Jul
1
Color Photos Capture Life and Pollution Along the Ohio River in the Early 1970s
In the early 1970s, the Ohio River was both a vital economic artery and a stark remi…
Author: RHP
Jun
24
Rare Photos of 1970s Lunchboxes That Made Kids the Envy of the Schoolyard
Walking into a school cafeteria in the 1970s meant more than just finding a seat. …
Jun
21
Rare Photos Show What Everyday Life in Cuba Looked Like During the 1970s
A decade after Fidel Castro's revolution reshaped the island, Cuba in the 1970s was …
Jun
18
Vintage Auto Ads Reveal How Companies Used Attractive Models to Boost Sales in the 1970s and 1980s
Flip through any auto parts catalog from the 1970s or 80s and the message becomes cl…
Jun
14
Fascinating Photos of the Soviet Union Taken by American Professor Thomas T. Hammond, 1950s–1970s
Decades before smartphones turned every traveler into a documentarian, a single Amer…
Jun
11
Nostalgic Ad Photos From the 2000s That Bring Back Another Time
There's a particular kind of magic in stumbling across an old advertisement, that sp…
Jun
8
Beautiful Color Photos Capture Everyday Life in Florida During the 1950s
Palm-lined streets, neon motel signs, bustling downtown storefronts, and crowded bea…
Jun
8
These Fascinating 1970s Photos Reveal the Everyday Work of New York City Cops
New York City in the 1970s was a city on the edge. Overcrowded, underfunded, and gri…
Jun
3
Rare 1960s Photos Offer a Fascinating Look at Swimsuit Fashion of the Era
Fashion has a way of reflecting the world around it, and in the 1960s, the world was…
May
28
Fascinating Vintage Photos Capture American Teen Life in the 1950s
The teenagers of 1950s America helped create a completely new youth culture, one sha…
May
28
Meet the Prisoners of Old Marysville, California: Their Mugshots Have Survived Over a Century
Faces frozen in time stare out from fragile glass negatives that survived more than …
May
24
Forgotten Photos of Manchester’s Slums From the 1960s and 1970s That Shook the Nation
Britain in the 1960s liked to think of itself as a country moving forward. The postw…
May
20
Vintage Photos of Mob Molls: The Women Who Lived Alongside New York’s Most Notorious Gangsters
New York City, through much of the 20th century, was a place where power operated in…
May
14
Rare Street Photos Reveal the Fashion of San Francisco Women in the Early 1970s
Fashion in early 1970s San Francisco reflected a city in the middle of cultural …
May
10
Photos of Old-School Ads and Catalogs Filled With Surprisingly Suggestive Humor
What once passed as harmless advertising now feels loaded with hidden meaning. Vi…
May
7
Vintage Candid Photos Reveal What Teen Fashion in the 1970s Really Looked Like
There is something striking about looking at a photograph of a teenager from the 197…
May
1
These Vintage Alcohol Ads Are as Bizarre as They Are Fascinating
There is a certain kind of discomfort that comes from flipping through old magazines…
Apr
29
Vintage Cars That Look Almost Unreal: The Strangest Designs from the 1900s to 1960s
There was a time when building a car meant starting from almost nothing. No rule…
Apr
26
The Forgotten Hiring Standards for Stewardesses in 1950s America, in Photos
Before a woman could step onto a plane as a stewardess, she had to clear a set o…
Apr
24
Inuit Life in Canada’s Frozen North Captured in Rare 1900s Photographs
At the turn of the twentieth century, one woman carried a camera into one of the mos…