Bygone Americana

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)