Building the iconic Golden Gate Bridge in rare photographs, 1930s _TCN
A man standing on the first cables during the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, with the Presidio and San Francisco in the background. 1935. The Golden…
30 Vintage Photos of Bakery and Bread Trucks From Between the 1930s and 1950s _ USStories
From between the 1930s and 1950s, in the days when the borough’s housewives placed orders for milk and baked goods, and union drivers in uniform delivered them….
Found Snaps of ‘Ladies and Cars’ That Defined Women’s Fashion in the 1930s _ USStories
What did women wear in the 1930s? Just check these glamorous found snapshots to see.
The Most Beautiful Train in the World: Interior of Southern Pacific Daylight Train From the 1930s and 1940s_lag
Here we see the interior of the Southern Pacific service originally called the “Daylight Limited” and later the “Coast Daylight.” It was the Southern Pacific’s train between…
Beautiful Colorized Photos of Jean Harlow in the 1920s and 1930s_lag
Before the days of Madonna and Marilyn Monroe, the “Original Blonde Bombshell” made her mark on Hollywood and the world, leaving behind a new image of the…
Fascinating Vintage Photos of Girls Attending Home Economics Classes, 1920s-1930s_lag
While many people argue that home economics classes are outdated (and patriarchal), the whole point of them was to equip young people with the practical skills they…
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….
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…
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…