Imagine getting paid to create retro-futuristic space-age inventions. Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, that is exactly what commercial artist and futurist Arthur Radebaugh got to do.
Our practical dream house: Practical in the sense of low maintenance. Dreamy in the way it realizes the family’s hopes. What a house costs to
If you’re buying a 1950s house, already live in one, or just want to see how new suburban homes were designed back in the rock ‘n’ roll and ‘Leave it to Beaver’ era, we have some fantastic ’50s house plans for you!
These gorgeous vintage home designs and their floor plans from the 1920s are as authentic as they get – From sweet little retro bungalows to cool Colonials.
Inside the rambling 160-room Winchester Mystery House, doors lead into blank walls, staircases end in midair, trap doors spring to the floors below, and elevators rise through the roof.
In bright and beautiful color, see some of the most beautiful sights in and around Utah’s Salt Lake City in 1900 – including the Mormon Temple, the Tabernacle, the Salt Palace, and the impressive Victorian Saltair Pavilion!
The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 – the deadliest natural disaster in United States history – after which floods swept thousands of people to their death, and many more left homeless as millions of dollars worth of property was destroyed.
Back in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the American Dream could be had — affordably, fully-furnished, and in style — if you wanted to buy a mobile home!
Greater Philadelphia… a great place to raise your family Greater Philadelphia has everything a family needs for a happy, healthy, well-rounded life. Evidence of this
Take a stroll back to the late 1800s and early 1900s to see some of the grand homes and mansions that lined New York City’s famed Fifth Avenue.
After years of growth through various successful businesses, Detroit became a major transportation hub, and many Gilded Age mansions were built to the east and west of what is now downtown Detroit.
Gilbert, Arizona: On the Main-Line (June 7, 1914) WHAT are your prospects? What chances have you to add to your fortune? What are you doing to
There is hardly a village in any English-speaking country which does not have its haunted houses, of which strange sights, sounds and scenes are reported with rumors, and vague enlargements of rumors.
One of the first problems which confronts the prospective home builder is the selection of the style of architecture for his new home. New England
Chintz curtains, like motherhood, have always been taken for granted as part of the American homemaker’s life. But now it’s time for window shades.
The sensible arrangement of summer window hangings Philosophers aver that the window often proclaims the householder. There is a moral in this for window decorators.
A rustic lane in the heart of town – Lined by pepper trees Downtown cottages and front yards that seem to belong to an earlier
Rural residence 1 First story: Vestibule, sitting room, parlor, parlor, dining room, kitchen, hall, porch. Second story: Roof, chambers, dressing room, nursery, bath. Rural
ILLINOIS. Is about equal in extent to England. with a population of 1,722. No State in the Valley of the Mississippi offers so great an inducement to the settler as the State of Illinois.
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Mississippi Longwood Plantation in the springtime: Mansion in Natchez, Mississippi: North Carolina North Carolina Governor’s Mansion: South Carolina Kensington Manor on the
Common courtesy when buying or selling a home by Mary Marshall Duffee Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his image. – Goethe
South Texas dotted with ranch houses very ancient, some of them built during rule of Spain over Texas Three Rivers One of the relics of
Knute Rockne’s TWA airplane crashes – 8 killed (1931) 
The real death of a cheerleader story (1985) 
These vintage Halloween costumes based on ’70s TV shows were creepy for all the wrong reasons 
Retro baby car seats from the ’60s, ’70s & ’80s: Forward- & rear-facing vintage auto safety seats for kids 
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