These Old Photos Show What Gas Stations Looked Like in the US From the 1920s and 1940s_top1
Gas stations have long been a familiar sight on American roadways, serving as crucial pit stops for motorists on their journeys. However, the gas stations we encounter…
22 Vintage Snapshots of New Year’s Eve Parties in the 1950s and 1960s_top1
In the Gregorian calendar, New Year’s Eve, also known as Old Year’s Day or Saint Sylvester’s Day in many countries, is the evening or the entire day…
This is how life in the U.S. appeared during the 1950s_Lap
The 1950s were a decade marked by the post-World War II boom, the dawn of the Cold War and the Civil Rights movement in the United States….
Before Computer: Vintage Photos of People From the Past With Their Typewriters_top1
A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for typing characters. Typically, a typewriter has an array of keys, and each one causes a different single character…
Bell-Bottoms – Favorite Fashion Trend of the 1970s_Lap
Bell-bottoms (or flares) are a style of trousers that become wider from the knees downward, forming a bell-like shape of the trouser leg. It became fashionable for…
That’s What Life in the U.S. Looked Like in the 1950s_top1
The 1950s were a decade marked by the post-World War II boom, the dawn of the Cold War and the Civil Rights movement in the United States….
Retail and Shopping: Vintage Photos Show How People Shopped in the 1960s and 1970s_top1
The 1960s and 1970s were a time of significant change in the world, and the shopping and retail culture of these decades reflected this social transformation. In…
30 Rare and Amazing Black and White Photographs of the 1969 Woodstock Festival Taken by Baron Wolman_top1
Baron Wolman was Rolling Stone magazine’s first photographer. In 1969 he was on the road photographing music festivals around the USA on assignment for Rolling Stone magazine when word started to…
40 Cool Snaps Defined Fashion Styles of American Youth in the 1980s_top1
1980s fashion had heavy emphasis on expensive clothes and fashion accessories. Apparel tended to be very bright and vivid in appearance. Women expressed an image of wealth…
Interesting Pictures of a Country Store on Dirt Road in North Carolina, 1939; And Surprise That It Is Still Standing More Than 70 Years Later!_top1
The story began when Wayne Jacobs discovered this colorized picture on Shorpy in early April of 2014. The original photo was taken in July of 1939 by Dorothea Lange, the famous…