Bygone Americana

Grocery boy running the store by himself. Memphis, 1953.
By Robert W. Kelley

Grocery boy running the store by himself. Memphis, 1953.

By Robert W. Kelley

(Source: images.google.com)

Grocery boy running the store by himself. Memphis, 1953.
By Robert W. Kelley

Grocery boy running the store by himself. Memphis, 1953.

By Robert W. Kelley

(Source: images.google.com)

Whitehaven High School. Tennessee, 1947.
By Edward Clark

Whitehaven High School. Tennessee, 1947.

By Edward Clark

(Source: images.google.com)

Postal Telegraph Messenger. Nashville, 1910.
By Lewis W. Hine

Postal Telegraph Messenger. Nashville, 1910.

By Lewis W. Hine

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

Memphis Sanitation Strike. Tennessee, 1968.
By Ernest Withers

Memphis Sanitation Strike. Tennessee, 1968.

By Ernest Withers

(Source: vintagephoto.livejournal.com)

Entrance to a movie house on Beale Street. Tennessee, 1939.

Entrance to a movie house on Beale Street. Tennessee, 1939.

(Source: shorpy.com)

Cotton Carnival. Tennessee, 1940.

Cotton Carnival. Tennessee, 1940.

(Source: shorpy.com)

Little Fannie, 7 years old, helps sister in Elk Mills. Tennessee, 1910.
By Lewis W. Hine

Little Fannie, 7 years old, helps sister in Elk Mills. Tennessee, 1910.

By Lewis W. Hine

(Source: Flickr / library_of_congress)

NAACP protest in Memphis, TN, early 1960s.
By Ernest Withers

NAACP protest in Memphis, TN, early 1960s.

By Ernest Withers

(Source: kpbs.org)

A Link Trainer, a type of flight simulator produced between the early 1930s and early 1950s. Oak Ridge, 1945.
By Ed Westcott

A Link Trainer, a type of flight simulator produced between the early 1930s and early 1950s. Oak Ridge, 1945.

By Ed Westcott

(Source: The Atlantic)