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Rewind #6 · Friday, October 30, 2026

A bus in the mud, trams at a busy junction and a market

The Friday, October 30, 2026 puzzle: five photos from history. Guess the year each was taken, on a timeline from 1900 to 2026.

  1. A group of men and women in overcoats push a single-decker bus off a muddy grass verge beside a ditch
  2. Two old trams cross a busy junction, passengers hanging from the doorways while cyclists in dark coats ride past, seen from above
  3. A red and cream city bus drives along a wide street past trees and a temple roof, with a motorbike rider in an orange vest nearby
  4. Shoppers crowd an open-air produce market beneath umbrellas, with piles of green beans and tomatoes and modern buildings behind.
  5. Dense traffic of vans, cars, cyclists and trams at a busy city junction with shop signs above.

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  1. Passengers push a stuck bus back onto the road in the Netherlands1948

    Anefo, the Dutch press agency founded in 1945, shot this on glass negatives. Its archive is now in the National Archives and free to use.

    Photo: Anefo / Nationaal Archief · CC0 1.0 Source

  2. Trams and cyclists at a busy Amsterdam junction1946

    Amsterdam's trams were so crowded that people rode on the platforms and steps; bicycles were the other way to get around town.

    Photo: Anefo / Nationaal Archief · CC0 1.0 Source

  3. A city bus on a street in Bangkok2008

    The orange vest on the motorbike rider marks a licensed Bangkok motorcycle taxi driver, one of the city's fastest ways to beat the traffic.

    Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC0 own work) · CC0 1.0 Source

  4. The outdoor Haymarket produce market, Boston, Massachusetts1973

    Boston's Haymarket has sold fresh produce from open-air stalls since the 1830s, and still sets up on Fridays and Saturdays.

    Photo: U.S. National Archives (DOCUMERICA) · Public domain (US government) Source

  5. Traffic on a busy street in central Amsterdam1978

    Taken for the Dutch government's information service, it shows the mix of bikes, trams and vans that still defines Amsterdam.

    Photo: Koen Suyk / Anefo, Nationaal Archief · CC0 1.0 Source

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