Bygone Americana

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)

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

High school graduation. Mansfield, Ohio, 1941.

By Alfred Eisenstaedt

(Source: images.google.com)

Boy selling Coca Cola from roadside stand. Atlanta, 1936.
By Alfred Eisenstaedt

Boy selling Coca Cola from roadside stand. Atlanta, 1936.

By Alfred Eisenstaedt

(Source: images.google.com)

Watching a western on TV, 1950.
By Alfred Eisenstaedt

Watching a western on TV, 1950.

By Alfred Eisenstaedt

(Source: TIME)

Students in Will Rogers High School Commercial Art class making posters for civic promotion and national defense. Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1942.
By Alfred Eisenstaedt

Students in Will Rogers High School Commercial Art class making posters for civic promotion and national defense. Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1942.

By Alfred Eisenstaedt

(Source: images.google.com)

Photographers at the Eisenhower inaugural, 1953.
By Alfred Eisenstaedt

Photographers at the Eisenhower inaugural, 1953.

By Alfred Eisenstaedt

(Source: TIME)

Model Carol Lorell walks down 3rd Avenue in the East 60s. New York, 1940.
By Alfred Eisenstaedt

Model Carol Lorell walks down 3rd Avenue in the East 60s. New York, 1940.

By Alfred Eisenstaedt

(Source: TIME)

Dwight Eisenhower’s inauguration, 1953.
By Alfred Eisenstaedt

Dwight Eisenhower’s inauguration, 1953.

By Alfred Eisenstaedt

(Source: TIME)

Shoppers at the butcher counter of A&P grocery store. Garden City, 1942.
By Alfred Eisenstaedt

Shoppers at the butcher counter of A&P grocery store. Garden City, 1942.

By Alfred Eisenstaedt

(Source: images.google.com)

Delphaline, 17, and her two brothers go to a rural school where there are only four other pupils. Oklahoma, 1942.
By Alfred Eisenstaedt

Delphaline, 17, and her two brothers go to a rural school where there are only four other pupils. Oklahoma, 1942.

By Alfred Eisenstaedt

(Source: TIME)