25 Vintage Photos of America That Don't Look Real
A better time? Probably not, but it sure looked cool!
By kaysaralp
Published 6 years ago in Feels
A better time? Probably not, but it sure looked cool!
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Circa 1955. In the Manhattan showroom of an underwear manufacturer, a buyer looks at a new Sarong brand bra and pantie combination garment modeled for him. Photo by Vecchio
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May 1939. "Mission & Gulf Rig". Photo by Robert Yarnall Richie
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Circa 1950s. Snowy city street.
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1947. Tourists in the Statue of Liberty’s crown.
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1933. A view of Manhattan from a snowy Central Park
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Circa 1933. The U.S.S. Macon Helium Airship flying over Manhattan.
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July 18th, 1962. Firemen scramble to escape falling wall on 137th Street. photo by Neal Boenzi for the NYTimes
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1943. New York. Forty-second Street and Fifth Avenue on a rainy day.
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1986. A man getting a cup of coffee at The Horn & Hardart Automat Cafeteria, New York, New York. Photo by Eugene Gordon
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May 1943. Pushcart fruit vendor at the Fulton Fish Market in New York.
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1944. A group of teen girls enjoying some fruit, cake, and milk. Photo by Nina Leen.
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1960s. Mall parking lot. Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts
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April 1939. "Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Unemployed young men pause a moment to loiter and watch, and then pass on." Photo by Dorothea Lange
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1952. Two women in lobster costumes at the Maine Lobster Festival.
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1938. Women posing in front of surfboards on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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1979. Mexicans being arrested in San Ysidro, California, after crossing the border into the US. Photograph: Alex Webb/Magnum Photos
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Circa 1908. Titanic’s propellers
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Circa 1920s. Oil derricks over Venice Beach, Ca
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Circa 1930. "Snowstorm in Boston" by Leslie Jones.
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January 11, 1959, around 3:30 PM. A baby-blue 1955 Ford meets an untimely demise at the prow of northbound Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) blimp interurban no. 1537 at the intersection of American Avenue and 16th Street in Long Beach, California.
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Circa 1930. Piglet race, Hermosa Beach, California
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Circa 1919. "Studebaker motor car in repair shop with garage mechanic." 6.5 x 8.5-inch glass negative from the Wyland Stanley collection of San Francisco historical memorabilia. (Colorized)
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February 5, 1922. "Louise and flower shop auto."
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December 1940. "Christmas trees for sale at a gas station. Woonsocket, Rhode Island." Medium format negative by Jack Delano
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