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A large family poses for a family portrait together in front their home in Oklahoma, c.1901
2 of 22 JHU Sheridan Libraries/Gado
A classic family portrait with mother, father and daughter celebrating the importance of their relationship, c.1910
3 of 22 JHU Sheridan Libraries/Gado/Getty images
Family poses for a portrait wearing their Sunday best outside their home c. 1915
4 of 22 JHU Sheridan Libraries/Gado/Getty images
Family portrait of a mother and her five children enjoying a day out with nature. c.1920
5 of 22 JHU Sheridan Libraries/Gado/Getty images
Portrait of family elegantly posing in their family car c.1930
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A family celebrating their relationship and closeness in their living room, c.1945
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A mother, father and daughter showing the strength of their love in their family portrait c.1965
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A mother and her four children, enjoying the warm weather on their porch in Nashville, TN, c.1969
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A family learns the value of money in the 1960s
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Parents and their young daughter sitting in living room enjoying their favorite tv show, c.1970s
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A mother and her three children eating snow cones and enjoying the Baltimore City Fair, c.1976
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Family dressed in their Sunday best on their way to church, Baltimore, Maryland, c.1974
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A large family enjoying the summer weather in front of their home in downtown St Louis, Missouri, c.1979
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A family teaching each other how to skate in Venice Beach, CA, c.1980
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United States Army families enjoying time with each other, listening to music at a concert on Fort Bliss, Texas, c.1983
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A family outside their home enjoying the summer weather in downtown Lexington, Kentucky. c.1984
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A family celebrating the life of the newest member of their family, in New York City.
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American army family celebrating their family unit and young children in Frankfurt, Germany, c.1988
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Family watching, laughing and celebrating their love for each other at a parade in Delaware c.1993
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It's all love and smiles at a family reunion celebration in Washington DC c.1994
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A mother and her twin daughters are the essence of a beautiful family unit, celebrating their bond at a family reunion celebration in Washington DC, c.1994
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A family of brothers and sisters stay still for a moment to capture their unique bond c. 1998.
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