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83 Old Photos Of America So Charming That You Might Wish You Could Hop In A Time Machine
Have you ever felt the ache of looking at a photograph of a place you have never been, in a time before you existed, and feeling like you have lost something anyway? Old American photos do this better than almost anything else. The chrome diners with the rotating pie displays and drive-in movie theatres with the speakers hooked over the car window- they ooze nostalgia.
The archive of vintage America is vast, and the Yesterday in America page has elected itself as a curator of the finest images. These photos were collected from across the decades, and they can trigger something inside you whether you grew up in America or not. And even more weirdly, whether you were alive or not! So, step into our time machine thread and reminisce about the good old days, regardless of whether you were part of it.
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#1
1967 Oldsmobile 70-X Toronado
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#2
International House Of Pancakes In 1968
#3
Baskin-Robbins In 1986
#4
Long John Silver’s Menu In The 1970s
#5
Vending Machines In 1960
#6
Los Angeles International Airport In The 1960s
#7
A Kitchen In The 1970s
#8
Las Vegas In The 1970s
Googoo Gaga 4 hours ago
My comedian uncle opened for some headliners in Vegas, but the city has never tempted me to visit.
#9
Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour In 1972
#10
This Dairy Queen In Charlotte, North Carolina Opened In 1947. It Is The Oldest Location Left In North Carolina And The Third Oldest In The Southeast
#11
A Rum Machine In The 1950s
#12
Seattle In The 1970s Original Source Not Identified
#14
Burger Queen In The 1950s
nottheactualphoto 5 hours ago
Broasted chicken! The broaster was a sort of pressure cooker; hot oil under pressure. It was a product, sold to restaurants under that name.
#17
McDonald's Advertisement In The 1970s
#19
Gas Station Attendant In 1970
nottheactualphoto 5 hours ago
"Regular" -vs- "Ethyl." I'm pretty sure "Ethyl" meant tetra-ethyl lead.
#20
Arby’s In 1967
#21
Stewardesses For Pacific Southwest Airlines In The 1970s
Googoo Gaga 4 hours ago
My husband is crew. If they dressed like that today, I might not be married still.
#23
Shopping For Appliances In 1968
Rudie Cant Fail 4 hours ago
Chances are one of those ovens is still kicking around somewhere today
#25
Boeing 307 Aircraft Operated By Pan American World Airways In The 1940s
#30
Jc Penney In 1972
#31
McDonald's In 1974
nottheactualphoto 5 hours ago
I worked at a McDonald's around that time. They are both missing their name tags, and both of them have obviously never worked the grill. The girls at my store did not have that strange-looking apron thing.
#33
Bonanza In The Early 1970s
#36
1974 Ford Pinto Advertisement
#37
Denny's In The 1970s
#38
The Works Bar At Burger Chef In The 1970s
#39
1994 Denny's Advertisement
#45
Wendy's In 1974 In 1970, Wendy's Became A Pioneer With The Introduction Of The Very First Drive-Through Window (Although They Originally Called It A Pick-Up Window)
#47
Cereals From The 1960s
#51
Wendy's In 1974
#52
Kentucky Fried Chicken In 1976
#62
1964 Kellogg's Pop-Tarts Advertisement
TotallyNOTAFox 3 hours ago (edited)
Not going to lie, the old design of the boxes looks way better than what we have now
#71
1970s Chi-Chi's Lunch Menu
#74
Breakfast At McDonald's In The 1980s
nottheactualphoto 4 hours ago
Theses are examples of the reality looking better than the advertising picture.
#76
Zayre In The 1970s
#77
S&h Green Stamps Redemption Center In 1965
#78
Takeout From Pizza Hutt In 1976
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Rudie Cant Fail 4 hours ago
Being born in 1972, none of these images are especially shocking. If I had some kind of time traveling special power, might easily slip into a schizophrenia state pretty quick.
Rudie Cant Fail 4 hours ago
Being born in 1972, none of these images are especially shocking. If I had some kind of time traveling special power, might easily slip into a schizophrenia state pretty quick.
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