40 Amazing Black and White Photos Capture Street Scenes of New York City in the Late 1970s _ US
Reeling from a decade of social turmoil, New York in the 1970s fell into a deep tailspin provoked by the flight of the middle class to the suburbs and a nationwide economic recession that hit New York’s industrial sector especially…
Vintage Found Photos Capture Youthful Drinking and Partying in the 1970s _ US
What do you get when the largest generation in the history of the world, the Baby Boomers, all converge on college campuses at once? Naturally, you get the biggest, longest-sustained party the planet earth has ever known. Here are some…
23 Things That Remind Us of the Good Old Days _ US
Here’s a list of 23 things from the past that kids today don’t experience. This doesn’t mean that we liked them all, but we do miss them all nonetheless… 1. We Did Absolutely Crazy Things on the Swings. And no…
28 Interesting Vintage Photographs That Capture Daily Life of Female Students From Between the 1920s and 1950s _ US
Coinciding with the beginnings of the first wave of feminism in the 19th century came the attempt by women to gain equal rights to education in the United States. Women’s rights organizations focused on adjusting and increasing women’s place in…
30 Found Snaps That Defined the 70’s Fashion Styles of Teenage Girls _ US
Like the decades before it, fashion in the 1970s changed drastically from the beginning to the end. But the seventies certainly can’t be compared to the sixties in that sense. Fashion styles of teenage girls in the 1970s The 1960s…
35 Vintage Photos of People Wearing Short Shorts in the 1970s and ’80s _ US
Short shorts, as their name implies, are shorter than average. Such garments had been known since the 1930s when female Hollywood stars wore them for publicity photographs, and in New York City, a by-law (repealed 1942) was passed banning women…
The Amazing Story and Photos of KISS Played at Cadillac High School’s Homecoming in 1975 _ US
In the fall of 1974, Cadillac High School’s Viking football team was down in the dumps. The year before, it had gone undefeated and reached the state playoffs. Now, two games into the new season, the Vikings had suffered two…
Vintage Portraits of Lincoln County High School Couples in Their Prom Outfits in 1976 _ US
The 1970s formal dress, party dress or prom dress went through several changes during the decade. At first, the short shift cocktail party dress or according pleated swing dress continued its trend from the ’60s. The new dress style was…
Back Then, Traveling Was Friendlier: 20 Interesting Vintage Photos That Show How Glamorous Train Travel Used To Be _ US
Traveling by train was pretty swanky from the 1930s to the 1960s, and it hasn’t gone out of style. First class cabins were furnished like living rooms and included radio gramophones. Passengers dined on fine china and played cards to…
The Glamour of Flight: 30 Fascinating Vintage Photos of Sexy Stewardesses From Between the 1950s and 1970s _ US-LGT
There was something in the air in the early years of commercial aviation. Perhaps more excitement, perhaps more glamorous stewardesses… in any case, it’s worth savoring once again. In the 1950s, flying was an exotic and rare treat for most….