We’re continually walking through doorways or passing them by, but how often do we linger to witness the life that unfolds nearby? Let the photographs below be your doorway, connecting you with lives lived in other places and times.
Man holding small boy in the air while a woman looks on from doorway, from William Gedney Photographs and Writings
New York City: Greenwich Village, from Ronald Reis Photographs
Man sitting on chair holding a small child, from William Gedney Photographs and Writings
Outside entrance to Wynn’s Department Store, 1968 Dec., from Paul Kwilecki Photographs
Woman with cat in doorway, Pear Orchard, 1961, from Paul Kwilecki Photographs
N479, from Hugh Mangum Photographs
Man Eating, with Child in Background, from Sidney D. Gamble Photographs
Be adventurous. Explore more images taken by these photographers as displayed within Duke University Libraries’ digitized collections.
Notes from the Duke University Libraries Digital Projects Team
