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Classic Fashions and Looks Pushed By the 1970s

While some of fashion's most iconic looks come out of the 1970s, there are plenty of trends we're glad they left behind.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Workers From History Who Had It Way Worse Than You

No matter how annoying your boss is in your dimly lit cubicle office job, it beats strapping a pickax to your back and taking a jam-packed elevator into a coal mine to breathe toxic fumes and hack away at rocks for 12 hours.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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35 Poignant Photos of it Looked Like to Live in 1975

While the United States was chaotically pulling out of Vietnam, Elton John was rocking LA.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Classic Photos of World Leaders From Decades Ago

These 21 faces have dominated politics and policy on the world stage for the past century, facing the public through war, peace, disaster, and triumph.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Classic T-Shirts You Threw Out That Are Now Worth Bank

These vintage graphic tees might look simple, but there's a lot more to them than meets the eye.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Hit the Deck: 24 Funny Old-Timey Fails and Flounders

From vintage rodeos gone wrong to a penny farthing wipeout, here are 23 old-timey photos of people absolutely failing at life.

By Carly Tennes

Featured 1 year ago in Funny

What it Looked Like to Live Life in the Wild West

Few periods of American history are romanticized like the Wild West, and not even a whole genre of movie can do it justice.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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What Living Your Best Life Looked Like in 1977

Maybe we remember it with rose colored glasses, or maybe it really was that great, but the late 70s was one of the best times to be alive in the United States.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Alex Trebek and Jeopardy!: Photos From the Beginning

After a brief stint with mediocre ratings in the 60s and 70s, Alex Trebek took the reins as the show's host in 1984. The rest is history.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Cool Vans From the 1970s' Golden Age of Parking

There are few things more quintessentially 70s than a decked out rock and roll van.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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21 Classic Construction Workers Working On The Edge

Millions of people have seen the famous photo of Empire State Building workers eating lunch, but that is nothing compared to these.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Interesting Images of What the World Was Like in 1978

The best year in modern history, like you've never seen it before.

By Carly Tennes

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25 Photos of Las Vegas Ruling Life in the 1970s

Tacky hotels? Scummy casinos? Stale performers? You're thinking of Vegas in the 70s.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Less-Than-Stoic Photos of American Commander in Chiefs

Presidents are leaders of men, giants of history, and some of the most revered figures of all time. And they’re also just… regular guys.

By Neill Lynskey

Featured 1 year ago in Funny

Disasters That Changed the World Forever

Just because we don't have as many photos and videos of historical disasters, doesn't mean they didn't happen. They didn't have gawking bystanders with iPhones.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 1 year ago in Wow

Famous Figures You Didn’t Know Doubled as Spies

It turns out that celebrities, while hardly under the radar, and quite adept at using their fame to get away with espionage.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Striking Photos Showing Our World as a Special Place

A collection of powerful and thought-provoking images for you to ponder.

By Broseph McBrah

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35 Kodachrome Photos Proving the Past Wasn't B&W

One of the problems with the past is that we so rarely get to see it in color.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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27 Photos From Back When Riding the Subway Took Guts

Anyone who lived in New York during the 70s and 80s will tell you it was different.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Photos From a 1978 Wisconsin Summer Cabin Rager

"No one puts a cigarette down for any reason in the '70's."

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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35 Vintage Sailors With Some Serious Ink

Tattoos have been mainstream for decades at this point, but that wasn't always the case.

By Neill Lynskey

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23 Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1977

Peace, love and feathered hair.

By Carly Tennes

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Historical Photos Give New Life With Colorization

We're already almost done with the first month of 2024, but history moves slowly, and we have plenty of time to take a look back at our favorite historical photos of 2023.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 1 year ago in Ftw