35 Vintage Photographs of Pretty Carhop Girls From Between the 1940s and 1960s_Ha
A carhop is a waiter or waitress who brings fast food to people in their cars at drive-in restaurants. Carhops usually work on foot but sometimes use…
Female Short Pants in the 1950s: The Day When the Shorts Were “Short Shorts”_teo
The 1950s decade was the first decade that embraced women wearing shorts for more than just beach wear. 1950s shorts came in several lengths and styles to…
38 Vintage Photos Show What Women Wore in the 1970s_Ha
The 1970s saw a time of rising self-expression through fashion, with form-fitting silhouettes at the top and loose at the bottom. ’70s style was empowering as individuality…
50 Rare and Interesting Photographs of the New York City Subway in the 1980s_Ha
1980 arrived and so did a twelve day transit strike – the second major transit strike in 14 years. When it was settled, a large operating deficit…
46 Fascinating Color Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Los Angeles From the 1950s_Ha
These fascinating color photos show what Los Angeles looked like in the 1950s. …
Long Before the Popularity of Car Racing Video Games, Slot Car Racing Was a Popular Fad in the 1960s_teo
Slot car racing was born in the early 1900s, but the hobby languished until the 1950s, when English entrepreneurs began to build electrified tracks and controllable scale-model…
Hokey-Pokey Everywhere – 20 Interesting Vintage Photos Show Mobile Ice Cream Vendors Over the Years_teo
‘Hokey-pokey’ was a slang term for ice cream in general in the 19th and early 20th centuries in several areas, including New York City and parts of…
Women in the 1940s were more beautiful and wonderful than we imagined_Ha
These snapshots show that women from the 1950s were so cool. Women in the 1950s Women in the 1950s Women in the 1950s Women in the 1950s…
The images record what housewives had to do in the 1940s_Ha
In 1941, LIFE magazine sent photographer William C. Shrout to document the lives of one of the biggest single demographics in the U.S: the 30 million housewives who did…
Photos Show What Teenage Girls Wore in the 1940s_Ha
The term ‘teenager’ was coined in 1941, and Seventeen magazine printed its first issue in 1944, showing off young teenager-targeted clothing and interests. It was a new…