
Long before the Myspace and “duck face” rose to prominence, teen girls with cameras were already taking photos of themselves and sending them to loved ones.
Long before the Myspace and “duck face” rose to prominence, teen girls with cameras were already taking photos of themselves and sending them to loved ones.
Colorado at the turn of the century — the heart of the Wild West, full of cowboys, hustlers, vigilantes, sharpshooters, saloons and people filled with the ruggedness and mettle necessary to survive.
Margaret and Dorothy star in the Girl Scouts propaganda/silent film ‘The Golden Eaglet’ released in 1918, soon after WWI.
These sorrowful photographs by Lewis Hine show the work life of young boys during a time when child labor was exploited.
The students at Manual Training High School in Denver, Colorado studied more than just reading and writing.
The National War Garden Commission was an American effort in 1917 to “grow your own” in a time of limited food production.
Boston, Massachusetts. Abe Singer, 14-year old helper at Wax Florists, 143 Tremont Street.
In 1917 two young cousins from Cottingley, England, borrowed a camera and set off into the countryside.
A portrait of Hannah’s gym class in Woltmershausen, Bremen, Germany, 1925.
Jon Savage recently wrote a fascinating article for Vice on the Wandervogel and German youth gangs in the 1930s.