Nowadays we're all distracted by so many things that just don't matter. These pictures offer a refreshing look at a time when things were much simpler.
Drive-in theater in Iaeger, West Virginia, 1956
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Texas Track Club of Abilene, 1964
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Disneyland Employee Cafeteria, 1961
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Teenagers at a party in 1947 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Street gang from 1916
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Tri-Delta sorority sisters, University of Texas, 1944
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Grade school dance 1950s
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Guests on the “Snow White and her Adventures” ride on the opening day of Disneyland (1955)
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Reception desk at General Motors Technical Center, 1956
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A young couple spending an evening in Las Vegas (1957)
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Beach Date At Balboa Beach in 1947
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United Airlines stewardess 1970
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Saturday afternoon matinee…double feature and cartoons for 25
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Recording an episode of “Gang Busters”, true crime radio show, New York, 1930’s
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Economy class flying in 1970
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Getting cooled air piped into the car while enjoying a meal at a drive-in restaurant. Houston, Texas. 1957
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The New York Times Writers, 1942
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Bowling Alley Pinsetters
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Customers at a London music store listen to the latest record releases in soundproof listening booths, 1955
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A new suburban housing development opens, Bellflower California, 1953
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Tattoo parlor in the 1920’s
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1924 Ringling Brothers and Barnun & Bailey “Circus of Freaks”