Vintage American Teen Girls’ Hairstyles: Portraits of Female Students of High Schools in California From the Late 1960s to Early 1970s _ USStories

The Sixties decade featured a number of diverse trends. It was a decade that broke many fashion traditions, mirroring social movements during the time. Women’s hair styles…

Los Angeles Was Covered in Snow, Here Are 20 Vintage Photos of the Rare Snowfall in January 1949_top1

Snow used to fall in L.A. about once every few years, but 1949 was one of the last, with up to a foot of snow falling in…

Motormat Memories: A Drive-In Experience in Los Angeles, Where Food Trays Arrived on Rails to Your Car _ LINH

Los Angeles’ car culture was in full bloom after the war, and the innovations that came along with an auto-centric lifestyle were also booming. No other region…

Classic SoCal – Striking Black and White Photographs of Venice Beach Eccentrics in 1984_Lap

In 1984, Brazilian photographer Claudio Edinger documented the rainbow of oddballs who called the countercultural Southern California beach neighborhood home. The photographs he took of the denizens of Venice…

27 Historical Photos That Show Construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in the 1930s_top1

Construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge began with the groundbreaking ceremony on July 9, 1933. Discussion of connecting both sides of the Bay with a bridge…

Capturing California’s Youth Culture: 60 Stunning Black and White Photographs from 1969 to 1973 _ US Memories _ LINH

For a period of ten years, beginning in the mid-1960s, Nacio Jan Brown photographed virtually all of the major anti-war and social protest movement activities in the…

Retracing History: 14 Vintage Photographs of House Relocations in Los Angeles _ US Memories _ LINH

All over Southern California there are opportunities to buy houses for the moving… houses which stand in the way of such building projects as shopping centers, apartment…

Fantastic Color Photos Capture Downtown of Los Angeles in the 1940s_top1

Here is a fantastic photo collection that shows street scenes of Los Angeles in the 1940s. Hawaii Theater, 5941 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1940 Looking north on…

Riding with Legends: Stunning Photographs Depict the Daily Life of California’s Infamous Biker Gang in the 1960s _ US Memories _ LINH

America loves its outlaws, but few of us actually dare to live the lifestyle. In 1965, the Hells Angels were little known outside the American West. LIFE photographer Bill…

60 Amazing Black and White Photographs that Capture the Youth Culture and Street Style in California From 1969 – 1973_trunghinhsu

For a period of ten years, beginning in the mid-1960s, Nacio Jan Brown photographed virtually all of the major anti-war and social protest movement activities in the…