Bygone Americana

Migrant laborers await work, 1959.
By Michael Rougier

Migrant laborers await work, 1959.

By Michael Rougier

(Source: TIME)

Harlem, 1990.
By Eli Reed

Harlem, 1990.

By Eli Reed

(Source: magnumphotos.com)

Rachel Karumi, one of many evacuated Japanese children who attended Raphael Weill Public School in San Francisco, 1942.

Rachel Karumi, one of many evacuated Japanese children who attended Raphael Weill Public School in San Francisco, 1942.

(Source: wodumedia.com)

Ballerinas standing on the windowsill at George Balanchine’s School of American Ballet. New York, 1936.
By Alfred Eisenstaedt

Ballerinas standing on the windowsill at George Balanchine’s School of American Ballet. New York, 1936.

By Alfred Eisenstaedt

(Source: images.google.com)

Ella Watson’s Grandchildren, 1942.
By Gordon Parks

Ella Watson’s Grandchildren, 1942.

By Gordon Parks

(Source: weinstein-gallery.com)

Awaiting the evacuation bus. Centerville, California, 1942.
By Dorothea Lange

Awaiting the evacuation bus. Centerville, California, 1942.

By Dorothea Lange

(Source: commons.wikimedia.org)

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)