Bygone Americana

University of California students at the Assembly Center in Sacramento awaiting transfer, 1942.
By Dorothea Lange

University of California students at the Assembly Center in Sacramento awaiting transfer, 1942.

By Dorothea Lange

(Source: commons.wikimedia.org)

Saturday night in Times Square. New York, 1957.
By Harold Feinstein

Saturday night in Times Square. New York, 1957.

By Harold Feinstein

(Source: everyday-i-show.livejournal.com)

Picketing workers watch TV in a tent outside the gates of a US steel plant during a strike. Gary, Indiana, 1959.
By Francis Miller

Picketing workers watch TV in a tent outside the gates of a US steel plant during a strike. Gary, Indiana, 1959.

By Francis Miller

(Source: TIME)

TWA Terminal at Idlewild (now JFK) Airport. New York, 1962.
By Ezra Stoller

TWA Terminal at Idlewild (now JFK) Airport. New York, 1962.

By Ezra Stoller

(Source: NPR)

High school graduation. Mansfield, Ohio, 1941.
By Alfred Eisenstaedt

High school graduation. Mansfield, Ohio, 1941.

By Alfred Eisenstaedt

(Source: images.google.com)

The Cities Service new Directomat, located on the New Jersey Turnpike, gives travelers directions at the push of a button, 1961.

The Cities Service new Directomat, located on the New Jersey Turnpike, gives travelers directions at the push of a button, 1961.

(Source: norman.hrc.utexas.edu)

A policewoman plays with local kids in Harlem, 1978.
By Leonard Freed

A policewoman plays with local kids in Harlem, 1978.

By Leonard Freed

(Source: magnumphotos.com)

Sailors riding the subway from Coney Island. New York, 1957.
By Harold Feinstein

Sailors riding the subway from Coney Island. New York, 1957.

By Harold Feinstein

(Source: everyday-i-show.livejournal.com)

A family being given food. North Carolina, 1951.
By W. Eugene Smith

A family being given food. North Carolina, 1951.

By W. Eugene Smith

(Source: magnumphotos.com)

In front of a grocery store two days before evacuation. Florin, California, 1942.
By Dorothea Lange

In front of a grocery store two days before evacuation. Florin, California, 1942.

By Dorothea Lange

(Source: commons.wikimedia.org)