These Old Photos Show What High School Looked Like in the 1970s
The 1970s in America marked a period of remarkable social and cultural change, with high schools serving as microcosms of the shifting values and attitudes of the time. Through a collection of vintage photos, this article provides a vivid glimpse…
30 Fascinating Vintage Photographs of Girls Home Economics Classes From Between the 1920s and 1950s
Many people argue that home economics classes are an outdated, patriarchal set of skills women were forced to learn back in the day that have no place in our modern, feminist school systems. After all, the modern woman can buy…
Oscar Mayer’s Wienermobile: Photos of Its Evolution as America’s Favorite Driving Dog
Like any hot dog on a sizzling grill, the classic Wienermobile has plumped up a bit through the ages. But its hot dog evangelizing mission has remained the same since 1936. And nothing has changed with its iconic orange and…
40 Vintage Postcards Capture People at Bars and Nightclubs in the Mid-20th Century
Establishments providing drinks and entertainment have existed in many forms throughout history and across cultures. The beginnings of the nightclub as we know it emerged in the 19th century with saloons and bars of Western industrial nations. By the early…
Lovely Vintage Photos of Kids With Their Pedal Cars
When the automobile made its appearance, the pedal car soon followed. Pedal car history goes back to the 1890s when most were modeled from the real cars on the road at the time. Since their conception, pedal cars were all…
These Videophones From the Future Past Are Cooler Than Your iPhone’s FaceTime!
Can you even remember what life was like before video technologies like FaceTime or Skype? Out of all of the fantastic tech that the Internet has made possible, video conferencing is by far one of the most impactful. Modern video…
20 Vintage Photos That Show the Golden Age of Travel Trailers During 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 history…
The Dangerous Playgrounds of the Past Through Vintage Photographs, 1880s-1940s
If it seems like today’s kids have gotten “softer” compared to the kids decades ago, perhaps it’s because playgrounds have gotten softer as well. Thanks to state laws and personal injury lawyers, the landscape of the typical playground has changed…
Long Before the Popularity of Car Racing Video Games, Slot Car Racing Was a Popular Fad in the 1960s
Slot car racing was born in the early 1900s, but the hobby languished until the 1950s, when English entrepreneurs began to build electrified tracks and controllable scale-model cars to race on them. The new system spread to America. By the…
42 Rare Vintage Photos of Everyday Life in Seattle, Washington during the 1910s _ US
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