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American Airlines 1958 - Stewardesses

Pretty, thin, young and single? Check out these sexist stewardess job requirements of the ’50s & ’60s

1920s couple - engagement stories

So this happened… 12 too-cute engagement stories from the ’20s

John McCain after being released in 1973

Ex-POW John McCain tells the story of his captivity in Vietnam (1973)

Kerner Commission: Racism confronted after months of soul-searching (1968)

Kerner Commission: Prejudice – A name for racism (1968)

Charlotte Collyer and daughter - Titanic survivors

How I was saved from the Titanic: A Titanic survivor’s story (1912)

WWII newspaper headlines from the D-Day invasion of France (1944)

Follow-up Titanic survivor Charlotte Collyer (1912)

Follow-up: Titanic survivor Charlotte Collyer (1912)

The fate of Galveston, Texas: The hurricane disaster of 1900

Battlefield report: Wounded Knee Massacre (1890)

Ronald Reagan: How to make yourself important (1942)

Meet Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto (1930)

Rube Goldberg in his own words (1922)

Insight into the Kerner Report from Kerner himself (1968)

Kerner Commission: Use of ‘overforce’ criticized (1968)

Kerner Report: President’s riot commission learned from the people (1968)

Kerner Commission: Racism has no simple cure (1968)

Sandy Koufax: “I’m only human” (1963)

A fond farewell to Susan B Anthony (1906)

Stories from WWII: A D-Day diary (1944)

Gold mining in California: A firsthand report (1849)

The circus: Stupendous! Colossal! Astonishing! (1965)

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: 1917-1963

Fame has drawbacks, says actress Theda Bara (1916)

Stories from WWII: Nijmegen, Holland (1944)

True detective stories: The Secret Service (1908)

Titanic struck: Many leaped into the sea (1912)

Titanic survivor: No alarm when iceberg first struck (1912)

Actress Theda Bara talks real-life vampires (1916)

Wireless hero died right after Titanic sank (1912)