Holiday Nostalgia Train: Take a Ride on a Vintage 1930s New York Subway Car
The MTA is bringing back Holiday Nostalgia Rides on vintage train cars, with the 1930s R1/9 train cars, which will depart from Second Avenue F train station. Here’s what the New York Transit Museum says: “The Holiday Nostalgia Train consists of eight…
Glamour Girls of the Air: Fascinating Pictures of an Airline Stewardess Essay in 1958
The rather odd education that the girls are getting is preparing them for one of the most coveted careers open to young American women in the 1950s. They all want to be airline stewardesses. The job they want does not…
Carroll O’Connor: Acting Icon with Unforgettable Roles
Carroll O’Connor, born on August 2, 1924, was a highly versatile and accomplished actor known for his iconic roles and significant impact on television. He is best remembered for his portrayal of Archie Bunker in the groundbreaking sitcom “All in…
The Statue of Liberty: The story in pictures of the Mother of Exiles, 1875-2000
An 1875 image of Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, the creator of the Statue of Liberty, posing with a visitor while the statue was under construction inside a Paris studio. The Statue of Liberty, officially Liberty Enlightening the World, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi…
25 Vintage School Group Photos from the 1950s
For how many years on dwelling the earth, living the life adulthood, stressful responsibilities often make us think going back to childhood, especially the years where we meet our first best-friend, our first crush and other stuff that detaches us…
Here’s What It Was Really Like (And It’s Actually Crazy) to Fly in the 1950s
Air travel has come a long way since the 1950s, this we know. But in the ’50s, flying was something different. It was something magical and marvelous. Air travel exploded into its Golden Age, and airplane trips weren’t just a…
Robert Wadlow: The tallest man in history seen through stunning photographs, 1918-1940
Wadlow with his mother and brother. 1935. Robert Wadlow, the tallest man in the world, was born in Alton, Illinois, on February 22, 1918, to Harold Franklin and Addie May Wadlow, and was the oldest of five children. Nobody could’ve…
24 Creative and Beautiful Vintage Women’s Easter Bonnets During the 1940s and 1950s
Traditionally Easter was a time that people bought a new hat, it was the end of lent and signified the start of a new season, it also meant that you attended church for three days in a row. It soon…
27 Fantastic Colorized Photos of Classic American Automobiles in the 1910s and 1920s
Perhaps no invention affected American everyday life in the 20th century more than the automobile. Automobiles have changed considerably since the 1920s due to the new cars developed. The car industry was thriving in the 1920s. There were many new…
40 Incredible Colorized Photos Show What Life of the U.S. Looked Like in the 1930s and ’40s
The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. It began after the stock market crash of October 29, 1929, the “Black Tuesday”, which sent Wall Street into a…