Photos of everything retro and vintage

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Drivers Education 1950s

 

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In Brittany, the closed-bed (French: lit-clos) (Breton: gwele-kloz)is a traditional furnishing. In homes with usually only one room, the box-bed allowed some privacy and helped keep people warm during winter. Similar enclosed bed furniture was once also found in western Britain; Devon, Cornwall, Wales particularly in Gower. Some closed-beds were built one above the other in a double-decker, two-story arrangement. In this case, young people were sleeping upstairs.
- In the Netherlands, the closet-bed, or bedstede, was in common use into the 19th century, particularly in farmhouses in the countryside. Closet-beds were closed off with a door or a curtain.
One of the advantages of the closet-bed was that it could be built into the living room and closed off during the day, making a separate bedroom unnecessary. The other main advantage was that, during the winter, the small area of the closet-bed would be warmed by body heat.

 

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Photograph of a hat store in Harlem's 125th street.
Todd Webb captured New York City on camera in 1946.

 

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Pedal car repair on the street.
London, c.1940s

 

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A trolley makes it way down a snow-covered Main Street in Stroudsburg (Pa.) during the early 1900s. (Courtesy of the Monroe County Historical Association)

 

[Desperado]

Early Fast Food?

The good old lunch counters that were found in drug stores and 5 and Dimes.
They would have specials for Banana Splits.

 

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Early Fast Food?

The good old lunch counters that were found in drug stores and 5 and Dimes.
They would have specials for Banana Splits.

I wish they still had them.

 

[Borillar]

Farrell's! Was always a huge family out night to go get Farrell's, and didn't they have a gigantic 'see if you can eat the whole thing' sundae? Loved this place.

Heh, I used to work at one of those. Vowed I'd never work for a restaurant ever again. They had a sundae called the "Trough" and the waiters would make pig noises at you . If you ate the whole thing, you got a ribbon or something saying "I made a pig of myself at Farrell's".

 

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Vintage Beer Cans

 

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I was there as a teenager. Wrote about it in Atomic City on Amazon.com

 

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New York City – 1890s before vehicles took over the streets

 

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