Before the Era of Smartphones: Capturing Punk Festival Moments with Tape Players_lag
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…
One of the Wild Fads of the 1950s Was Telephone Booth Stuffing_lag
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…
50 Amazing Color Photographs Capture Street Scenes of New York City in the 1970s_lag
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 Herfy’s: Fascinating Photos Documented Everyday Life at a Fast Food Burger Restaurant of Washington in the 1970s_lag
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….
Amazing Vintage Photographs of Automats in New York From the 1940s and 1950s_lag
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…
Theatre Marquees of New York in the 1930s Through George Mann’s Lens_lag
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…
Flour Sack Dresses: Thrifty Fashions From the Great Depression_lag
After realizing that poor women were using the flour sacks to make clothing for their children some flour mills started using flowered fabric for their sacks, 1939….
Taste of a Decade: A Glimpse Inside American Restaurants and Cafeterias in the 1940s_lag
During the war (1941-1945) the creation of 17 million new jobs finally pulls the economy out of the Depression. Millions of married women enter the labor force….
Remembering What a Buck Could Buy in the 1950s and 1960s_lag
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…
Here’s What It Was Really Like (And It’s Actually Crazy) to Fly in the 1950s_lag
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….