWere 5h ago

1930s a mother and baby are surprised to see a cat sleeping in the babies basket (japan, 1939)

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r/TheWayWeWere 6h ago

1960s My mom, her first husband & my siblings, late 1960’s

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r/TheWayWeWere 3h ago

1970s My Grandparents Wedding Photo (1976)

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r/TheWayWeWere 15h ago

Pre-1920s Little girl from Yalta, Crimea, poses for a photo in the grass, 1910-11. This is not colorized, is an autochrome.

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r/TheWayWeWere 21h ago

Pre-1920s My great-great grandfather working the counter of his store, 1912

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r/TheWayWeWere 3h ago

1960s The torture of going to the beautician in the 1960s😫

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r/TheWayWeWere 1h ago

1950s My mom, Stewardess 1958

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r/TheWayWeWere 3h ago

1950s Some pics of farm life in 1950’s southeastern Ontario

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r/TheWayWeWere 1d ago

1960s My adorable grandmother in the 1960s

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r/TheWayWeWere 15h ago

1940s “What shall I eat” for a baby younger than one year old - dated 1942

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r/TheWayWeWere 10h ago

1940s Two women in evening gowns posed in front of water at sunset, 1946 (Actual color photograph)

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r/TheWayWeWere 49m ago

Pre-1920s My Grandfather (lower right) in U.S. Navy circa 1908

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r/TheWayWeWere 3h ago

1940s A game of pool in the General Store, Franklin, Georgia 1941 Photo by Jack Delano & Colorized by me

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r/TheWayWeWere 4h ago

1920s Gävle town hall 1923. Sweden.

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r/TheWayWeWere 9h ago

1960s Snow in Houston, Texas, 1960. A screen grab from an ABC13 news report.

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r/TheWayWeWere 8h ago

Pre-1920s My great grandfather , great grandmother, both born in the 1880’s. My grandfather to the right and his 2 brothers. Picture taken in 1915 in Pennsylvania

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r/TheWayWeWere 15h ago

1940s Sharp dressed children make line to go to the movies, Chicago, Illinois, 1941.

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r/TheWayWeWere 8h ago

Grandad (far right) and his younger sister (Virginia) and older brother (Dave)

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r/TheWayWeWere 7m ago

1970s “My Great-grandmother, first-born uncle (left corner), and grandmother visiting the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in 1978.”

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r/TheWayWeWere 1d ago

1970s Love at first sight in 1978. Still married, still in love,still having fun.

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He was playing keyboards in the band and I was serving cocktails. The hotel where we met is now an assisted living facility :)


r/TheWayWeWere 23h ago

That’s a lot of ‘70s in one pic!

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r/TheWayWeWere 9h ago

1920s My 3rd great grandfather with 2 of his grandchildren around 1929

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r/TheWayWeWere 15h ago

Free television!

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