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Images of American daily life in the 1980s

Everyday Life of Italy in the Early 1980s Through Fascinating Photos The 80s are a time of fun, excess, luxury and optimism. The 1980s top the seemingly unlimited economical growth of Italy and mark the apparent transformation from an agricultural…

Daily life in 1950s America

Black and White Photos Show Life of an American Family in the 1950s The decade also saw the rise of the “nuclear family” model, with a focus on traditional gender roles: men were typically the breadwinners, and women were often…

Collection of beautiful photos of schools from 1950s to 1969s USA

Wonderful Vintage Photos of Female Students at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1948 The 1940s and 1950s marked periods of decreased female employment, due to the post-War economic boom and return of men home from war. However, starting in earnest in…

Beautiful photos of 1980s American fashion

Striking Polaroid Portraits Taken by Tony Viramontes During the 1980s Tony Viramontes was born in 1956 in Los Angeles, USA, of Spanish and Mexican parents. He traveled extensively as a child. He studied fine art and photography in New York at…

Beautiful photos of 1950s American fashion

Beautiful Fashions of Audrey Hepburn in the 1950s When people think of Audrey Hepburn, they think of grace, class, elegance, and style. Audrey knew what looked good on her, and what didn’t. Here’s a collection of 50 beautiful pictures of…

Beautiful photos of America in the 1980s

40 Fascinating Pics Capture Street Scenes of Dallas, Texas in the Early 1980s The city has a population from a myriad of ethnic and religious backgrounds and one of the largest LGBT communities in the U.S. WalletHub named Dallas the…

Collection of the most beautiful photos of America in the 1970s

Street Scenes of Chicago in the 1970s Through Amazing Photos Charles William (Bill) Brubaker (1926-2002) was a member of the Chicago-based architecture firm Perkins & Will from 1950 until 1998. First joining the firm as an intern, he rose to…

Collection of the most beautiful photos of America in the 1960s

29 Fascinating Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Boston in the 1960s Boston is the capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States, and also the seat of Suffolk County. The city proper covers…

The Most Beautiful Train in the World: Interior of Southern Pacific Daylight Train From the 1930s and 1940s _UsOlds2

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 Los Angeles and San Francisco. Passengers really did dressed up to ride the…

The huge mobile phones of the old days (1970-1990) _UsOlds2

The history of proto mobile phones goes back to 1908 when a US Patent was issued in Kentucky for a wireless telephone. Mobile phones were invented as early as the 1940s when engineers working at AT&T developed cells for mobile phone base…