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Adorable Color Pics That Show What Kids Wore in the 1950s

That’s what kids looked like in the 1950s.

Rare photos show the street life of Victorian New York City, 1896

These vintage photographs, taken by photographer Alice Austen, capture the working people of New York City. They depict employees, postmen, firefighters, policemen, street cleaners, cab drivers, and other trade people whose work kept the city functioning. She also photographed people…

Christmas Nostalgia: Vintage Photos From the 1940s and 1950s That Will Make You Feel Warm

The allure of Christmas transcends time, but few eras have captured its true essence quite like the enchanting decades of the 1940s and 1950s. In those post-war years, the festive season was steeped in a kind-hearted spirit and simple joys,…

Fascinating Vintage Photos of People Dancing at the Savoy Ballroom

The Savoy Ballroom was a large ballroom for music and public dancing located at 596 Lenox Avenue, between 140th and 141st Streets in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. In operation from March 12, 1926, to July 10,…

50 Fascinating Pics Capture People Posing With Their Convertibles From Between the 1930s and ’60s

A convertible, cabriolet or spyder/spider is a passenger car that can be driven with or without a roof in place. The methods of retracting and storing the roof vary between models. A convertible allows an open-air driving experience, with the…

Los Angeles Over 80 Years Ago: 30 Rarely Seen Photos of the Second-Largest City in the U.S in the 1930s

These are what the life of Los Angeles looked like in the 1930s. Los Angeles Over 80 Years Ago Los Angeles Over 80 Years Ago Los Angeles Over 80 Years Ago Los Angeles Over 80 Years Ago Los Angeles Over…

Did You Iron Your Hair? Vintage Photos Show How Women Straighten Their Hair With a Clothes Iron From the 1960s _ US-LGT

Hair straighteners have become popular in the early 1960s and have been in use ever since. Some women used clothes irons to straighten their hair. This dangerous practice was abandoned after the 1960s although it can still be found in…

25 Interesting Vintage Photographs That Document Everyday Life of American Teenage Girls in the 1940s _ US-LGT

In the life of a 1940s teenager, there was a war going on, but it was something that only seemed to effect their parents. With outside life oblivious to them and marketers still trying to identify this new teen-age demographic…

Vintage Color Photos Capture Street Scenes of Los Angeles From 1940s to 1960s _ US-LGT

These amazing color photographs show the streets of Los Angeles between the 1940s and 1960s. During the early 20th century, Los Angeles continued to boom and by the early 1920s, it had overtaken San Francisco in size. By 1939 it…