The infamous New York City blackout of 1977
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1977 blackout that hit New York was a crisis that came amidst a sweltering heat wave, a […]
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The parallel world of American advertising targeted toward African-Americans, 1950-1960
This post was originally published on this siteIn the 1950s and 1960s, there existed a ‘parallel world’ of American advertising where mainstream brands targeted the […]
Mailing babies: The story of kids sent through the U.S. Postal Service, 1913
This post was originally published on this siteIt’s hard to believe it, for a brief period of 6 years, it was possible to mail a […]
The last Civil War veterans, 1890-1950
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1.5 million Union and perhaps 600,000 Confederate veterans were very visible members of post-war society. For one […]
The child miners’ photos of Lewis Hine that appalled America, 1908-1911
This post was originally published on this siteIn the early 1900s child labor was still extremely common in the United States. All across the nation […]
The Amphicar that President Lyndon Johnson used to prank people, 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteThe Amphicar was manufactured in West Germany and first made an appearance in America at the 1961 New […]
The Black sharecroppers of the American South, 1939-1941
This post was originally published on this siteAfter the Civil War, former slaves sought jobs, and planters sought laborers. The absence of cash or an […]
The story of the Radio Hat, 1949
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1949, Victor Hoeflich held a press conference to introduce the “Man from Mars, Radio Hat”. Hoeflich knew […]
The original Muscle Beach, 1949
This post was originally published on this siteWhen an earthquake ripped through Santa Monica on March 10, 1933, the city was already in bad shape. […]
When the KKK marched on Washington, 1926
This post was originally published on this siteThe early 1920s were the gilded age for the Ku Klux Klan, as many successful and powerful people […]
Interned German sailors in North Carolina, 1917
This post was originally published on this siteOnce the United States abandoned neutrality and declared war on Germany in April 1917, thousands of German commercial […]
Alarmist anti-marijuana film posters, 1936-1950
This post was originally published on this siteThe recreational cannabis smoking took on a negative connotation in the American cultural imagination when people began to […]
Rare pictures of the Chicago Race Riots, 1919
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1919 Chicago was in the throes of an exhausting heat wave. Thousands flocked to the beaches lining […]
This is how Spring Break looked like in the 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteThese pictures show what was acceptable in the 1980s at Spring Break. Mostly from Daytona beach and Fort […]
A rare photo collection of Native American life in the early 1900s, 1904-1924
This post was originally published on this siteBorn in Wisconsin in 1868, Edward Sheriff Curtis took to photography at an early age. In 1895 he […]
The early violent days of the American football, 1902-1924
This post was originally published on this siteFootball, or “American football” as the rest of the world calls it, can be traced to early versions […]
A drive-in church in Florida, 1947
This post was originally published on this siteAfter the Second World War, America’s love affair with the automobile was in full swing. You could drive […]
Apollo astronauts in quarantine after the moon mission, 1969
This post was originally published on this siteWhen planning the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, NASA had thought about every possible detail including a […]
Keedoozle: America’s first fully automated store, 1949
This post was originally published on this siteKeedoozle was the first fully automated grocery store in the United States; a most futuristic shopping experience that […]
Alaska’s Good Friday earthquake in shocking images, 1964
This post was originally published on this siteOn March 27, 1964, at 5:36 PM, a megathrust earthquake occurred in the Prince William Sound region of […]
When Cleveland released 1.5 million balloons and two men died, 1986
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1986, charity organization United Way of Cleveland thought they had the perfect idea to generate a little […]
Inside the life of a traditional American mother, 1941
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1941, LIFE magazine decided to document the lives of one of the biggest single demographics in the […]
The Civil Rights battles in rare historical pictures, 1964
This post was originally published on this siteFollowing World War II, pressures to recognize, challenge, and change inequalities for minorities grew. One of the most […]
Fighting teen pregnancy in a small town high school, 1971
This post was originally published on this siteBy the 1970s teenage pregnancies were recognized as a problem worldwide. The continuing apprehension about teenage pregnancy was […]
The story in pictures of the massive Hughes H-4 Hercules, 1945-1947
This post was originally published on this siteThe largest wooden airplane ever constructed, and flown only one time, the H-4 Hercules (nicknamed Spruce Goose) represents […]