Vintage Photos Show Tender Moments of Fathers Worldwide
Published 15 Jun 2018, 18:06 BST, Updated 18 Jun 2021, 13:29 BST
A Breton father carries his daughter while standing in a churchyard in Finistère, France, in the early 1900s.
Photograph by Arthur Stanley Riggs, National Geographic Creative
A father and son in the early 1900s pose next to a weaving machine in Tunisia.
Photograph by Jules Gervais Courtellemont, National Geographic Creative
A fisherman cradles his daughter on Inishmaan Island, one of Ireland's Aran Islands, in the 1970s.
Photograph by Winfield Parks, National Geographic Creative
A writer and his son sit at the base of a cuipo tree in Panama in the early 1900s.
Photograph by Henry Pittier, National Geographic Creative
A country priest and his daughter head home together from a Romanian market.
Photograph by Frederick Moore, National Geographic Creative
Two daughters in traditional clothing stand next to their father, a shepherd, in Metsovo, Greece.
Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart, National Geographic Creative
A Bulgarian father and daughter strike a similar pose in this photo from Drama, Greece.
Photograph by Frederick Moore, National Geographic Creative
Former US President William Howard Taft stands with his son, who enlisted in the U.S. Army, in the early 1900s.
Photograph by Harris and Ewing, National Geographic Creative
A Wallachian family stands outside their home in Transylvania in the early 1900s.
Photograph by Erdelyi, National Geographic Creative
A farmer walks along a dirt road with his daughter on New Zealand's North Island in the 1970s.
Photograph by Bates Littlehales, National Geographic Creative
A father and son in similar traditional clothing pose for an informal portrait in Mezőkövesd, Hungary, in the early 1900s.
Photograph by A.W. Cutler, National Geographic Creative
A proud father props up his child on the counter of a restaurant in Gansu Province, People's Republic of China.
An Israeli soldier in Jerusalem holds his flag-waving son on his shoulders during Independence Day celebrations in the 1980s.
Photograph by Jodi Cobb, National Geographic Creative
A family stands along the side of a narrow, rock-lined street on Marmora Island, located in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey.
Photograph by Harold Griswold Dwight, National Geographic Creative
A father shows his son how to clean freshly caught cod in Quebec, Canada, in the 1950s.
A young Algerian couple and their toddler pose in front of a building in Biskra, Algeria, in the early 1900s.
Photograph by National Geographic Creative
A tattooed man holds his children in his arms in Caversham, Australia.
Photograph by James L. Stanfield, National Geographic Creative
Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and their five children pose for a portrait in Russia in the early 1900s.
An Irish father-and-son farmer duo pause near a stone wall for a portrait on the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland in the 1960s.
A khadem family of dancers and street sweepers pose for a picture in Yemen in the early 1900s. Khadems in Yemen are considered outcasts, members of a social class treated similarly to the untouchable caste in India.
Photograph by Charles K. Moser, National Geographic Creative
A miner sits on a stoop as his daughter rests her hand on his shoulder in Bayard, West Virginia, in the 1970s.
Photograph by James L. Stanfield, National Geographic Creative
A family of cheesemakers stands outside their wooden home in the Swiss Alps in the early 1900s.
Photograph by Dr. Gilbert H. Grovesnor, National Geographic Creative
A man carries his son on a pier in Kodiak Island, Alaska, in the 1970s.
Photograph by Steve Raymer, National Geographic Creative
A Japanese immigrant harvests tomatoes with his daughter near Yguazú, Paraguay, in the 1980s.
Photograph by O. Louis Mazzatenta, National Geographic Creative
A father and son transport big handmade jars in their cart to a market near Kornos, Cyprus, in the 1950s.
Photograph by Franc and Jean Shor, National Geographic Creative
Two boys watch their father cut and tie tobacco leaves in a field near Viñales, Cuba, in the 1940s.
Photograph by Melville B. Grovesnor, National Geographic Creative