Last Updated on October 17, 2025 by Matt Staff The 1940s had a quiet polish. These yearbook photos carry pressed collars, tidy curls, and careful smiles. Most ...

Pearl Harbor stands as one of the most defining moments in American history. It was a turning point that shook the nation and thrust it into global conflict. The surprise attack on December 7, 1941, ...

America in the 1940s was a time of change for women, as they gained more power and brought to life their entrepreneurial ...

Forty years before MTV and music videos, there were "soundies." Between 1940 and 1947, about 1,800 were made, three-minute black-and-white films designed to be shown on Panorams, coin-operated film ...

Chronology -- Introduction: Getting a perspective on immigrant daily life -- Immigration 1870 to 1920 : a historical overview -- Life on the land : immigrants in the American West -- Life on the job : ...

The secret wartime diaries of a young woman are giving new insight into life in Brisbane in the 1940s, describing the day peace was declared and the city's busy social scene with American troops in ...