Vintage photographs give us a special glimpse into the past— especially when they are from a time that we either remember from long ago, or have heard enough about to imagine. Check out these old photographs taken in Pennsylvania during the 1970s, and see if you can recognize any of the places pictured.

1. Children cross the painted road by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1973
Dick Swanson/ The U.S. National Archives/ Flickr
2. The interior of 30th Street Station in Philadephia, 1974.
Jim Pickerell/ The U.S. National Archives
3. Children swim in the fountains at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1973.
Dick Swanson/ Flickr
4. Breezewood, Pennsylvania as it looked in the 1970s.
Allen/ Flickr
5. Menoher Miniature Golf Course in Johnstown, 1979.
Hugh Manon/ Flickr

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6. Lackawanna Avenue in Scranton, circa 1970. You can see F.W. Woolworth and the S.S. Kresge Store.
Tommy Is/ Flickr
7. A TraveLodge in Gettysburg in the 1970s.
Allen/ Flickr
8. The New Hope & Ivyland Railroad Engine in August, 1975.
Herbert Maruska/ Flickr
9. An abandoned hotel in Huntingdon, 1975.
Steve Kennedy/ Flickr
10. Some girls wait for a train at the Highland Avenue stop in Chester, during the 1970s.
David Saddler/ Flickr

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