Amazing Drive-In Photos Offer a Glimpse Into the Era of Dining in One’s Car _ USStories
A drive-in is a facility (such as a restaurant or movie theater) where one can drive in with an automobile for service. At a drive-in restaurant, for…
Amazing Photographs of the Making of the Mount Rushmore From 1935-1941 _ USStories
The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore near Keystone, South Dakota, in the United States. Sculpted by Danish-American…
Pictures of Teenagers on the Beaches of Florida in the Early 1980s _ USStories
The 1980s were ruled by big hair, big shoulder pads and pastel colors. These colorful photographs were taken by Steven Martin on the beaches of Florida, mostly on the…
35 Vintage Photos That Show Fashion Styles of ’70s Young Couples _ USStories
Fashion in the 1970s was about individuality. Common items included mini skirts, bell-bottoms popularized by hippies, vintage clothing from the 1950s and earlier, and the androgynous glam…
Cool Pics of American Young Girls in Short Shorts in the 1970s _ USStories
The 1970s was a time of liberation, of “anything goes,” and people were putting their bodies out there and feeling proud of them. The Woodstock era had…
Fashion in Washington University in St. Louis in 1944 _ USStories
Fashion in St. Louis. Photographed by LIFE photographer Nina Leen in 1944. Students writng notes in what may be fashion class outside Brookings Hall, the most recognizable building on…
40 Cool Pics of the ’70s Prom Couples _ USStories
The 1970s formal dress, party dress or prom dress went through several changes during the decade. At first, the short shift cocktail party dress or according pleated…
Pictures of High School Proms in the 1940s and 1950s _ USStories
In the United States, and increasingly in the United Kingdom and Canada, a promenade dance, most commonly called a prom, is a semi-formal (black tie) dance or…
30 Amazing Vintage Photographs That Capture Telephone Switchboard Operators at Work from the Past _ USStories
Following the invention of the telephone in 1876, the first telephones were rented in pairs which were limited to conversation between the parties operating those two instruments….
40 Color Snaps That Show How the 1980s New Year’s Eve Parties Were Like _ USStories
A set of color snaps from Flickr‘s members that shows how people celebrated the New Year from the 1980s.