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….
35 Candid Photos Show Street Styles of California Girls in the 1970s_lag
The 1970s were a time of unique style and fashion. ’70s fashion was the era of disco, bell bottoms, and leisure suits. While some may view the…
25 Fascinating Color Photographs of Street Scenes of the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s_lag
Although the technology to produce color prints was widely available as early as the 1940s, for many years black and white remained the only accepted medium for…
40 Fascinating Pics Capture Street Scenes of Vancouver From Between the 1930s and ’50s_lag
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, as the most populous city in the province and…
A Series of Vintage Photos Documented a Day in the Life of a 1940s Housewife_lag
In 1941, LIFE magazine sent photographer William C. Shrout to document the lives of one of the biggest single demographics in the U.S: the 30 million housewives who did…
Louie Mattar’s Cadillac, the Car That Has Everything, 1952_lag
Louie Mattar, a San Diego garage owner with a big imagination, who turned his 1947 Cadillac into a how-to guide for four-wheeled DIYers everywhere. When he bought…
Supermarkets in the Mid-20th Century Through Fascinating Vintage Photos_lag
In the middle of the century, supermarkets began to dominate the task of supplying food to the nation’s consumers and that affected farmers and consumers in both…
Black and White Photographs of Transport in the 1930s_lag
A row of LNER streamlined locomotives belch out smoke at a London railway station, where they are to be tested out. From the left, they are Dominion…