The year 1930 found itself sandwiched between the fading glitz and glamour of the Roaring Twenties and the harsh realities of ...

The 1930s were a tumultuous time in the United States. The decade, bookended by the stock market crash in 1929 and the start of World War II in 1939, saw the Great Depression, Dust Bowl and the New ...

For most of us, the real vintage footage in this video is only known as stories from our ancestors. If you're lucky enough ...

A rare collection of photographs capturing everyday life in Madison County, Illinois from the 1890s to 1930s is now publicly ...

Compared to the roaring ’20s, where glamour and excess ruled all, the early 1930s were marked by hardship and uncertainty. Reeling from the Great Depression, people all across the country — rich and ...

What was it like to live in a Duluth orphanage during the 1930s? Not bad, according to Father Richard Partika, who wrote the following recollections of St. James Orphans Home, which was on Woodland ...

‘Reality Makes Them Dream’ features over 100 prints, periodicals and photo books from the 1930s that go beyond the documentary-style images we’ve come to expect from the era. Marion Post Wolcott, ...

WYOMING, Mich. — "When I was born, my mother's father said, 'Name her Phyllis Joy, and she will fill us with joy!'" There has been a lot of change in Wyoming over its history, and one woman has lived ...

LITTLE ROCK -- A new documentary film explores the short, tragic life of Helen Spence, a real-life Mattie Ross who took justice into her own hands more than 90 years ago. In 1931, the 18-year-old ...

Ninety years ago, the baseball world was stunned as an 18-year female pitcher named Virne Beatrice “Jackie” Mitchell of Chattanooga signed a minor league contract with the hometown Lookouts. Several ...

Depression-era photography has become strongly associated with a documentary style, but “Reality Makes Them Dream” shows other facets of life at the time, as in Marion Post Wolcott’s “Center of town, ...