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From the 1940 Sears Roebuck & Co. Catalog.
via: Flickr.
Posted on November 1, 2010 with 81 notes
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From National Geographic, August, 1947.
Posted on April 18, 2010 with 12 notes
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From National Geographic, October, 1947.
Posted on December 21, 2009 with 3 notes
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From National Geographic, December, 1949.
Posted on December 14, 2009
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“Back-yard space is precious. Just Big Enough For This Georgetown Garden Is Its 12-foot Swimming Pool, Like A Giant’s Bathtub.”
From National Geographic, April, 1953. Kodachrome by National Geographic photographer B. Anthony Stewart.
Posted on November 8, 2009
The Modern Life is a blog about American culture from roughly the 1930s through the 1960s. The point is to give a glimpse into the everyday life, doing my best to be historically accurate and avoiding fabricated and stereotyped current views of a past that never was. You can contact me at grey.haas@gmail.com
