Bygone Americana

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

Awaiting the evacuation bus. Centerville, California, 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)

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)

Harlem neighborhood, 1952.
By Gordon Parks

Harlem neighborhood, 1952.

By Gordon Parks

(Source: weinstein-gallery.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)