30 Vintage Photographs Capture Scenes of High School Typing Classes From Between the 1950s and 1970s _ USStories
Call it keyboarding, or old-school typing… During the 1950s and ’60s typewriting was taught mostly in elementary schools, and there was a widely held conviction that typewriting…
Portraits of Highland Park High School Teenage Girls, 1947 _ USStories
Highland Park High School is a public, co-educational high school located immediately north of downtown Dallas in University Park, Dallas County, Texas. It is a part of…
Dolphin Shorts: One of Popular Fashion Styles in the 1980s _ USStories
Dolphin shorts or Dolfins are a specific style of unisex shorts worn for athletics. They are typically very short and were originally made from nylon with contrasting…
Sunny Days, Girls and Blue Jeans Patches in the 1970s _ USStories
Before the ’70s era, jeans were assigned to the working class, namely farmers and others who toiled outside in the dirt and mud. But when the casualness…
25 Vintage Photos Capture Daily Life at the Drive-In Theater – a Vanishing American Pastime _ USStories
It’s been 80 years since a New Jersey auto-parts store manager named Richard Hollingshead Jr. hit upon the idea of a drive-in theater. The wonder of Hollingshead’s…
Hedy Lamarr: The 1940s Hollywood Beauty With Brilliant Mind_lag
After a brief early film career in Czechoslovakia, she fled from her husband, a wealthy Austrian ammunition manufacturer, and secretly moved to Paris. There, she met Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer…
These Vintage Photos Reveal New York City Fashion of the 1960s_lag
Women’s 1960s fashion was an extreme style and attitude from the start of the decade to the end. In the early years the fashion idol was Jackie…
’60s Fashion Icons: 25 Incredible Women Who Defined the Fashion and Style of the 1960s_lag
From Brigitte Bardot’s beehive to Mary Quant’s geometric prints, every 1960s fashion icon contributed their own signature style to the decade. It was the era of the…
Found Snaps Defined Casual Dresses for Ladies in the Early 1960s_lag
There’s no denying that the ’60s were one of the most impactful eras in fashion. Setting the tone for modern style, the decade revolutionized womenswear with bold…
30 Lovely Photos of Children at Their Birthday Parties in the 1950s_lag
During the Great Depression, it was rare for most children to have any recognition of their birthday beyond a special cake served as dessert after family dinner….