29 Fascinating Vintage Photos of Secretaries From the 1950s and 1960s
Since the advent of television and the movies, Americans have come to love secretarial characters from Miss Hathaway in The Beverly Hillbillies to Mrs. Wiggins in The Carol Burnett Show to…
Cool Pics of American Young Girls in Short Shorts in the 1970s
The 1970s was a time of liberation, of “anything goes,” and people were putting their bodies out there and feeling proud of them. The Woodstock era had…
Big Hair & Christmas Tree: The Favorite Christmas Style of Women in the 1960s
Referring to big hair, we often think of the typical hairstyle of women in the 1960s. A set of fabulous vintage photos that shows the Sixties women…
Pictures of High School Proms in the 1940s and 1950s
In the United States, and increasingly in the United Kingdom and Canada, a promenade dance, most commonly called a prom, is a semi-formal (black tie) dance or…
That was a great life in America in the 1950s
The 1950s were a decade marked by the post-World War II boom, the dawn of the Cold War and the Civil Rights movement in the United States….
40 Cool Snaps That Show the ’50s Formal Dresses of Young Women
1950s formal dresses and prom dresses were much like the popular dress styles of the 1950s. The natural female figure was merely a starting block for the…
Hotpants of the 1960s and 1970s
Hotpants, or booty shorts describe extremely short shorts, which may be worn by women and, to a lesser extent, by men. Whilst the term “hotpants” is used…
Pedal Pushers were the preferred trousers of women during the 1950s
Pedal pushers are calf-length trousers that were popular during the 1950s and the early 1960s. Often cuffed and worn tight to the skin, they are related…
Did You Know: 1930s Flour Sacks Had Colorful Patterns for Women to Sew Dresses From
Back in the 1930s, flour companies began noticing that women were turning their cotton flour sacks into clothing, diapers, dish cloths and more. Times were hard and…
Moving entire houses by horses, 1890-1910
Settlers move a house with the help of horses during the late 1800s. These vintage photographs from the 19th and early 20th centuries in the United…