Amazing Photos of the Allis-Bushnell House Interior in the 1920s and ’30s _ US
The Allis-Bushnell House was once home to Madison’s prominent Bushnell and Scranton families. Built in 1785, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The home’s lower-level rooms, each with distinct period architectural features, are decorated…
22 Vintage Pictures That Capture Young Skateboarders in California in the Mid-1970s_ US
One afternoon in 1975, a young photographer named Hugh Holland drove up Laurel Canyon Boulevard in Los Angeles and encountered skateboarders carving up the drainage ditches along the side of the canyon. Immediately transfixed by their grace and athleticism, he knew…
Color Pictures of 1950 Cheyenne Frontier Days Parade _ US
Cheyenne Frontier Days is an outdoor rodeo and western celebration held annually since 1897 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The event, claimed to be one of the largest of its kind in the world, draws nearly 200,000 people every year. Lodging fills…
26 Incredible Colorized Photos That Show Daily Life of Laborers in the Early 20th Century _ US
Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940) was an American sociologist and photographer who used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were instrumental in changing child labor laws in the United States. These incredible photographs he shot that were…
20 Extraordinary Self-Portraits of American Street Photographer Vivian Maier _ US
“She drops her shadow deliberately, usually on desolate backdrops, while she finds her reflection in every reflective surface.” Wrote Luc Sante of Vivian Maier’s self-portraits in the New York Times. “A tall, studious, sensibly dressed figure, even when she is not…
Incredible Photos of America’s Malls in the 1980s _ US
Throughout the 1980s, as America’s downtown districts declined in importance and the “big-box” stores began their slow march across the country, malls became increasing central to American popular culture, dominating the social life of a large swath of the population….
25 Amazing Photographs Documented Everyday Life at the “Alcoholic Haven” Sammy’s Bowery Follies in the 1940s _ US
In 1944, LIFE magazine described Sammy’s Bowery Follies as an “alcoholic haven.” The part-local dive, part-tourist trap always drew a huge mixed crowd. It was opened in 1934 at 267 Bowery (between East Houston and Stanton Streets) by Sammy Fuchs, who branded…
Watch Wing Walker Gladys Ingle Changing a Wheel in Mid-Air, 1926 _ US
In 1926, Gladys Ingle was filmed changing planes in mid-air to replace a lost wheel on Art Goebel’s aircraft (Jan 1926). The aircraft are Curtiss JN-4 biplanes. Ingle is seen with a tire strapped to her back going up on…
25 Glamorous Photos of 1920s American Beauty Queens _ US
Beauty contests became more popular in the 1880s. In 1888, the title of ‘beauty queen’ was awarded to an 18-year-old Creole contestant at a pageant in Spa, Belgium. … 1920s American beauty queens Beauty contests came to be considered more…
Did You Know: In the 1920s, Police Could Arrest Women for Exposing Their Legs in One Piece Bathing Suits? _ US
Young women in these photographs below are being arrested for exposing their legs in one-piece bathing suits, which was forbidden by ordinances in many U.S. communities in the 1920s. These women were probably either fined or released soon after arrest…