40 Vintage Photos of American Children During the Great Depression Era _ US
The economic collapse of the 1930s was staggering in its dimensions. Unemployment jumped from less than 3 million in 1929 to 4 million in 1930, 8 million in 1931, and 12 1/2 million in 1932. In that year, a quarter…
Amazing Photos That Capture Teenage Girls of Fresno State College in the 1960s _ US
Founded as the Fresno State Normal School in 1911, became Fresno State College in 1949, and in 1972 the name was officially changed to California State University, Fresno. It is a public research university and one of 23 campuses within…
Forever Young: Cool Snapshots That Show the Fashion Trend of Teenage Girls in the 1980s _ US
It’s easy to see the fashion trends of the young girls in the 1980s were quite liberal, but very modern and beautiful. From hairstyles to clothes, there were no rules except for comfort. Take a look these cool snapshots to…
27 Vintage Photos Capture People Posing in Front of Airplanes _ US
The Wright brothers invented and flew the first airplane in 1903, recognized as “the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight”. Following its limited use in World War I, aircraft technology continued to develop. Airplanes had a presence in all…
38 Vintage Photos of Women in Miniskirts at Huge Computers in the 1970s and 1980s _ US
Attractive women wearing as little clothing as the decency of the day allows–this tool has been a constant one in the history of advertising, although hemlines over those same years have been anything but constant. The 1970s were a heady…
35 Black and White Photos of the 1938 Los Angeles Flood _ US
The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was responsible for inundating much of Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside counties, California during February and March 1938. The flood was caused by a pair of Pacific storms that swept inland across the Los Angeles Basin,…
30 Interesting Vintage Photographs That Show What Life Looked Like in Female Dorm Rooms in the 1950s _ US
Most colleges and universities provide single or multiple occupancy rooms for their students, usually at a cost. These buildings consist of many such rooms, like an apartment building, and the number of rooms varies quite widely from just a few…
100 Years Before the Smartphone: 40 Photos of People Talking on Telephones in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries _ US
Today, almost everyone knows and owns at least one smartphone. It is also very handy, and essential to us in our daily lives. So how about 100 years ago? Check out these interesting photos to see how people used the…
40 Viпtage Sпaps of Yoᴜпg Girls With Very Big Hair iп the 1980s _ US
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40 Lovely Portrait Photos That Defined Hairstyles of ’60s American Students _ US
The 1960s saw the onset of a counterculture revolution, with accepted social norms in every realm from music to film to fashion being challenged and re-written. Slowly, the bouffants, pompadours and poodle cuts that reigned over the previous decade were…