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25 Glimpses of What Life Looked Like in the Dust Bowl

25 Glimpses of What Life Looked Like in the Dust Bowl

A combination of severe drought and over-farming turned the 1930s Southwest into a unique ecological disaster.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 10 months ago in Wow

23 Photos of What Iran Looked Like in the 1970s

23 Photos of What Iran Looked Like in the 1970s

Many Americans have no clue that Iran used to look just like us.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 10 months ago in Wow

25 Far-Out Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

25 Far-Out Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

1978 was a year for partying, pinball, and playing your new Atari.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 10 months ago in Wow

25 Photos of What Flying Economy Looked Like in the 1970s

25 Photos of What Flying Economy Looked Like in the 1970s

Customer experience just doesn't matter anymore.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 10 months ago in Wow

23 Far-Out Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1977

23 Far-Out Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1977

In 1977, Star Wars hit the theaters, and movie goers hit the seats.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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25 Far-Out Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1974

25 Far-Out Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1974

The Cold War was raging, but the summers were heating up.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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24 Stellar Photos of the '60s Space Race

24 Stellar Photos of the '60s Space Race

The Cold War might have threatened mutually assured destruction, but it also sparked the world's two most powerful nations to push technology forward at an unprecedented pace.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 10 months ago in Wow

25 Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1967

25 Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1967

With conflicts like the Vietnam War and Civil Rights Movement came fantastic music from Aretha Franklin, Jimmy Hendrix and more.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 10 months ago in Wow

28 New Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1973

28 New Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1973

We've already shown you many photos of what the world looked like in 1973, but here are some more.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 10 months ago in Wow

20 Photos of What High School Looked Like in the 1980s

20 Photos of What High School Looked Like in the 1980s

For the first time ever, the computer snaked its way into the high school classroom.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

20 Photos of What Weddings Looked Like in the 1970s

20 Photos of What Weddings Looked Like in the 1970s

What good is "timeless," when those bridesmaids gowns could only be from the late '70s?

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

36 Poignant Photos of Life in The Year 1969

36 Poignant Photos of Life in The Year 1969

Like Bryan Adams' says in "Summer of '69," "Those were the best days of my life." For many people, they probably were.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

25 Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1945

25 Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1945

1945 saw the end of World War II, and the return of America's young men after four brutal years of fighting abroad.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

30 Things That Washed Ashore to Remind Us of Our Impact on the World

30 Things That Washed Ashore to Remind Us of Our Impact on the World

These are some lucky finds.

By Nathan Johnson

Featured 11 months ago in Ouch

25 Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1937

25 Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1937

Folks were rocking, and social norms were toppling.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

20 Photos of What Sweltering Italian Summers Looked Like in the 1980s

20 Photos of What Sweltering Italian Summers Looked Like in the 1980s

Italians are built for having fun in the Sun.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

21 Photos of the Secret Cold War City the U.S. Built in Greenland

21 Photos of the Secret Cold War City the U.S. Built in Greenland

The Cold War rages, tensions are high, and the Pentagon tries to maximize every conceivable tactical advantage. The year is 1959.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

23 New Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1979

23 New Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1979

The 1970s was a transformative decade, and needed a fun year to close it out.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

20 Photos of What Having Fun Looked Like in the 1970s

20 Photos of What Having Fun Looked Like in the 1970s

Were the '70s the height of human existence? Your rose colored glasses say they were.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

25 New Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

25 New Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

With the Vietnam War finally coming to an end, 1975 was a time relax, see the world, and spend time with family.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

10 Legendary War Heroes You Probably Never Heard About

10 Legendary War Heroes You Probably Never Heard About

One feature of global conflicts is that the generals who cause them get far more recognition than the people who fight them.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

20 Polaroid Photos from the 1970s That Don't Need You to Blow On Them

20 Polaroid Photos from the 1970s That Don't Need You to Blow On Them

Can you imagine taking a photo, and being able to look at it almost immediately? Crazy stuff.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

Fake Historical 'Facts' Everyone Keeps Misremembering

Fake Historical 'Facts' Everyone Keeps Misremembering

Think you'd beat a Neanderthal at chess?

By Nathan Johnson

Featured 11 months ago in Facepalm

Historical People Who Perished in Preposterous Ways

Historical People Who Perished in Preposterous Ways

Important figures from throughout history have been repeatedly betrayed, killed on the battlefield, or assassinated.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wtf

20 Photos of What Working Out Looked Like in the 1970s

20 Photos of What Working Out Looked Like in the 1970s

The '70s was one of the first decades that took fitness seriously. Maybe too seriously.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

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