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47 Vintage Photos Showing Young People During the 1970s
21 Amazing Colorized Photos Showing World War 1
Photos colorized by Cardiff based electrician Royston Leonard
17 Vintage Photos of Zoot Suits Being Worn During the 1940s
A zoot suit is a men’s suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. This style of clothing became popular among the African American, Chicano, Filipino American, and Italian American communities during the 1940s. The zoot suit of the 1940s was full of scandal. TechnicallyContinue reading “17 Vintage Photos of Zoot Suits Being Worn During the 1940s”
55 Beautiful Photos of Yvonne de Carlo from between the 1940s and 1960s.
A vibrant, full-bodied performer with a rich voice and a lushly sensuous if somewhat odd beauty, Yvonne De Carlo (1922–2007) achieved stardom in the 1940s in some of the more bizarre escapism of that era. Yvonne De Carlo was a Canadian born American actress, singer, and dancer whose career spanned more than seven decades. AContinue reading “55 Beautiful Photos of Yvonne de Carlo from between the 1940s and 1960s.”
30 Amazing Color Photos Showing Life in America Just After WWII
When World War II ended, the United States was in better economic shape. Building on the economic base left after the war, American society became more affluent in the postwar years than most Americans could have imagined in their wildest dreams before or during the war. These Kodachrome slides show life of the US inContinue reading “30 Amazing Color Photos Showing Life in America Just After WWII”
48 Wonderful Historic Photos of Portland Oregon During the 1910s
Portland is the largest and most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County. It is a major port in the Willamette Valley region of the Pacific Northwest, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in Northwestern Oregon. As of 2020, Portland had a population of 652,503,Continue reading “48 Wonderful Historic Photos of Portland Oregon During the 1910s”
36 Amazing Colorized Photos of American Police Cars From Between the 1920s and 1950s
Here is an incredible collection of colorized photos from Willie Brown that shows American police cars from between the 1920s and 1950s. (Photos colorized by Willie Brown)
21 Vintage Photographs of People Reading Newspapers Before the Invention of The Smartphone
We’ve all heard our parents say it; “Look up from your phone every once in a while”, “Hey, talk to me don’t text”, “why are you being so anti-social on your phone?” Not only our cellphones, but also our laptops, televisions, creations like Facebook and other social media platforms. Are all of these inventions andContinue reading “21 Vintage Photographs of People Reading Newspapers Before the Invention of The Smartphone”
26 Vintage Photos of the Playsuit: The Popular Fashion of Young Women From the 1940s
A playsuit was a one-piece romper. The top resembled a button-down blouse that would come in at the waist and extend into shorts. Teens and grown women during the 1940s wore what were actually called playsuits. Vintage playsuits were worn outdoors – either at the beach, in the backyard to catch some sun or forContinue reading “26 Vintage Photos of the Playsuit: The Popular Fashion of Young Women From the 1940s”
