Fabulous Photos of Women in Cocktail Dresses From the 1950s
A cocktail dress is a dress suitable at semi-formal occasions, sometimes called cocktail parties, usually in the late afternoon, and usually with accessories. 1950s cocktail dresses were…
Draft Horse in America – 20 Historical Photographs That Illustrate Workhorse in the Early 20th Century
The Industrial Revolution proved to be responsible for both the rise and collapse of the heavy horse in America. Demand for draft animals was spurred on by…
20 Vintage Photos That Show the Golden Age of Travel Trailers During the 1940s and 1950s
Travel trailers and caravans vary from basic models which may be little more than a tent on wheels to those containing several rooms with all the furniture…
Cool Snaps That Defined Mom’s Fashion of the 1970s
That’s what moms looked like in the 1970s. Mom’s Fashion of the 1970s Mom’s Fashion of the 1970s Mom’s Fashion of the 1970s Mom’s Fashion of the…
The days of the drive-in movie theaters through rare photographs, 1930-1950
Though there were drive-ins as early as the 1910s, the first patented drive-in was opened on June 6, 1933, by Richard Hollingshead in New Jersey. It offered…
Before Television: Interesting Photos of People With Their Radios During the Radio Golden Age
The old-time radio era, sometimes referred to as the Golden Age of Radio, was an era of radio programming during which radio was the dominant electronic home…
Candid Photographs Capture People in Their Living Rooms in the 1950s
The 1950s were a decade filled with exuberance, radiating a positive outlook from the United States triumphant post-war recovery. The emphasis of a ’50s household was on…
Amazing Vintage Photos of Black Women From Washington, D.C.’s Scurlock Studio
These images from Washington, D.C.’s Scurlock Studio, are a picture of the traditionally black city’s burgeoning middle class. In 1900, Addison Scurlock (1883-1964), an African-American photographer, moved…
61 Snapshots Document Everyday Life of Middle-Aged Americans in the 1960s
Here are how middle-aged Americans enjoyed their lives in the 1960s. Middle-aged Americans enjoying their lives in the 1960s Middle-aged Americans enjoying their lives in the 1960s…
Interesting Pictures of a Country Store on Dirt Road in North Carolina, 1939; And Surprise That It Is Still Standing More Than 70 Years Later!
The story began when Wayne Jacobs discovered this colorized picture on Shorpy in early April of 2014. The original photo was taken in July of 1939 by Dorothea Lange, the famous…