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….

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…