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…
Mobile Homes: The Hot Housing Trend of the 1950s and ’60s _ US
A mobile home (also known as a park home, trailer, trailer home, house trailer, static caravan, RV, residential caravan, motorhome or simply caravan) is a prefabricated structure, built in a factory on a permanently attached chassis before being transported to…
25 Fascinating Color Photographs of Street Scenes of the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s _ US
Although the technology to produce color prints was widely available as early as the 1940s, for many years black and white remained the only accepted medium for fine art photography. Serious photographers held color in low esteem, seeing it as…
Remembering What a Buck Could Buy in the 1950s and 1960s _ US
A dollar really went far in the 1950s and 1960s — much farther than it does today. Before you get too nostalgic, remember that the average home was worth $7,354, a new Volkswagen Beetle could be yours for $1,280, and…
Vintage photographs of early vertical parking garages, 1920-1960 _ US
Freestanding 48 Car Elevator Parking Garage in Downtown Chicago’s business district, Built by the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, 1936. The rapid rise of automobiles at the turn of the 20th century presented an immediate problem: where to park all…