The 1940s were a tumultuous time in Rochester, with many people going off to fight in World War II, wartime contracts creating a boom for area companies and women flocking into the workforce. Then ...

The first half of the 1940s were marked by World War II, from watching updates with worry in Times Square to walking through rubble in London, all while trying to press on as though everything was ...

What was life like around Louisville 80 years ago? In the 1940s, Louisville watched as its young men headed off to World War II, fueling a booming wartime industrial scene that reshaped the city. By ...

Take a trip back to the beaches of the 1940s and ’50s, where summer meant sunshine, sand, and simple pleasures. These old photos offer a glimpse into an era when swimwear was stylish but modest, ...

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- He spent his entire savings of $12.50 on the 35 mm Argus AF camera in 1939 and for four years documented life in the small Iowa town of Ridgeway. But it wasn't until he was ...

NEW YORK — It was a decade when tens of millions of people in the U.S. experienced mass unemployment and social upheaval as the nation clawed its way out of the Great Depression and rumblings of ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — He spent his entire savings of $12.50 on the 35 mm Argus AF camera in 1939 and for four years documented life in the small Iowa town of Ridgeway.