Vintage Photos From the First National Peanut Festival, 1941
This post was originally published on this siteThe first National Peanut Festival opened in Suffolk in January 1941. It included a parade, dances and balls and […]
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60 Vintage Photographs Document Tobacco Bag Stringing Work in North Carolina and Virginia in 1939
This post was originally published on this site In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, families throughout the tobacco-growing regions of North Carolina and […]
Marvelous Candid Snapshots of 16-Year-Old Jackie Kennedy at The Homestead in the Summer of 1945
This post was originally published on this siteThese marvelous snapshots wonderfully portray the 16-year-old Jacqueline Bouvier during the summer between terms at Miss Porter’s School, […]
American Prospects: Beautiful Color Pictures of Life in America in the 1970s and 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteJoel Sternfeld was born in New York City in 1944, and earned a BA in Art from Dartmouth […]
DOCUMERICA: Snapshots of America in Crisis in the 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteBy the late 1960s, the American landscape was ravaged by decades of unchecked land development, blighted by urban […]
Amazing Photos of African American Schools of Henry County, Virginia in 1928
This post was originally published on this siteHenry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the […]
48 Amazing Photos That Document Daily Life at Restaurants and Stores of Norfolk, Virginia in 1919
This post was originally published on this siteNorfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is the second-most […]
Young Girl Being Trained to Not React to Smoke Blown in Her Face and Having Her Hair Pulled, 1960
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1960 Magnum photographer Eve Arnold attended a training school for black sit-ins in Petersburg, Virginia. She documented […]
46 Fascinating Photos That Capture Daily Life of Students at Sweet Briar College, Virginia in the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteEstablished in 1901 as the Sweet Briar Institute and opened its doors in 1906, Sweet Briar College is […]
27 Black and White Photos That Document the Annual Christmas Dance of Lynchburg College, Virginia in the Late 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteAn amazing photo collection from Lynchburg College Archives that show Annual Christmas Dance of students in Lynchburg College, Virginia from […]