Journeying Back in Style – 20 Vintage Photos Unveiling the Golden Age of Travel Trailers in the 1940s and 1950s
Travel trailers and caravans vary from basic models which may be little more than a tent on wheels to those containing several rooms with all the furniture and furnishings and equipment of a home. In the United States, the…
Newsies – Portraits of the working children who spread the news, 1908-1924
With the rise of the daily newspapers in the 1880s, more than half of all newspapers in the United States were sold by newsboys (and a few newsgirls). Newspapers that previously had appeared only in morning editions began to…
Rolling Through History – Vintage Wooden Homes on Wheels in Early 20th Century Photographs
In the early 20th century, a unique and mobile form of housing emerged —the so-called wooden homes on wheels. These structures, colloquially known as mobile homes, offer a captivating glimpse into a bygone era, when flexibility, craftsmanship, and the…
Strutting in Style: 38 Chic Snapshots of Women Rocking Go-Go Boots from the Mid-1960s to the 1970s _ US Memories
Fashion boots were revived in the early 1960s, although at first they featured fashionable high heels such as the stiletto and kitten heels. The earliest go-go boots were mid-calf, white and flat-heeled. The term “go-go” is derived from the…
Ostdeutschlands Feier zum 750. Jahrestag Berlins: Eine Parade tragbarer Computer, Bikinis und anderer Kuriositäten, 1987
Im Jahr 1987 feierte Berlin seinen 750. Geburtstag und die Stadt war voller Aufregung. Die kommunistische DDR-Regierung, die damals die Osthälfte der Stadt regierte, wollte diesen Anlass mit einer großen Parade feiern, die die Errungenschaften des Landes zur Schau…
25 Vintage Photographs Depicting the Daily Life of American Children During the Great Depression
During his 50 year career as a photographer, Arthur Rothstein documented a great variety of subjects, including baseball games, war, struggling farmers, and U.S. Presidents. After his graduation from Columbia University, Rothstein’s former professor Roy Stryker, the head of…
Vintage Photos of Department Store Monorail for Kids in the U.S From the 1940s and 1950s
These monorails sized for kids, called the Rocket Express, that travel around and above the entire toy department (Toyland) from 1946 to 1984, along with the camera, piano and organ departments. Kids rode these monorails slowly around the toy…
Delivering Blocks of Ice: The Story of the Icemen Through Vintage Photos_top1
In the bygone era, a remarkable chapter in history unfolded, centered around the dedicated men known as the icemen.These individuals embarked on a crucial mission to deliver blocks of ice, playing an indispensable role in a time before the…
27 Historical Photos That Show Construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in the 1930s
Construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge began with the groundbreaking ceremony on July 9, 1933. Discussion of connecting both sides of the Bay with a bridge began in the early part of the 20th century. In 1929, the…
Classic Elegance: Vintage Captures of Teenage Girls’ Fashion in the 1950s _ US Memories
These vintage photos capture the teenage girls’ fashion and style of the 1950s. During this time, the fashion was more conservative and gender-specific than it is today. Teenage girls were expected to wear skirts and dresses in all but…