This restored and colorized footage offers a quiet look at life in the United States during the 1940s, a time shaped by the events of World War II. While soldiers served abroad, daily life at home ...

The 1940s had a quiet polish. These yearbook photos carry pressed collars, tidy curls, and careful smiles. Most are everyday people, but a few names you’ll recognize. The look is simple and elegant, ...

The ballroom of the Pioneer Hotel might seem an unlikely place for a Saturday night barn dance. But for most of the 1940s, Tucsonans in search of a good old-fashioned hoedown would don their best ...

This colorized and restored footage takes us back to a time when life in America moved at a different pace. From the 1940s into the 1950s, everyday scenes of beaches, city streets, family vacations, ...