The ’80s were all about pushing the limits in terms of colors, prints, and geometric shapes. People weren’t afraid to mix materials, patterns, stripes, polka dots, sequins, and the list…
Referring to big hair, we often think of the typical hairstyle of women in the 1960s. A set of fabulous vintage photos that shows the Sixties women with big-hairs posing…
1980 arrived and so did a twelve day transit strike - the second major transit strike in 14 years. When it was settled, a large operating deficit was forecast and…
A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for typing characters. Typically, a typewriter has an array of keys, and each one causes a different single character to be produced…
A variety of music was played over the course of the festival, but generally speaking, “alternative” genres – blues, rock, heavy metal, punk rock, and reggae were played. Bands performed…
One of the most well-known fads of all time was the art of “telephone booth stuffing.” In taking part in this event, several students would squeeze themselves into a telephone…
The New York City of the 1970s looked very different from the gentrified metropolis we know today. The Bowery, now lined with luxury apartments, housed much of the city's illicit…
Herfy's was a chain of fast food burger places in the 1960s and early 1970s. Founded in Everett, Washington, Herfy's had locations scattered around the Pacific Northwest. It was just…
Once the largest restaurant chain in the United States, Automats were a sort of intermediate between a cafeteria and a vending machine. The walls of the Automat were lined with…
Born 1905 in Hollywood, California, American vaudevillian and photographer George Kline Mann was best known as the taller half of the comedic and acrobatic dance act, Barto and Mann. George…