Without romanticizing the past more than it deserves, it can be fun now and again to take a walk through the black and white images of our not-too-distant past.
So without doing anything, prepare for a short trip to the year 1905, when things actually weren't together all that different.
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Line to the movies, 1957
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Camp of the miners of the North Star and Mountaineer lodes. San Juan County, Colorado. 1875
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A woman at an Automat. New York City, 1953.
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Family outing at Chicken Bone Beach, the segregated section of Atlantic City’s beach area, New Jersey, 1950s
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College students in their dorm room, circa 1910
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A wedding in the rural community of Harmony, Putnam County, Georgia, 1941
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Crab boil night at Danos’ Roadhouse, Raceland, LA, 1938
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Pennsylvania town poses for a picture, 1895
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A family in front of their home in Aurora, Utah – 1897
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Coal miner’s child using a hole in the door to enter a bedroom ,1938
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Car accident (1955 Pontiac) in Fresno, 1960’s.
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Couple pose for the camera in their car, 1957
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Bar in Raceland, Louisiana 1938
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Halloween, Rochester, NY, circa 1912
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Pin setter at a bowling alley in Washington, April 1943
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Teenagers dressed for a high school dance in the 1920s
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Two women working as ice deliverers carry a large block of ice from the back of a wagon using ice tongs, September 1918