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….

30 Beautiful Color Photos Capture People at Home in the 1950s

Home interiors in the 1950s featured pastel color schemes with bold accents, sleek mid-century modern furniture, and open-plan layouts. Kitchens were efficient with built-in cabinets and colorful…

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 Vintage Photographs Capture Scenes of High School Typing Classes From Between the 1950s and 1970s _ USStories

Call it keyboarding, or old-school typing… During the 1950s and ’60s typewriting was taught mostly in elementary schools, and there was a widely held conviction that typewriting…

30 Lovely Photos of Children at Their Birthday Parties in the 1950s_lag

During the Great Depression, it was rare for most children to have any recognition of their birthday beyond a special cake served as dessert after family dinner….

35 Cool Photos of People Posing With Their Record Players in the 1950s and ’60s_lag

Invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison as a phonograph, in its later forms also called a gramophone or since the 1940s called a record player, is a…

Vintage Photographs of Gevalia Coffee Pot Trucks From the 1950s_lag

The 1950’s pot-shaped tractors of Gevalia in Gävle, Sweden. This is sort of like the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile, but with coffee. The caffeinated car was a promotional…

The Honeymooners (1955-1956): A Timeless Classic in Television Comedy_lag

In the golden era of television, few shows captured the hearts of audiences like “The Honeymooners.” Premiering in 1955, this classic sitcom quickly became a cultural phenomenon…

26 Fabulous Color Photographs That Capture Everyday Daily Life in 1950s America_lag

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….

Vintage Photos Show the Early Days of Washing Machines, 1880s-1950s_lag

It is said that the washing machine did more to liberate women in the 20th century than the pill or the right to work or vote. Before…