Lunch Atop A Skyscraper: Revealing the Backstory of an Iconic Photograph
The iconic photograph known as “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” captures a moment frozen in time, taken on September 20, 1932. In this black-and-white image, eleven intrepid ironworkers…
The Days of Open-Air Cinema Through Seldom Captures, 1930-1950
Though there were drive-ins as early as the 1910s, the first patented drive-in was opened on June 6, 1933, by Richard Hollingshead in New Jersey. It offered…
Rare images capturing the developmental journey of washing machines from the 1880s to the 1950s
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…
26 Vintage Photographs Capture Scenes of High School Typing Classes From Between the 1950s and 1970s
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…
Bell-Bottoms – Favorite Fashion Trend of the 1970s
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…
52 Vintage Fashion Photos That Reveal Just How Awesome People Used To Dress_US_L
Fashion goes round in circles. At least to a certain extent, the fashions of the past will become the fashions of the future. When we look back…
47 Amazing Photos Show What New York Looked Like in the 1900s
New York City was a bustling metropolis by the early 20th century, the city was a booming business and industrial hub, with new skyscrapers going up all…
Before Computer: Vintage Photos of People From the Past With Their Typewriters_Ha
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…
25 Old Pictures of People Watching TV in 1950s_Ha
Picketing workers watch TV in a tent outside the gates of a U.S. Steel plant in Gary, Indiana, during a strike in 1959 A boy watches TV…
Found Snaps of ‘Ladies and Cars’ That Defined Women’s Fashion in the 1930s_Ha
What did women wear in the 1930s? Just check these glamorous found snapshots to see. ‘Ladies and Cars’ in the 1930s ‘Ladies and Cars’ in the 1930s…