A lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas 1942 (Courtesy of the Library of Congress) There is a photo of federal housing ...

The 1940s were a decade shaped by global war, social change, and quiet, everyday moments that often go unnoticed in history books. Most of what we know from that era comes in black and white, giving ...

The 1940s stand as a decade that was marked by conflict, courage, and profound transformation. Nowhere has that been more strikingly evident than in the varying military images that were captured ...

These are the kinds of black-and-white images we usually associate with past celebrities like Louis Armstrong, Orson Welles and Lucille Ball. Because it was such a complicated process, color ...

Victory parades were hardly over when everyday life had just rushed back in, and nowhere is that urgent hope more glaringly vivid than in this collection of freshly colorized snapshots from the mid to ...

Seventy years ago the U.S. was transitioning from an epic financial crisis — one that brought high unemployment, plunging farm profits and lost opportunities — to one of the world's deadliest and most ...

Amateur photographer Charles W. Cushman traveled extensively in the US and abroad, capturing daily life from 1938 to 1969. His works have been donated to and maintained by Cushman's alma mater Indiana ...

There’s been an explosion in the number of colorized photos lately. People find old black-and-white photos online, and meticulously add color to give us a new perspective on history. But recently one ...

These are the kinds of black-and-white images we usually associate with past celebrities like Louis Armstrong, Orson Welles and Lucille Ball. Of note: A baby-faced Orson Welles and the backdrop that ...