Then & Now

From Sept. 1, 1939, to Sept. 2, 1945, World War II took over 50 million military and civilian lives and left many cities in ruins.

Some economists claim that it’s the best time to be alive. People have access to everything they want and happiness comes at the push of

Motorized roller skates (1961)

Have you ever walked through the grocery store aisles and spotted someone who looked like they just rolled out of bed? I mean literally in

A man testing a prototype of a football helmet in 1912.

From family heirlooms to antiques shops to museums, many Americans share an obsession for things that are extremely old. This includes man-made artifacts such as

With the advent of social media, recreating vintage photos to share with the world has become a popular pastime. Recreating old photos is a great

History doesn’t have to be just black-and-white. Dynamichrome is a project dedicated to digitally reconstructing historical photos in color, offering a brighter glimpse into the

In 1956, IBM introduced the 305 RAMAC system, generally acknowledged as the first (commercially successful) computer to feature what we would now call a “disk

A day at the beach in the 1940s. Before the 1977 Instagram filter existed to give your vacation pictures a rosy glow, actual pictures from back in

Hitachi, Vintage Ad, Playboy – June 1973.

Testing cars on the roof of the Fiat factory in 1929.

I actually have some friends who did this in college. Ah, the smell of burnt hair!