Jane Withers: One of the Most Popular Child Stars in Hollywood in the 1930s and Early 1940s _ US
Born 1926 in Atlanta, Georgia, American actress and children’s radio show host Jane Withers began her entertainment career at the age of three and, during the Golden Age of Radio, hosted her own children’s radio program in her home city…
See How Kids Used to Celebrate Halloween From the 1930s Through the 1980s _US
Classic Halloween traditions like dressing up and carving pumpkins have been around for a while. Here, check out how kids in decades past celebrated the year’s spookiest day. 07 Oct 1930 — Children carve their own pumpkins for Halloween on…
40 Vintage Photos Show What Men Wore in the 1930s _ US
The Great Depression and World War II bookended the 1930s, but fashion flourished anyway during this decade. Inexpensive fabrics, affordable catalog clothing, and homespun ingenuity let anyone copy styles previously worn by the wealthy. The male silhouette in this period…
35 Interesting Vintage Snapshots of 1960s Women With Bouffant Hairstyle _ US
A bouffant is a type of hairstyle characterized by hair raised high on the head and usually covering the ears or hanging down on the sides. The modern bouffant, considered by one source to have been invented by British celebrity…
Rare Color Photos Depict Life in the US During the Great Depression, 1939-1941 _ US
The Great Depression, a somber epoch in American history, is often characterized by the stark imagery of hardship. Traditionally, these images have been captured in grainy black and white, offering a glimpse into an era defined by Hoovervilles, snaking unemployment…
Fascinating Photos Capture Everyday Life of the U.S Just After the Great Depression by Marion Post _ US
Born 1910 in New Jersey, American photographer Marion Post worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression documenting poverty and deprivation. Post’s photographs for the FSA often explore the political aspects of poverty and deprivation. They also often…
35 Fabulous Photos of Marion Martin in the 1930s and ’40s _ US
Born 1909 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American actress Marion Martin made her film debut in She’s My Lillie, I’m Her Willie and subsequently played minor roles, often as showgirls. By the end of the decade she had played leading female roles in several…
Combining Tinyhouses and Vanlife, These Housetruckers Were Popularized in the 1970s _ US
Housetruckers are individuals, families and groups who convert old trucks and school buses into mobile homes and live in them, preferring an unattached and transient lifestyle to more conventional housing. These vehicles began appearing around New Zealand during the mid-1970s…
42 Cool Snaps Show Lifestyle of Young Women in the 1980s _ US
Big hair, fluorescent colours, Rubik’s cubes and Walkmans…, in some ways, the ’80s feel like another country. Take a look at these cool snaps to see how the lifestyle of young women has changed since the 1980s.
Vintage Snaps of Kids Jumping Their Bikes in the 1970s and 1980s _ US
There were two types of kids in the 1970s and 1980s, those who were on the bike doing a jump, and those who were lying on the ground being jumped over. Whether it was hurtling up rickety ramps, flying through…